Hardware Keyboard Word Suggestions/Spell Correct - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello Everyone,
I have a Nexus 7 and I'm using a VisionTek Candybar Bluetooth keyboard with it. I'm trying to figure out how to use spelling suggestions and autocorrect while using a hardware keyboard. A.I. Keyboard does it to a certain degree like right now when I'm using Tapatalk but it's inconsistent on what programs and when it works. Any suggestions?
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Some of the more popular keyboards on the market haber options to enable a custom action to select the highlighted suggestion. I know for sure ThumbKeyboard can and even go as far as using one of the space bars in split mode to do this and the other as the space bar.
Hope this helps.
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[Q] Space bar difficult to operate

Anyone else finding the space bar on the gingerbead keyboard difficult and doesn't register sometimes if you press it any lower than halfway down?
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Yes
Go to swypes website. There beta is open, much better keyboard all around
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My wife and I use SwiftKey. It was *well* worth the money.

Perfect Keyboard

Im not sure if this topic has been discussed here but wanted to mention it anyway.
I was amazed at how fast I was typing on the stock Samsung keyboard. The only thing I didnt really like was the settings key being on the layout. There were times that I was accidentaly pressing it which would disrupt what I was typing.
I consider myself as an Android newbie and didn't know there were alternative keyboards out there.
So I went ahead and tried Perfect Keyboard and wow, let me just tell you that I am typing with so much more accuracy and speed. I went ahead and purchased the full version.
I dont work for them or anything but I really recommend the app.
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I personally prefer the Swype keyboard. I feel like its much faster than any typing keyboard.
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I like Swype. Swyping is relaxed typing compared to playing arcade game with others.
I agree Swype also can make me hold the phone with one hand more lol
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Can't stand Swype. I like thumb keyboard with the WP7 theme and sounds. Use standard layout. I've tried them all always return to thumb keyboard. Highly recommend.
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I use A.I. Type keyboard and love it. Loads of cool themes for it too.
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Prozac69 said:
I use A.I. Type keyboard and love it. Loads of cool themes for it too.
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Gave it a two week trial. Couldn't forgive the lag when initially typing. Drove me up the wall waiting on it to catch up. Other than the lag it was decent but still loses to thumb keyboard IMO.
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Using Hacker's Keyboard from the market.
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Buy the latest version of SwiftKey X keyboard phone version....
It is as good as Swype & it is my personal alternative when I am not using Swype!
Tapashocked via my Galaxy Note with a SwiftKey X !
I also am using Hacker's Keyboard.
I love SwiftKey x predictions!
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I checked it but no Turkish support:-(
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eroracing said:
I love SwiftKey x predictions!
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I own Swift Key X and if you type slow the predictions are neat but it sucks when trying to type fast. Very inaccurate even with the fast typing setting.
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What I miss from Swype keyboard is the ability that Samsung one has to detect you are using the pen and switch to handwriting. Swype + hand writing when using the pen, that's what I want
I really like the swiftkey x predictions but the spacebar is too narrow and I keep hitting the period. I love the split 5 inch mode of thumb keyboard - much more comfortable for me.
side note - when handing your phone to others, its best to use a non predicting keyboard as it can really throw them off.
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Ics keyboard for me with aggressive mode.
Its really easy to type and corrects any miss presses.
Its available from the market for free.
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anybody have FlexT9? i cant find it in my market?
I gave Swift Key a try as well. It seemed like it detected my Note as a tablet as an error prompt of some sort appeared when I initially ran it.
"Wrong version, this is a tablet. Please download the correct version" or something likr that. Worked fine but still ended up with Perfect Keyboard. Ü
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Swiftkey TABLET keyboard people....TABLET...
Im using thumb keyboard for the split layout.

Swype on nexus 7

Hi everyone,
I just preordered my nexus 7, but was wondering if out comes with Swype. I'm pretty sure it doesn't, but just wanted to check. If it isn't already there, can someone check to see if the free beta works?
I know the Toshiba excite 7.7 has Swype, so maybe out would be possible to rip it from there? I love this keyboard, looking for solutions, thanks
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Did you try signing up for Swype Beta?
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No swype beta preinstalled, but swype beta installed just fine... and is my preferred input method on this 7 inch form factor.
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jdavet said:
No swype beta preinstalled, but swype beta installed just fine... and is my preferred input method on this 7 inch form factor.
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That's great. I used to have an Acer A100 and it didn't work with it, I'm guessing the resolution was incompatible.
Now we just have to figure out how to keep Swype on there after the beta days are over...
The beta now supports all resolutions. Using it right now on my Kindle Fire.
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yes as pointed out before the new beta supports all screen sizes and resolutions....got it working on my hp touchpad before selling it, so swype just need to update their app to support jellybean
it worked good on kindle fire not the greatest but it worked. I just hope it works better on the nexus 7 then it did on the kindlefire
movieaddict said:
it worked good on kindle fire not the greatest but it worked. I just hope it works better on the nexus 7 then it did on the kindlefire
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I agree. I get frustrated with it on the kf and often flext9 instead. But on my phone, Swype is awesome.
I may try the new monk keyboard as well...it is weird, but i think it will be lighting fast once you get over the learning curve.
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brizey said:
I agree. I get frustrated with it on the kf and often flext9 instead. But on my phone, Swype is awesome.
I may try the new monk keyboard as well...it is weird, but i think it will be lighting fast once you get over the learning curve.
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What is this monk keyboard?
I'm guessing this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxU6Y4Vki78
holy cow though, that looks like a huge learning curve.
Swiftkey?
Just wondering if anyone had tried Swiftkey 3 on this device and if it works well/even supported? And also do you prefer it over Swype (I currently use this)
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Just wondering if anyone had tried Swiftkey 3 on this device and if it works well/even supported? And also do you prefer it over Swype (I currently use this)
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I know switkey 3 has a tablet version of the app not sure what the difference between the two is and if the regular one would work?
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smt8544 said:
Just wondering if anyone had tried Swiftkey 3 on this device and if it works well/even supported? And also do you prefer it over Swype (I currently use this)
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I have both keyboards, and much prefer Swype. I find it to be much faster since your not going key by key, but rather creating whole words. There is a slight learning curve for Swype, but as long as you give it a chance for a few days, you'd probably get used to it. The latest beta really makes it useable, although I only use Swype in portrait mode. Fyi - I have a hardware keyboard on my phone, so if I enter landscape mode, it's probably less work for me just to flip open the keypad and get my typing done. I tried Swyping in landscape mode yesterday and found it quite awkward, maybe I'm just not used to it.
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Thanks for the reply! I will probably try Swype first because its input method is just amazing! But who knows how well it will work on a tablet.
Swift key and swype beta and thumb keyboard all are compatible and work great with the N7.
I change it up every so often, they are all good. Stock jelly keyboard is also real good too...
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The million-dollar question is, does it recognize the tablet-ness and give you the resizeable keyboard button? Or does it give you the phone version?
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The million-dollar question is, does it recognize the tablet-ness and give you the resizeable keyboard button? Or does it give you the phone version?
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i agree does swype have the option to re-size for tablets im guessing no but i agree its a good question
has anyone tried Swype on the nexus 7? does the tablet mode work?
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nolook said:
has anyone tried Swype on the nexus 7? does the tablet mode work?
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If you are rooted and set dpi to 160 Swype will operate in resizable tablet mode otherwise it will be in phone mode
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ah so this won't work with the native dpi?
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Any suggestions for a keyboard with tab?

Pretty much what the name suggests. I need a keyboard that is like stock just with a tab button. Any suggestions?
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Anyone?
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http://dx.com/p/wireless-bluetooth-...-for-google-asus-nexus-7-black-156678?item=60
http://www.brainydeal.us/Detachable...froogle&utm_medium=organic&utm_source=froogle
I purchased this one a few days ago... still waiting on it to get here. There are a lot of similar ones, but this one comes with a card reader.
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I meant onscreen sorry.
All the ones I try don't have the tab key.
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Garridon said:
I meant onscreen sorry.
All the ones I try don't have the tab key.
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Here :
Hackers Keyboard
That has Esc, Tab etc etc.
Pretty good keyboard. Give it a go mate
AnySoftKeyboard with SSH for AnySoftKeyboard also has a tab key, and you can change between this keyboard and your normal AnySoftKeyboard layout by a finger swipe.

Swiftkey vs Samsung Keyboard

Which one do you prefer and why? Samsung really picked up their game with the keyboard on the Note 3 and I like some things about the Samsung Keyboard better and some of Swiftkey. I usually lean towards using swiftkey cuz I paid for it lol.
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Swiftkey because I can reduce it. The smallest size swiftkey is fine on the large Note screen. The Samsung keyboard takes up way too much screen space.
Both have good swiping and text prediction.
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I prefer SwiftKey.
Pros:
- Can type exclamation/interrogation points very very fast with a finger swipe. What a big big mistake Samsung did here. I have used SwifKey in other phones and love it, but i actually liked the stock keyboard but i couldn't stand to long press every single time i wanted to type a exclamation point!
- Flow is faster compared to Swipe on Samsung keyboard. It "hangs" for a second, when swiping multiple words, before it puts the works on the text box.
- Resizable
- Themes
Cons:
- Hate how slow delete is compared to Samsung keyboard.
Can't comment on the prediction accuracy on stock keyboard, but in Swiftkey is very good.
I'm probably forgetting something, but this is pretty much it.
Lack of number row and emoticons killed it for me. Heard it was coming in an update soon, but til then I'm sticking to stock
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babyshanks said:
Lack of number row and emoticons killed it for me. Heard it was coming in an update soon, but til then I'm sticking to stock
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These 2 functions are already available on swiftkey beta version. Google for it.
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antt00 said:
These 2 functions are already available on swiftkey beta version. Google for it.
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Nice, didn't know that. I'll give it a try
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Sammy keyboard all the way for me. Earlier I used touchpal.
Sammy only because it has the number row. I heard swiftkey is adding this feature but i'm not completely sure
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Sammy only because it has the number row. I heard swiftkey is adding this feature but i'm not completely sure
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Like antt00 said, check out their website the new beta includes number row and it's free. I'm testing it now and so far no bugs.
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I like swiftkey but cant figure out how to remove predictive row. I dont like using predictive but being able to resize and make it smaller is an excellent feature. I prefee using less screen real estate for the keyboard so being able to remove predictive suggestions would be good
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I prefer A.I Keyboard , it's the best
Definitely Swiftkey Keyboard.
Why I chose Swiftkey over Samsung keyboard
- Highly accurate predictions so I can type really rapidly on the keyboard (I love this the best)
- Eye-candy themes to choose from
Now that Swiftkey Beta 4.5 has came out with Emojis and added a dedicated number row, all the more I'm leaning towards Swiftkey.
ABSOLUTLY swiftkey is the best from all market place
what about google keyboard?
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The new SwiftKey keyboard has the number row and you can put the direction keys at the bottom. It is the best.
The one thing that isn't good about the SwiftKey beta is that when the number row is active, the popup numbers ought to hide themselves in the top row of the keyboard, but they don't. It's very distracting. I was going to post it as a feature request, but I found that others had mentioned it as well, so all I could do was just agree that it should be changed.

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