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So, as a proud European, I enjoy my ability to speak multiple languages, and there are two thing GBoard does well:

  • Word suggestions in multiple languages - it is common for me to switch between my native language, Portuguese, and English, so when writing, GBoard fetches words to fill what I'm currently writing from both dictionaries, not just the one that is active.
  • Japanese in a QWERTY layout - when I need to write in Japanese, I can switch the language to Japanese with QWERTY, so that when I write "ka", it shows "か"

I've tried a bunch of keyboards, but they either miss one or the other feature. Do you guys know of an alternative? Thanks in advance!

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[–] David@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately there are no better keyboard than the Gboard for us multilingual people.

[–] rraggl@mastodon.nl 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

@David @wanderColossus Maybe. I still refuse to use it. I use either AOSP or the FUTO keyboard. Typing in Dutch, English and German most of the time. Not always great but I make it work

[–] skarn@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago

Honestly I think I maybe like FUTO better than Gboard. Maybe I've been using Heliboard too long and FUTO feels like such an upgrade...