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(ICS) How to change input method without going too settings?

Hey just curious on how to change my keyboard while in any app that uses the keyboard to input text. I tried to press and hold an empty space on the screen and the input method never pops up like on all other Android versions.
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Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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Thanks! I was caught off guard too.

Long pressing the space bar also does the job. I miss gb where all you do is swipe the spare bar to change languages

Any way to do this automatically "per-application"?
When I'm in terminal emulator I want to use hackers keyboard, but I'm fine with standard in other places (like writting sms).

I feel retarded
adleyh2000 said:
Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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THANK YOU!!! I saw this when I first updated then forgot. Thanks for the reminder!!!

dpc.ucore.info said:
Any way to do this automatically "per-application"?
When I'm in terminal emulator I want to use hackers keyboard, but I'm fine with standard in other places (like writting sms).
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I would love to be able to do that. I use chrome as my browser and it does not play nice with swype. When deleting text it skips to the middle of words and sometimes when typing a word it will use the suggestion automatically before I'm even done typing the word.

agentfusion said:
I would love to be able to do that. I use chrome as my browser and it does not play nice with swype. When deleting text it skips to the middle of words and sometimes when typing a word it will use the suggestion automatically before I'm even done typing the word.
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u would have to see whtas happening with my Swype on JB from time to time... hahaha

adleyh2000 said:
Nevermind I figured it out. When you are typing there is a keyboard notification at the top and you just have to click it to change keyboard
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tnx for your good reply...:good:

Thanks a milion
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SwiftKey tablet keyboard

Just got this, but the tab version not mobile version, and it's best keyboard I've used. Check it out
From the bad ass Note

give us some screenshots mate.

Here is landscape mode! Portrait is pretty standard
From the bad ass Note

They keyboard is nice but the themes really blow

I HATE this keyboard, worst I've EVER used...
Even when going through the options and changing them the keyboard app tires me...
when typing sms messages it will add words when starting a sentence, predicting what I'm about to type and it's always wrong. Theres no way to remove this.
Also the spelling correction is even worse and will CHANGE words even when their correct, or simple names of places/people it will change it to something different, it's a NIGHTMARE...

sprintuser1977 said:
Just got this, but the tab version not mobile version, and it's best keyboard I've used. Check it out
From the bad ass Note
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best keyboard ever
I prefer the mobile version instead the tablet one which use on my Iconia Tab but both are great

kanej2006 said:
when typing sms messages it will add words when starting a sentence, predicting what I'm about to type and it's always wrong. Theres no way to remove this.
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Actually there is.. Go into settings, then advanced, then change "space bar will..." to "complete current word" or "always insert a space". I had some problems with it auto-adding words too at first but these settings helped me. So try that if you want
I've been using SwiftKey for a long time now and for me the autocorrection and word prediction is far better than every other keyboard I've tried. And I've tried loads of them.. Just make sure to download and set your correct language packs and set it to learn from your text messages, gmail, Facebook and so on.
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BaconDanny said:
Actually there is.. Go into settings, then advanced, then change "space bar will..." to "complete current word" or "always insert a space". I had some problems with it auto-adding words too at first but these settings helped me. So try that if you want
I've been using SwiftKey for a long time now and for me the autocorrection and word prediction is far better than every other keyboard I've tried. And I've tried loads of them.. Just make sure to download and set your correct language packs and set it to learn from your text messages, gmail, Facebook and so on.
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Thanks, made my life so much better! The keyboard was perfect apart from the annoying word prediction thing...

kanej2006 said:
Thanks, made my life so much better! The keyboard was perfect apart from the annoying word prediction thing...
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Yeah, it used to annoy the s**t out of me too before I found this setting. I'm glad I could help

best keyboard ever.
esp. if you use a couple of languages to type.

Thumb Keyboard is very good too, you can choose between different themes and layouts and adjust them.
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If thumb keyboard sometime support 2 languages at the sametime it would be the best...

i actually like the ICS keyboard a lot. It has 0 lag.
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xAnimal5 said:
i actually like the ICS keyboard a lot. It has 0 lag.
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as does swiftkey

Have to agree. SwiftKey is superb. Just moved over to note from sensation. The mobile version is smooth and quick on the note.
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did you guys notice that the very first keypress after reboot goes silent while every subsequent tap clicks? that annoyed me to no end so i had to switch to another keyboard. or was it just my note?

Is there a way for this app to not use prediction and disable those 3 boxes that shows word choices?

Tablet-wide handwriting to text recognition

Coming from a Thinkpad tablet with MyScript Stylus, I'm a bit spoiled.
With that app i could have written anywhere where text input was required and it would be converted to text. Is any app or feature on the Gnote 10.1 that can do that?
Ron
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Yes you can set the Samsung keyboard to do handwriting recognition for any text field. Hold down the settings button on the left of the spacebar until a "T" pops up. Selecting the T will put it into handwriting recognition mode.
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Have a look at my video setting up and demonstrating this type of input method (i think its post #22/32) on the link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847817&page=3
There is also a very cheap but very good app on Google play called 7notes that can be used to do this too, if you use their inbuilt notepad app, you can write in cursive and convert to text at a later time or use with any app that requires text input for immediate converting of handwriting to text.

Sweet, I'm liking this better & better... Really gonna need to read the manual sometime...

ultramag69 said:
Sweet, I'm liking this better & better... Really gonna need to read the manual sometime...
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XDA is the best manual you'll find good sir. Lot of useful posts about various tips and tricks.

Oh wow thank you. I don't feel too bad now after spending 9 bucks on the other mentioned app and not being able to bring it over to my new tab.
Ron
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Nefariouss said:
XDA is the best manual you'll find good sir. Lot of useful posts about various tips and tricks.
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I know, but sometimes you can pick up little nuggets from the relatively painful way the manuals tell you how to do things in the alien language they use...:laugh:

ron2k_1 said:
Coming from a Thinkpad tablet with MyScript Stylus, I'm a bit spoiled.
With that app i could have written anywhere where text input was required and it would be converted to text. Is any app or feature on the Gnote 10.1 that can do that?
Ron
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Even on the TPT 7Notes was my go-to HWR app. Extremely good.

I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).

toenail_flicker said:
Even on the TPT 7Notes was my go-to HWR app. Extremely good.
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ftarules said:
I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).
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I too love 7notes as I find that it works extremely well with recognising handwriting that even I can't read! Got a few people to try it and they were amazed.
If the 7notes notepad had drawing ability as well, it would always be my no. 1 go-to app as I would sometimes like to preserve my handwriting with drawings and be able to draw anywhere on the screen. They have not updated the app since release which is a bit disappointing.

ftarules said:
I am glad I read this thread. 7NOTES is an awesome app. Thanks again. This is the only thing that was missing on my Galalxy Note 10.1. NOw I have no regrets giving up my ipad (on which I used NOtes Plus app with inbuilt conversion to typed text).
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Glad to hear it will work as well for you as it does for me.

ultramag69 said:
I know, but sometimes you can pick up little nuggets from the relatively painful way the manuals tell you how to do things in the alien language they use...:laugh:
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I'm sure half the English language manuals in the world are produced through the help of Google translate in lieu of actual Englishspeakers.
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enabling handwriting to text
There is no 'T' after i have long pressed on the settings button beside the keyboard.. and I have enabled pen detection in Samsung keyboard settings.
Is there anything im missing out on
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Here is a screenshot showing that i only have google voice and settings after long pressing the settings button on the left of the spacebar

lycheeaun said:
There is no 'T' after i have long pressed on the settings button beside the keyboard.. and I have enabled pen detection in Samsung keyboard settings.
Is there anything im missing out on
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Here is a screenshot showing that i only have google voice and settings after long pressing the settings button on the left of the spacebar
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I know it's been a while since you posted your question, but for anyone that was curious about this, the settings button you're looking for will show either the "T" but most of the time it will show the google voice recognition icon. Sometimes it will show the keyboard icon. You have to long press that button to see the option to switch to handwriting mode, querty, or voice.
I hope this helps someone.

OK Google command

Guys I can't get the OK Google command to work and I can't find the settings for it ,anyone got any ideas? Oh and I'm saying it in the home screen and google now !
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I am having the exact same issue!
Anyone actually got it working? If so, how?
Many thanks!

have you installed a 3rd party keyboard?
i'm using swift key and all is well, but i thought i read somewhere that keyboards may cause an issue with the voice recognition thing
edit: i've been testing and it's working fine here

I can get to it to work on nexus 7 but not the 5
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Sswipe left to the Google Now page and scroll down to the settings. Press Voice > Language and then English... > English (US). Then it will work.

skttrbrain said:
Sswipe left to the Google Now page and scroll down to the settings. Press Voice > Language and then English... > English (US). Then it will work.
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What he said.
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You need to switch the language of Google Now to US English in the settings. Currently doesn't work in any other language unfortunately (even other forms of English!). Hope for update to fix this soon.
I don't see why Google couldn't do at least the other forms of English too. I mean, much less work than a completely different language. They already have voice recognition for all English sublangugaes, makes no sense to me why they couldn't enable it for UK English when the device can recognise the words 'OK Google' in my British accent just fine.

There have been a couple of times where it opens after saying Google now, but then hangs while trying to recognise what I've said and it sucks the battery (shows a lot of use under google services and google search), I have to restart the phone before it then works again.

Thanks guys much appreciated
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Keyboards we all need them which works best for you and why. Keyboard discussion and

So in the quest for the best keyboard for me. I know this is a very opinion and preference based. I have tried several different keyboards the one I am currently trying out is flesky. I tried swype touch pal x Samsung keyboard Google keyboard and many others.. So far. Flesky,, is taking some getting used to however its functionality is very unique.. The reason I created this thread was because I was surprised I had never heard of this keyboard. So anyways please your experience with the different keyboards and let me know your favorite and why
Thank you
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I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction

I've tried a lot & love Swype+Dragon

j3ffm1ll said:
I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction
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is this the only keyboard that has this??
blue5055 said:
I've tried a lot & love Swype+Dragon
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Is dragon built in? How is it different from standard voice tYping?
Thanks for the replies
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I dont know if it is the only one that has that feature or not.

j3ffm1ll said:
I personally use swiftkey and like it because of cloud based text prediction
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Same reason I use it. I was also partial to ai.type keyboard plus

Thumb Keyboard -you can create hotkey/shortcut key. like assign a key, when you press that key, it automatically type your username, account numbers, password, etc.

netnerd said:
Thumb Keyboard -you can create hotkey/shortcut key. like assign a key, when you press that key, it automatically type your username, account numbers, password, etc.
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That's interesting I have never heard of that feature or keyboard thanks for sharing
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BR7fan said:
Same reason I use it. I was also partial to ai.type keyboard plus
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+1 SwiftKey keyboard tops them all. There is another one with cloud prediction but I forget what it's called [emoji32]
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Tried tons and always come back to SwiftKey.
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Kii keyboard. So many options. Rarely misses the auto correct when swiping

I think i have stock but I keep it floating so I can move it around depending on what app I use it with.

Primary keyboard is swype and secondary keyboard is samsung keyboard for use with the s pen.