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How to quickly change the language in the latest Swype beta?
According to [Swype's advanced tips page][1]: > Switching languages: To switch between the two most recent languages, Swype from the Swype-key to the key with the language initials on it. Since I updated Swype, the language initials are on the space bar and this tip doesn't work any more. I can stil...
According to Swype's advanced tips page :
> Switching languages: To switch between the two most recent languages, Swype from the Swype-key to the key with the language initials on it.
Since I updated Swype, the language initials are on the space bar and this tip doesn't work any more. I can still switch languages by long-pressing the space bar but that's a hassle. What's the new quick way to change the language?
Here's a screenshot of the keyboard as it looks like for me:
Nova
(3390 rep)
Aug 25, 2012, 10:11 AM
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Quickly switch input methods (swype->other)
I'd like to be able to switch from Swype to Hacker Keyboard from within programs, especially ConnectBot and TerminalEmulator. Hacker Keyboard comes with a shortcut to switch to others, but Swype doesn't. If there are workarounds to reduce the number of clicks needed to switch input methods, those wo...
I'd like to be able to switch from Swype to Hacker Keyboard from within programs, especially ConnectBot and TerminalEmulator. Hacker Keyboard comes with a shortcut to switch to others, but Swype doesn't. If there are workarounds to reduce the number of clicks needed to switch input methods, those would also be welcome.
keflavich
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Nov 20, 2011, 04:54 PM
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Swype keyboard dictionary migration
How to migrate a swype keyboard dictionary to another device (a new one for instance)? When I buy a new phablet I have to collect words over again.
How to migrate a swype keyboard dictionary to another device (a new one for instance)?
When I buy a new phablet I have to collect words over again.
zhekaus
(141 rep)
Mar 30, 2017, 04:17 AM
• Last activity: Jul 6, 2022, 06:50 PM
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Swype delete key problem
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with the latest firmware an a preinstalled Swype on it. The problem I have, is in the standard email application when using swype keyboard and trying to delete a character, it will append the word again and so it's impossible to delete a word. For example: I type `Test`, t...
I have a Samsung Galaxy S2 with the latest firmware an a preinstalled Swype on it.
The problem I have, is in the standard email application when using swype keyboard and trying to delete a character, it will append the word again and so it's impossible to delete a word. For example: I type
Test, then hit the backspace button and it results in TesTest.
My question is now, can I solve this problem without having to root the phone in order to reinstall swype?
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Addition: My android version is 2.3.5, my firware version I9100BOKJ1.
Alexander Rühl
(181 rep)
Feb 6, 2012, 03:25 PM
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Why isn't the Swype keyboard showing corrections?
Normally, while using the Swype keyboard, corrections appear at the top of the screen and it allows me to pick the right word. For some reason it isn't appearing at the moment. Is there a way to switch it back on? Its still correcting me and I want to type a word that isn't in the dictionary. I'm us...
Normally, while using the Swype keyboard, corrections appear at the top of the screen and it allows me to pick the right word. For some reason it isn't appearing at the moment.
Is there a way to switch it back on? Its still correcting me and I want to type a word that isn't in the dictionary.
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S2, aka GT-I9100.
Bill P. Godfrey
(617 rep)
Apr 1, 2013, 11:57 AM
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Calling up an arbitrary dictation app from within a keyboard app (Swype)
I've been using the Swype/Dragon keyboard for years, because I found its swipe-typing function to work best, and the voice dictation was also the best for the languages I needed. Despite the app's [discontinuation][1], the keyboard still works fine, in fact better than others I've tried, such as GBo...
I've been using the Swype/Dragon keyboard for years, because I found its swipe-typing function to work best, and the voice dictation was also the best for the languages I needed.
Despite the app's discontinuation , the keyboard still works fine, in fact better than others I've tried, such as GBoard or Microsoft SwiftKey. However, the Dragon voice dictation server is down, so one can no longer use voice typing from within the Swype keyboard.
Is there any way to keep Swype as a default keyboard but call up some other dictation component/app, such as Google Voice Typing, upon pressing the microphone key in Swype (below)?
z8080
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Dec 7, 2021, 09:09 AM
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Gboard: select current word, and compound words in German language
I'm using gboard from Google and I absolutely love it. I just have two questions about it because I come from using Swype which has a lot of nice and useful features to quickly which i miss heavily: 1. Is it somehow possible to easily create compound words like it is in swipe? In the German language...
I'm using gboard from Google and I absolutely love it. I just have two questions about it because I come from using Swype which has a lot of nice and useful features to quickly which i miss heavily:
1. Is it somehow possible to easily create compound words like it is in swipe? In the German language we often concanate words together. Right now, I have to insert two Words, and afterwards remove the space in between and change capitalisation. It's cumbersome
2. Is it possible to select a whole word using some shortcut on the keyboard? Currently, to change the capitalisation of a word or to remove some word, I need to select the whole word before pressing backspace or shift keys. But when I click into the word only the cursor is placed in between. So i always need to long press it and to select the whole word from the os context menu... it's cumbersome especially for the case of deleting a wrongly written word afterward.
Thanks a lot guys
tim
(277 rep)
Mar 19, 2017, 10:49 AM
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How do you set the Swype keyboard to delete the entire word when the delete button is held down?
Older version did this but now it only happens to the first word. "If I have a sentence like this" and wanted to delete all the way to "If I" I could have held down the delete key and after a second it would start deleting word by word.
Older version did this but now it only happens to the first word. "If I have a sentence like this" and wanted to delete all the way to "If I" I could have held down the delete key and after a second it would start deleting word by word.
Celeritas
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Oct 25, 2012, 01:34 AM
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Can I get my old keyboard back after update?
I have an HTC Desire X and I Updated Android yesterday (I have android 4.1.1 now). Since the update I have a new keyboard, which has keys on different places (such as the change language button). Also the Swype (or trace or whats-it-called) function is gone. The picture below was my old keyboard, is...
I have an HTC Desire X and I Updated Android yesterday (I have android 4.1.1 now).
Since the update I have a new keyboard, which has keys on different places (such as the change language button). Also the Swype (or trace or whats-it-called) function is gone.
The picture below was my old keyboard, is there a way to get this keyboard back?
I already looked in
I already looked in Settings > Language & keyboard where I found HTC Sense input, but there is no possibility to turn on trace (or Swype) there or the option to select my old keyboard.
SirDuckduck
(131 rep)
May 22, 2013, 07:52 AM
• Last activity: Apr 4, 2021, 08:34 PM
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How do I type umlauts and other special characters with Swype?
I can change the swype-interpreting language, but the keyboard doesn't show me any special symbols. HTC Incredible with Swype 2.4.44.10912.t100 (have not updated to Dec beta, yet). I just want to swipe "Blue Öyster Cult" -- is that so wrong?
I can change the swype-interpreting language, but the keyboard doesn't show me any special symbols.
HTC Incredible with Swype 2.4.44.10912.t100 (have not updated to Dec beta, yet).
I just want to swipe "Blue Öyster Cult" -- is that so wrong?
Michael Paulukonis
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Dec 15, 2010, 04:13 PM
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How do you remove words from Swype's dictionary?
I know how to remove words from Swype's user dictionary. I want to know how to remove words from Swype's built-in dictionary. I get very frustrated with all these random words that I know I'll never use! I can't tell you how many times I've had the word "Getty" show up instead of the word "get". If...
I know how to remove words from Swype's user dictionary. I want to know how to remove words from Swype's built-in dictionary. I get very frustrated with all these random words that I know I'll never use! I can't tell you how many times I've had the word "Getty" show up instead of the word "get".
If there is really no way of removing words from Swype's built-in dictionary I'll probably need to find an alternative. That's probably another question though.
Wallace Brown
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Sep 27, 2012, 06:01 PM
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How do I reactivate Swype on a Motorola Atrix HD?
I disabled Swype on my Motorola Atrix HD. How can I get it to reactivate after turning it back on? I went into 'Language & Input' and deselected it, but when I took the same path to turn it back on, it didn't work.
I disabled Swype on my Motorola Atrix HD. How can I get it to reactivate after turning it back on?
I went into 'Language & Input' and deselected it, but when I took the same path to turn it back on, it didn't work.
Kathryn
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Aug 27, 2013, 05:06 PM
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Gboard doesn't save new words and use my personal dictionary?
I have both swedish and english activated in GBoard, but I'm using the swedish layout so I get easy access to the letter `å ä ö`. My problem is that Gboard doesn't seem to "learn" some new words. A specific example is when I'm swiping `hon` (swedish for `her`), it **never** suggests `...
I have both swedish and english activated in GBoard, but I'm using the swedish layout so I get easy access to the letter
å ä ö.
My problem is that Gboard doesn't seem to "learn" some new words. A specific example is when I'm swiping hon (swedish for her), it **never** suggests hon, instead it autocorrects it to jobb (swedish for work) every single time. I've erased the suggestion, I've typed h o n manually and clicked it in the top bar - I even added hon to my personal dictionary in the Gboard settings, but nothing seems to help.
It's gotten so ridiculous that I just stopped erasing and correcting it when texting some of my friends, I just informed them that if they see an oddly placed jobb, just assume I mean hon :)
On a side note - both me and one of my friends (who's using Sony's built in keyboard) seem to experience periods of our predictions going haywire and suggesting completely wrong words, or in my case often weird acronyms like DF, DT, DGV etc. This seems to last for a few days and then it gets better for few weeks. Might just be coincidental, but I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing something similar?
Magnus
(631 rep)
Feb 14, 2017, 03:16 AM
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Swype keyboard: how to add a letter to a keyboard?
I am using the Swype keyboard on Android. When I hold down a letter on the English keyboard (and others), I can see a list of similar letters with diacritics and other options for Unicode character's to input. I want to add an "h with dot below" to my "h" list. How do I do that? Thanks..
I am using the Swype keyboard on Android. When I hold down a letter on the English keyboard (and others), I can see a list of similar letters with diacritics and other options for Unicode character's to input. I want to add an "h with dot below" to my "h" list. How do I do that?
Thanks..
Jack Maddington
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Oct 15, 2016, 04:10 PM
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How to turn off Android corner page curl?
I'm having an Android page curl issue. I've read up on it and a lot of people say it's a clean master app.. but I don't have that app, or omniswipe.. or and of the other apps mentioned... My phone died earlier today, and when I turned it on the curl was suddenly there... Idk where it came from or ho...
I'm having an Android page curl issue.
I've read up on it and a lot of people say it's a clean master app.. but I don't have that app, or omniswipe.. or and of the other apps mentioned... My phone died earlier today, and when I turned it on the curl was suddenly there... Idk where it came from or how to get rid of it. Because it's sapping my battery, I can see the difference, and it frankly really annoying. Ive even had to move all my app up to the top of the pages just so I don't inadvertently swipe the tiniest bit and that curl pops up....
Please help. 
Bree GamerGirl
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May 30, 2018, 12:30 PM
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Is it possible to move the keyboard to the top of the screen?
One of the biggest advantages to the Swype keyboard is the ability to effectively type with only one hand. However this dosent work very well since the keyboard is at the bottom of the screen. Is there any way to move the keyboard to the top of the screen only when on portrait mode so that I can gri...
One of the biggest advantages to the Swype keyboard is the ability to effectively type with only one hand. However this dosent work very well since the keyboard is at the bottom of the screen. Is there any way to move the keyboard to the top of the screen only when on portrait mode so that I can grip the phone with one hand and type with my thumb on the top of the screen where my thumb has more range of motion?
Faken
(471 rep)
Jan 4, 2011, 12:41 AM
• Last activity: Dec 27, 2017, 08:58 PM
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Enable Hebrew Swipe Input
I noticed I can use (with my out of the box Nexus 4) swipe for.input in English but there does not seem to be a way to use swipe for Hebrew input. Am I missing a configuration option that enable this? I know there are 3rd party applications that does Hebrew swipe input but I prefer not to use them i...
I noticed I can use (with my out of the box Nexus 4) swipe for.input in English but there does not seem to be a way to use swipe for Hebrew input.
Am I missing a configuration option that enable this?
I know there are 3rd party applications that does Hebrew swipe input but I prefer not to use them if the OS provides me that functionality.
kroiz
(201 rep)
Apr 20, 2013, 12:53 PM
• Last activity: Oct 3, 2017, 06:53 AM
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"Samsung keyboard keeps stopping" error message. After reboot no keyboard is accessible and I cannot unlock the device
The device is a Samsung Note 5 recently updated from Sprint running the Swype keyboard. The error message "Samsung keyboard keeps stopping" is appearing over and over after trying to send an emoji in a text message. The keyboard area is a black space. I rebooted the device to attempt to clear the er...
The device is a Samsung Note 5 recently updated from Sprint running the Swype keyboard.
The error message "Samsung keyboard keeps stopping" is appearing over and over after trying to send an emoji in a text message. The keyboard area is a black space.
I rebooted the device to attempt to clear the error.
After reboot it requires a typed password.
The following issues occur:
* No keyboard appears when touching the password textbox.
* No keyboard appears when touching the keyboard settings menu button.
* The Power button does not power cycle the device.
* The Reset button does work.
* If you open the camera via the quick launch from the lock screen the "Samsung keyboard keeps stopping" message appears for each time you attempt a keyboard UI action.
The device appears bricked. Other advice online suggests factory reset. Is there a way to revert the device to a working keyboard without a factory reset?
asawyer
(81 rep)
Aug 26, 2017, 04:40 AM
• Last activity: Aug 26, 2017, 12:57 PM
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Is it possible to use two dictionaries at the same time in swype?
I type in two languages regularly - depends on who I communicate with, in perhaps 60:40 or 70:30 ratio. Sometimes I even use words from both languages in the same text. Both languages are supported by Swype. But I can only select one of them at one time, so when I need to type in the other language...
I type in two languages regularly - depends on who I communicate with, in perhaps 60:40 or 70:30 ratio. Sometimes I even use words from both languages in the same text. Both languages are supported by Swype. But I can only select one of them at one time, so when I need to type in the other language I have to change the settings, which is quite inconvenient. Can I merge two dictionaries or activate both of them at the same time?
Louis Rhys
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Jan 6, 2011, 05:57 AM
• Last activity: May 17, 2017, 08:17 PM
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IME: How to enter katakana rather than hiragana with Swype keyboard
I am using the [Swype Japanese keyboard][1] for Android. With the Japanese language selected, how do I tell my keyboard to enter katakana instead of hiragana? Thanks. [1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nuance.swype.trial
I am using the Swype Japanese keyboard for Android. With the Japanese language selected, how do I tell my keyboard to enter katakana instead of hiragana?
Thanks.
Jack Maddington
(629 rep)
Oct 12, 2016, 05:53 AM
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