After trying so many keyboards for years, heliboard with swipe + futo have finally made replacing gboard possible for me. I feel like it been a 90℅ replacement, a far greater degree than some of the good (but not quite there) keyboards currently available. I’ve literally only been using it for a week (for two languages), but I’m really really happy thus far. 😊
Mind if I ask you how did you do it ?
- I downloaded the release from https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard and then installed.
- I downloaded the swipe library linked in the page from here.
- under HeliBoard settings -> advanced, I clicked “load gesture library” and selected the downloaded swipe library
- and for voice input, I dish l downloaded Futo from the play store.
That’s it. Just setup the apps.
Thanks , it was quick to set up.
Sweet. I’m pairing Heliboard with Sayboard for dictation.
Could you explain how to “pair” them?
Unexpected keyboard also has a voice dictation button,
could not figure out how to make use of it.That’s a way of saying I’m using both, they’re not integrated.
When you install Sayboard, open it as a normal app, enable it in the settings following their instructions, then download the VOSK model following their guidance.
Heliboard should have a microphone btn that will open the default voice keyboard you enabled in the previous step.
On unexpected keyboard i need to swipe the enter key upwards right and it opens sayboard 😸
thanks for bringing my attention to this!
Coming from Gboard, HeliBoard + Futo voice input is a pretty great. Outside of lacking emoji search and having an always visible voice key, it checks nearly all the boxes. However, it doesn’t check them all. Is there any reason why I would use this combo over Gboard with network connectivity disabled?
That’s what I’m wondering too… Gboard with no network permission seems pretty ideal.
