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Model Specific Forums => Gemini PDA => Gemini PDA - Android => Topic started by: jakfish on June 28, 2018, 11:36:50 am

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: jakfish on June 28, 2018, 11:36:50 am

I think it's tied to the Gemini virtual keyboard which doesn't appear to have a predictive option, but is there a way to use predictive text in the default messenger? Or at least auto capitalize sentence beginnings?

Jake

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: graynada on June 29, 2018, 03:04:39 am

Quote from: jakfish

I think it's tied to the Gemini virtual keyboard which doesn't appear to have a predictive option, but is there a way to use predictive text in the default messenger? Or at least auto capitalize sentence beginnings?

Jake

I'm using SwiftKey which integrates quite well with the Gemini physical key board.  It does the auto capitalisation well and has predictive test.  The only gaps I have found are the emoji and symbols keys don't pull up the selections panels as I would like them to.

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: jakfish on June 29, 2018, 07:18:20 am

Huh. So you use SwiftKey on-screen for texting? Or does SwiftKey really let you use the pkb while giving you predictive text, etc?

I'm intrigued since I could never get External Keyboard Helper or Hacker's Keyboard to play nice with the pkb with Gemini Keyboard ticked. And if Gemini Keyboard wasn't ticked (in Virtual Keyboard), my keyboard defaulted to UK setup with no fn capability.

Thank you for the info.

Jake

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: graynada on June 29, 2018, 07:22:38 am

Quote from: jakfish

Huh. So you use SwiftKey on-screen for texting? Or does SwiftKey really let you use the pkb while giving you predictive text, etc?

I'm intrigued since I could never get External Keyboard Helper or Hacker's Keyboard to play nice with the pkb with Gemini Keyboard ticked. And if Gemini Keyboard wasn't ticked (in Virtual Keyboard), my keyboard defaulted to UK setup with no fn capability.

Thank you for the info.

Jake

The SwiftKey uses the physical keyboard but puts a small banner across the bottom of the screen with the predictive text (3) options.  You can have a double height banned to give access to emojis etc.  It plays very nicely with the physical keyboard with the only 2 exceptions I mentioned above.

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: jakfish on June 29, 2018, 08:06:04 am

Sounds great. I'll investigate and thanks again for the heads-up.

Jake

Title: Predictive Text in Default Messenger
Post by: jakfish on June 29, 2018, 08:49:23 am

Ach, I'm getting the same problem. I have fn keys but they're mapped to another keyboard layout, which, I think, is UK. Also, a few regular keys are remapped.

Too bad since the SwiftKey bar of choices is subtle and the general setup is very impressive.

Is your keyboard UK?

Jake