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Registrace 13. 06. 2022
The FUTO Keyboard is excellent
A brief first impression review of FUTO Keyboard (currently appears to only be available for Android), which promises not to collect your data or even need to connect to the internet for speech to text. A far cry from Microsoft Swiftkey now embedding Copilot!
So far, it's been excellent and seems to deliver on all of its promises.
Also, hey @rossmanngroup, let me pay you. LOL. None of the payments seem to work, either through the app or via the website.
I have no affiliation and have had no contact with FUTO, nor have I received or expect to receive any compensation or consideration for this video.
=== Timestamps ===
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Swiftkey/Copilot/Heliboard
1:53 FUTO Keyboard typing demo
3:35 Offline voice to text
5:23 Keyboard options
6:00 Payment is currently broken
7:23 Conclusion
So far, it's been excellent and seems to deliver on all of its promises.
Also, hey @rossmanngroup, let me pay you. LOL. None of the payments seem to work, either through the app or via the website.
I have no affiliation and have had no contact with FUTO, nor have I received or expect to receive any compensation or consideration for this video.
=== Timestamps ===
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Swiftkey/Copilot/Heliboard
1:53 FUTO Keyboard typing demo
3:35 Offline voice to text
5:23 Keyboard options
6:00 Payment is currently broken
7:23 Conclusion
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I can confirm it works on my one plus open while folded open!
Regarding the payment not working for you: Aren't you offline?
honestly the backspace swiping is pretty neat, more keyboards should have it
Just downloaded. We'll see if it ends up replacing Swift Key long-term. Thanks for making a video about it!
I was trying open source keyboards to get away from gboard, but it was awful the autocorrect was a pain and the key clicks keep acting up, so I ended up switching back to gboard
Will stick to Brave search for the time-being
This comment is brought to you by FUTO keyboard and voice recognition.
Can't switch yet. Typing exclusively by swiping and without mini floating keyboard it's just too cumbersome to reach
I love the keyboard a lot. Love the layout and jam-packed features, yet how simplistic it looks. It's just a shame that it doesn't have Korean, Chinese, and Japanese, all the languages I use a lot. I bet they're gonna be added in the future tho
for me the only issue with switching to a different keyboard is getting used to typing on it, but I like this so I'll use it untill I can type really fast again.
1:40 and then there are psychos like me who use florisboard. it has no: - spell check - autocorrect - text predictions - emoji serch - stickers - pretty much nothing fancy, its like a computer keyboard in that senss what it DOES have however is what keeps me on it and i dont intend to switch to anything else; its got an insane level of customisation over how it functions: - select all, copy, cut, cursor nudge left/right, paste, clear clipboard, clipboard button shortcuts - lets you change a lot of stuff down to a milisecond or a pixel - heigh offset for when i feel like using gestures instead of 3 button nav bar, that way i keep all the keys at the same height and retain all my muscle memory for typing fast (around 85wpm) - gesture shortcuts that work more precisely than other keyboards; moving the cursor while holding space can jump to characters, whole words, you can change the sensitivity on that (i find gboard to be annoyingly unresponsive), then theres swipe to delete which can delete whole words, letters, characters, whatever, change sensitivity of both of those down to how fast you swipe... (also annoyingly unresponsive on gboard) - i somehow forgot to mention undo and redo buttons in the smart bar how silly of me - ofc theres a backup and restore for setrings, else it would be hell to set it up every time lol
I got it after watching this video as well and I see the mistakes, but-bit still in beta!! I would love to see one - handed mode added, with easy implementation as it is with Gboard and Samsung Keyboard!!! I wouldn't mind split keyboard and in portrait mode!! The clipboard only paate the last item you copied, but you can't open the clipboard and see theblast 10 or 20 items in there! So I hope that changes!! I see the same symbols more thanks on different keys! And if possible I would love to see the customization that Samsung Key Cafe as!!!!!! Otherwise I would only use it when typing sensitive information!!
A long time ago when I first started building computers, I used ubuntu. They snail mailed me a cd. I tried really hard, but I couldn't make it work with me, too many errors and other issues. I recently built another PC, it has been a little over a month now, and I am using linux again. I like it much more this time. I actually had fun doing the minor coding, or what I consider coding, to get things up and running. I don't do much on it, some very light gaming, mostly watching streaming anime, youtube, and similar, which I use just in my browser. I still get the occasional glitch or error, and one of the games I started playing, another very light game, got buggy too. But, this is definitely a better route than giving MS more money to hate me. Similar to how I felt when I first got ubuntu those many years ago.
Swiftkey BTFO. It has every feature that SwiftKey has, and actually fucking respects your privacy
Yep, never getting win11 and totally switching my OS away from MS on my next build
i have a windows 11 home laptop and its full of windows bloatware. it was fast like for 2 years then these windows updates keeps adding bloatwares that i dont even need. im thinking about buying an external ssd and install mint linux there since this will be my first time installing linux. i need some recommendations for some of the best external ssd you guys know. the cheaper the better
bro: move to linux linux: nothing is working here and desktop is laggy need to find 100 reasons to how to star windows app and installl 40 launchers that can have virus
bro: move to linux linux: nothing is working here and desktop is laggy need to find 100 reasons to how to star windows app and installl 40 launchers that can have virus
I double checked to verify the app has no internet permissions by using netguard, its confirmed that its internet free. Tried the app some and starting to like it over gboard. Cant wait for full theme customization in the future.
I agree with the sentiment and I have been annoyed with MS as well but what about stickers and gifs. Those have become a big part of how we communicate these days and I don't see how it could work without connecting to the internet.
Gboard removed custom sticker support which is the one thing that wouldve kept me around. Downloading futo rn. Would be nice to see something like uSticker for this tho.
nice video
Ngl, at the end you just sound greedy. If Microsoft pays you, you’d be all fine and dandy and wouldn’t give a second thought about the ai.
Just installed and typing this comment with FUTO now. Working great!
I wish I had this experience with linux. Every time I've tried it something simple has been a huge shit show. The latest being the beginning of this year. Can't tether to a phone, can't run headphone software, can't import games from other steam installs on the network, can't install mods in games, can't play multiplayer games, not staying asleep, crashing trying to run games etc. I tried to start a new computer with linux and made it 2 weeks before it was too much fiddling, going through logs etc before I just went back to windows.
i downloaded it yesterday and it's surprising how good it is right away, I think it only "lacks" the ability to move the cursor by long-pressing of the spacebar but they also got the edit mode so it's not a big deal. I can't wait for the custom themes to be available
But it actually does move the cursor when pressing on the spacebar...
@@anderlopez6699 you're right!!! thank you so much. I was used to doing a long press and then moving but this is way quicker I never tried to just start moving, well it officially has everything I could ask for, except for shortcuts but that's even less important
It needs more polishing and gboard on pixel has offline voice typing which is unbeatable for now. Futo voice typing doesn't show output as talking so can't be sure if a word was missed or wrong without talking fully. Also no auto punctuation marks hence for now pixel gboard offline is still better
I get punctuation when talking into it. The swipe ty ping I'm having a lot of problems with, unfortunately you have to be a good speller for it to work well
This is the AOSP keyboard fork that I was waiting for: fully offline, with support of Material You and pretty basic for the essential needs. Actually, I'm using the LineageOS default keyboard that uses the Material You theme and I expect that FUTO keyboard get the recognition that deserves.
Only Waveform has a real decent music DAW for Linux, the rest is garbage or unworkable. Correct me if I'm wrong. For that Ibuse windows.
well let's not forget that Microsoft gets sued over by a government which they get away by investing on apple Now apple is on fire with same problem.... when they are cooked Microsoft will be next
One thing I really use daily is the translator that is within my android keyboard otherwise i would have jumped
Get a little NUC-type box and put Linux on it for your everyday computing. In addition, have a Windows tower with a big GPU that you use just for gaming. The cost would only be marginally more than just a tower, and some of that would be recouped with the electricity savings.
Main reason I use Swift is because it detects which language I am currently using, and I don't have to change it in the settings, do you think this is possible in Futo??
It seems that FUTO keyboard haves the same handicap than AOSP keyboard and/or GBoard, which is tied to the preset language (in the case of AOSP keyboard and/or GBoard, is usually the default localization of the OS). The main advantage is the avariability of the offline dictionary of words that holds in their one hundred megs. As an AOSP enjoyer, I see as a close alternative to the AOSP keyboard that haves the enhancements for Material You themes for a smoother experience from Android 12 and beyond (LineageOS enabled the Material You theme in the AOSP keyboard).
They have multilingual input models available! Pretty limited support for the time being but they're working on expanding it.
Checked Ubuntu and Mint today - nope, still garbage compared even to Win11. Bluetooth mouse connects, but doesn't work, nvidia drivers are hot mess. I didn't even try running games, because HDMI monitor input refused to work. IRST is not supported and never will be. Ubuntu is as bloated as Win11, if not more. Was buggy trash when I tried desktop Linux years ago, is still trash now. Had to revert to Win11. Wake me up in couple years, hope something will change.
Just bought this. It's incredible
bro you should toss lou's face on the thumbnail and make the big text caption "LET ME PAY YOU" lol
Been gaming on Linux for about 6 months now after being a windows user for 20 years, really impressed with the what Linux has become. Now I do all my gaming on Linux, no issues except games that rely on EAC.
I agree about moving away from Windows and am not liking all this Copilot+ stuff I am seeing. I will personally be going back to a Mac.
Just instealled it and used it. Instantly love it.
As of now this vídeo has 666 thousand views
These videos are excellent! Thank you!
The fact than you can add local offline AI models oprimized for mobile just by importing file is amazing. Installed. I was swiftkey user until microsoft forced copilot. Same about edge on mobile.
What was the difference between Swiftkey and Gboard? Also yeah it can really be that simple. Shows just how much we are getting fucked by corporations.
@imnotusingmyrealname4566 I never used gboard but the toolbox swiftkey provided was great until Copilot invaded the app.
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566SwiftKey uses a learned heat map matching your intended/autocorrected words to map your actual inputs with your intended inputs. Maybe your bumper case is stopping you from reaching Q and P super consistently or your finger wanders a bit too far to the right so you hit D instead of S. Over time, Q and P will grow in size until the far edges of W and O are actually Q and P, and the left side of D will register as an S. It fixes awkward grips, cases, or small/large screens' effect on your typing. Gboard just has big time spyware informing autocorrect as to your intended next word.
Deep state work in progress on Windows OS.
I found the keyboard to be terrible but the voice input amazing . I use gboard for the keyboard and manually switch to voice input from futo.
I simply never use voice input and don't give Gboard the microphone permission.
What was it you didn't like about the keyboard?
I changed my Swiftkey voice input to Futo but it just brings up a pop up keyboard that I can type on but not actually add the text. Any suggestions?
@@DanielWilliamIronsideI installed futo voice a while ago, if that's still available separate from the keyboard (it seems line they are using the same base), it could work for you. I use futo voice occasionally with other keyboards
@@KnightRiderOfVoid Unfortunately it brings up an unusual second keyboard as opposed to any form of voice to text feature.
Goodbye windows
I installed this thing shortly after LR's video about it. i wanted to pre-emptively pay for it but i was surprised that they want my email to send the "license key" to. WHAT f'en license key? LR himself said that its an honor system. i just click "i already paid" and i move on. wtf do they need my email?
They send you the license key via email. I paid for Grayjay and it's just an email with an activate button if you have the app installed, the activate link in plain text and the license key. You also get a receipt from them. That's it. How much is the keyboard?
You can use guerillamail and write the lincense key down somewhere. If you lose it you can just click "I already paid" like LR intended
@@imnotusingmyrealname4566 what is the point of having a license key if its an honor system to begin with? why even waste the effort of implementing an algorithm mechanism that is supposedly not going to be used? your explanation of the 'workarounds' doesn't change the fact that the very existence of a license key in this context makes absolutely no sense.
@@RandomDeforge Just because something is on the honor system now doesn't mean it will be forever. Plus its possible that the key will be used to offer discounts on other future apps or something like that. Look at your license key as a receipt so to speak.
I've been using the BlackBerry keyboard since it arrived on the Key2 (based on SwiftKey!) But it doesn't work amazingly on my tablet, so I'll give it a try.
never too late to wake up
I use Linux for many years and while i completely agree on MANY complaints about Linux, like some software is NOT available, not supported or not compatible and cant even run in Wine, that gaming sucks because native builds supported poorly and Wine is just compatibility tool, nobody cares about it really, and there is hundreds of papercuts it still like it. I want focus a little on gaming, however, since MANY people get it wrong. There is TWO real problems here, 1) OpenGL, X11 and graphics stuff. In other word developers complaints "its hard to make game run nicely on Linux". Yes, there is some truth in that and this SLOWLY being fixed, but some problems is fundamental. so bear with us 2) Game developers HATE to support games. Games perceived as "once made - sell for decades" type of product. Or dont sell if nobody purchasing, just grab cash and abandon it. Software on Linux NOT supposed to work this way and game breaks. But devs dont want to fix their games, they want to sell them unmaintained forever and this is true reason why gaming on Linux sucks.
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