If you use the privacy respecting Gboard alternative called FUTO keyboard, you’ve probably noticed that the built in swipe typing is HOT GARBAGE. (Typing this currently with two thumbs for this exact reason.)
Most keyboards improve their swipe algorithms by simply spying on you and logging your typing data. FUTO isn’t about that, so they have built a simple webpage based typing game that you can use to improve their system in an ethical and voluntary manner! Just swipe the website’s keyboard to type a provided sentence.
I love this, they can crowdsource the improvement without invading privacy!
Share with any relevant communities you’re a part of. The more data, the better this gets.
Just did 1,010 words!
Found out that the skip button skips the word, not the prompt.
Are they going to share this data with the open source community or is this just for their proprietary keyboard?
Please everybody do this. This is sure to help other keyboards, too.
Is it? The FTL is restrictive about who is allowed to redistribute and modify anything covered by it. Is this data covered under a different license?
This is amazing. I really want to ditch Gboard. I hope this Futo can replace it completely.
Feel like I’m destroying the dataset with QWERTY so I’ll wait until QWERTZ is available :)
What a cool idea!
As an avid swipe user, I’ll try to send as many samples as I can!Would love to help, but they need a way more optimized site or a faster server, whichever is causing the slowness. Waited a full minute and barely got the keyboard to load.
Pretty sure I hugged it to death with the post. Was working fine for the last couple of days.
Worked fine for me. Might just have been the first rush.
I’m on iOS, but I gave it a few minutes of swiping to help out.
Yeah I love swiping to type so I use Gboard but I gave them 101 words to help. I’d gladly switch if they can make it this good.
Cool, I will help too.
My only gripe with this page is that it’s in the browser and it keeps recognising a back gesture (swipe from the edge of the screen) whenever a word starts with q or p.
why invade when the gates are flung open willingly?
What?
whats on second. whos on first.
No, what are you talking about?
You can’t possibly have misunderstood the issue so fundamentally, can you?
needs your help
I’m not gonna help proprietary software, the developers of which are trying to flip the definition of open-source.
That’s a neat solution
I thought so too! FUTO is a project worth supporting in my opinion.
Isn’t FUTO an organization that named their keyboard application after themselves?
I just gave them 500 new data samples. :) My thumb is sore.
Pitched in 100 words! Definitely some open source swiping keyboard gesture databases would be helpful for everyone.
Agreed! I use Heliboard but am glad you pitch in some words.
