[APP] SwiftKey 3 Beta

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Juls317

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Has anyone tried out the Beta of the keyboard? I just downloaded it and I have to say, i've never typed faster (although I've only typed out one Twitter post with it and nothing else).

I'll leave my impressions of it after i use it more!
 

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The beta is awesome! I keep trying to put in question marks but keep forgetting that they combined question/exclamation/period to 1 key now :D.

I am thoroughly enjoying the larger spacebar. I don't miss now.
 

Juls317

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I always had a problem with SwiftKey X and hitting "b" onstead of the space bar but that problem is gone now. I'd like to see a then engine implemented though, as well as a comme button instead of the SwiftKey Settings button.

And i dont't know what it is about SwiftKey and I but it never seems to autocorrect for me. It's not that it corrects improperly, it just doesn't do it.

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iamperson347

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I've never used SwiftKey before, but I hit up the beta and this thing is fast. Might have to buy it once it's out of beta.

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And i dont't know what it is about SwiftKey and I but it never seems to autocorrect for me. It's not that it corrects improperly, it just doesn't do it.

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From what I can see it doenst autocorrect but does give the option to select the proper word. If its not doing that re-run the setup and choose to have it use autocorrect instead of you selecting the corrected word.
 

iamperson347

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I just picked rapid instead of precision and it auto corrects for me.

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iamperson347

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That's strange. The only other thing I could think of is check settings, and if that is right then just clear cache and data through app management.
 

djfotizo

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Miss some old features

I really miss having dedicated push and hold comma and exclamation keys. Speed up some areas and slow down others. With press and hold delay set really low I could fly on the old version. Also still pretty laggy on ics. I am going to try task650 AOKP latest release to see if there is any lag improvement because it is bad enough right now to have me looking at alternatives...

Oh, and it appears that 'long press duration' is no longer an available option. Hopefully it will get added back after beta.
 
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driftinganomaly

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I really miss having dedicated push and hold comma and exclamation keys. Speed up some areas and slow down others. With press and hold delay set really low I could fly on the old version. Also still pretty laggy on ics. I am going to try task650 AOKP latest release to see if there is any lag improvement because it is bad enough right now to have me looking at alternatives...

Oh, and it appears that 'long press duration' is no longer an available option. Hopefully it will get added back after beta.

New beta is out today. Long press duration is back. So is the comma. Smart punctuation is improved, but I am still getting some lag on E4GT running 2.3.6
 
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driftinganomaly

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I always had a problem with SwiftKey X and hitting "b" onstead of the space bar but that problem is gone now. I'd like to see a then engine implemented though, as well as a comme button instead of the SwiftKey Settings button.

And i dont't know what it is about SwiftKey and I but it never seems to autocorrect for me. It's not that it corrects improperly, it just doesn't do it.

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Set spacebar to "always insert center prediction" that is the closest to auto correct since version 1.
 

djfotizo

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New beta is out today. Long press duration is back. So is the comma. Smart punctuation is improved, but I am still getting some lag on E4GT running 2.3.6

Well I am happy to report that with the new beta, comma IS back, and I love the location, long press duration has improved speed of accessing secondary characters, and lag has been GREATLY minimized on ICS. So far even the beta is a keeper! Oh, and no more double and triple back swipes to delete a word. That was driving me crazy...

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Ive gotta say, the previous release was a lot better than this one for me. I feel as though my typing is less accurate than it was before, and i feel as though the dedicated comma is slightly unnecessary. Also, the update seems to have broken my autocorrections

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djfotizo

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Ive gotta say, the previous release was a lot better than this one for me. I feel as though my typing is less accurate than it was before, and i feel as though the dedicated comma is slightly unnecessary. Also, the update seems to have broken my autocorrections

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Try changing from rapid to precise or vice versa. Strangely in they seemed to work opposite for me. Rapid in the old version feels like precise in the new one. I switched to the old version after a rom upgrade over the weekend and forgot how fast it was. I am still waiting for the new version to come out of beta. The swipe punctuation is a bad step IMO.

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    I really miss having dedicated push and hold comma and exclamation keys. Speed up some areas and slow down others. With press and hold delay set really low I could fly on the old version. Also still pretty laggy on ics. I am going to try task650 AOKP latest release to see if there is any lag improvement because it is bad enough right now to have me looking at alternatives...

    Oh, and it appears that 'long press duration' is no longer an available option. Hopefully it will get added back after beta.

    New beta is out today. Long press duration is back. So is the comma. Smart punctuation is improved, but I am still getting some lag on E4GT running 2.3.6
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    Ive gotta say, the previous release was a lot better than this one for me. I feel as though my typing is less accurate than it was before, and i feel as though the dedicated comma is slightly unnecessary. Also, the update seems to have broken my autocorrections

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    You should buy it. There was another sale a little while ago and another before that. I paid full price for it and got more than my money's worth. If you're a paying customer you can also download the sk3 betas which have been getting better and better

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    SwiftKey 3 is out of beta and it's 50 percent off in the play store. Grab it while it's hot!

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