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Heliboard goes into 1.0 (github.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The successor of Openboard, Heliboard finally comes out in 1.0 my favorite open source keyboard out there.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (21 children)

HeliBoard with Swipe + FUTO have made replacing gboard possible for me. I feel like it's been a 90% replacement, a far greater degree than some of the decent keyboards currently available. I regularly use but swipe and speech to text in two languages. I'm really really happy and grateful for these tools. 💜

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Just in case I'm asked, here's the basics steps to get it going:

I downloaded the release from https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard and then installed. (Or set it up via Obtainium until its ready for F-Droid release)
I downloaded the Swipe library linked on the HeliBoard Github page from here.
Under HeliBoard settings -> advanced, I clicked "load gesture library" and selected the downloaded swipe library
And for voice input, l downloaded Futo from the play store. FYI, it's free and offline, but not FOSS.

That's it.

Just setup the two apps with your specifics like the theme and etc. This is what mine looks like now:

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do you get your microphone option in the top right corner like that. Mine only shows up under the toolbar menu, after hitting the arrow key (top left corner)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You can tap and hold on the microphone button to pin it to the right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

This is a hot tip!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Exactly this. You can pin several functions this way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks! 😁

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Wow, that's a gamechanger! HeliBoard has so many neat little tricks like that, but sometimes they're hard to find.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Here's another one then: in heliboard settings, go to about, and hit "Description of hidden features." It's where I found that, plus a few more neat tricks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

This was very helpful, thank you.

Edit: is the FUTO app restricted in any way until I purchase premium?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Not that I'm aware of.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

until its ready for F-Droid release

Just FYI, it is on IzzyOnDroid!

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