Folio LauncherKeyd, the keyboard
A keyboard for Folio. It is its own app, because Android requires a keyboard to be its own input method service.
Keyd is early, and further along than that sounds. It types, corrects, learns, suggests, expands shortcuts, does emoji, splits around a fold, and speaks six languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese.
Install it
- Supporters can get Keyd from the Market. Everyone can download the APK fromKeyd's releases on GitHub.
- Open the file and allow the install when Android asks.
- Open Keyd. It walks through the two steps Android makes you take: turning the keyboard on, and choosing it. It also explains the warning on the second one.
What it asks for
Nothing. The app asks for no permissions at all, internet included, so the system enforces it: nothing it sees can leave the phone, because it has no way to send anything. The word list is on the phone and so is the lookup.
What it does that others do not
- It reads the window, not the phone. On a book fold the keyboard splits around the crease, so no key sits on the hinge.
- Autocorrect only fixes clear typos. Never a real word, and always one backspace from undone.
- The alternate is printed on the keycap, so nothing is hidden behind a long press you had to guess at.
- Every gesture is a switch, because everyone's thumbs disagree.
What it is not
It is not trying to beat Gboard at autocorrect. That is years of data. There are no stickers or GIFs, and nothing it learns is synced, because each of those needs the network or a permission. The source and the full list of what is still missing are in Keyd's repository.
Written for Folio 0.6.7. If something here is wrong, out of date or missing,open an issue and it gets fixed.