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Keyboard help please !?

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rigger67

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Hey
I've got a Cubot X6 and I love it apart from one thing: the keyboard input.
My fingers are too large for the usual Qwerty layout and I'd like to be able to use something like this instead :

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Is there an app available for this ??
It's driving me mad :(
 
I can't do that - it just doesn't give me an option for that style of keyboard, but thanks for replying.

I'm trying T9 keyboards now ... been through four already but none of them support the actual T9 input for free :confused:
 
Hi rigger67,

Since you're looking for an alternate keyboard app, I've moved your post to the Android Applications subforum, where I believe it will get better exposure. :thumbup:

I've used a lot of different keyboards - pretty much all of the popular ones at least. I don't remember any which support T9 in their free variant, but I do remember that Kii Keyboard offered very good T9 input and a lot of options. You can use all the features of the keyboard for free, but any preferences you set will be reset once an hour until you pay. It's kind of naggy, but I think it's a great way to be able to try out the keyboard and see if it will suit your needs before you hand over any money. :)

Maybe someone else can offer another suggestion?
 
If you want a keyboard that has big keys so you won't ever miss, try MessagEase: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.mekb

This is not a T9 keyboard. It has a 4x4 layout so the keys are huge. You have to either tap on the key or do a cardinal or diagonal swipe from the centre of the key depending on which character you want to type. There is a rather large learning curve as the layout is unconventional. If you do manage to get proficient with it, you should be able to type each character with very little chance of mistyping.
 
Stuntman said:
If you want a keyboard that has big keys so you won't ever miss, try MessagEase: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.exideas.mekb

This is not a T9 keyboard. It has a 4x4 layout so the keys are huge. You have to either tap on the key or do a cardinal or diagonal swipe from the centre of the key depending on which character you want to type. There is a rather large learning curve as the layout is unconventional. If you do manage to get proficient with it, you should be able to type each character with very little chance of mistyping.
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I watched the video stuntman, and I have to ask you, just how long did it take you to get comfortable with this keyboard? The other thing is that they say their current "world" champion is typing 63 words a minute, is that really considered all that fast???
 
hiredgun said:
I watched the video stuntman, and I have to ask you, just how long did it take you to get comfortable with this keyboard? The other thing is that they say their current "world" champion is typing 63 words a minute, is that really considered all that fast???
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I didn't. After a few days, I gave up on it. I found that I could already type quite quickly on a more conventional QWERTY keyboard layout. I felt that the amount of time I would have to invest in order to get a reasonable amount of proficiency with this keyboard would be more than I was willing to spend and put up with painfully slow typing. I was chatting with a friend for a couple of hours one night. I felt that I just wasn't improving fast enough, so I went back to a conventional keyboard.

Maybe if I haven't already been typing on conventional keyboards for years that I would have found MessagEase to be a decent alternative. I love the fact that I never press the wrong key. It just took too long for me to find out where the character I wanted to type was and what gesture (if any) I need to use. If I had found this keyboard a few years ago, maybe I would have stuck with it.

As for typing speed, my typing on a PC keyboard is around 65 wpm. My typing on a phone is around 30 wpm using SwiftKey. I estimate I was less than 10 when I was using MessagEase before I gave up.
 
Stuntman said:
I didn't. After a few days, I gave up on it. I found that I could already type quite quickly on a more conventional QWERTY keyboard layout. I felt that the amount of time I would have to invest in order to get a reasonable amount of proficiency with this keyboard would be more than I was willing to spend and put up with painfully slow typing. I was chatting with a friend for a couple of hours one night. I felt that I just wasn't improving fast enough, so I went back to a conventional keyboard.

Maybe if I haven't already been typing on conventional keyboards for years that I would have found MessagEase to be a decent alternative. I love the fact that I never press the wrong key. It just took too long for me to find out where the character I wanted to type was and what gesture (if any) I need to use. If I had found this keyboard a few years ago, maybe I would have stuck with it.

As for typing speed, my typing on a PC keyboard is around 65 wpm. My typing on a phone is around 30 wpm using SwiftKey. I estimate I was less than 10 when I was using MessagEase before I gave up.
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Lol, ask a straight question you get a straight answer, thanks!!!
 
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