Are you fed up with the keyboards on regular phones? Has this led you to buy a fully fledged Touch screen Smartphone? Well, then if you have brought one already one can only imagine fingers all over the keys typing away. Android phones are known for options and the big option that is available is that users can modify the onscreen keyboard that is in built in your device. For alternates to this you can download them from the Android market and just follow the instructions for installing it and get ready for using it. Here are 5 best alternative keyboards for Android phones.
1. Swype
This is the best Android keyboard ever. Users who are slow typists find this very helpful. Unlike normal text entry for which users use their thumb or index finger this one lets users drag their fingers on the letters that form a word. This app provides users a different text entry method totally.
2. SwiftKey
This is a predictive text method type of keyboard app. The app suggests words to the users. When a word is being typed by the user, suggestions pop at the top of the keyboard. This predictive text app is more accurate than the Android phone’s in built keyboard. The accuracy of this app is great, it takes the conversation patterns into account while predicting the word instead of just letters typed by the user. This keyboard app steals the word you want to type next right from your brain.
3. SlideIT
If you are tired and cannot more your fingers on Swype then SlideIt can come to your rescue. Though it is not refine and polished like Swype, it is not a slouch. Typing on Slide It is more swift and responsive than Swype. This app is available for download for a free trial of 15 days and after that you can upgrade to the full version for $6.
4. Better Keyboard
If you ain’t happy with the in built Android keyboard and none of the above mentioned apps have appealed to you then Better Keyboard is for you. It is the best one of the bunch of keyboards mentioned and it does really what it needs to do. It makes the user’s regular typing experience better. It allows users to type the way they are familiarized to except that this makes it faster. This keyboard app has visual skinning customizable options which can be downloaded from settings menu.
5. Voice Actions
It is worth mentioning about Voice Actions though it is not really a keyboard. If you are vexed up with the fact that you cannot type as fast as you think you can type then Android’s Voice Action can really help you. Built by Google this app has good voice commands which can record your written speech and also execute the action. Hold the button down on the bottom of your phone in any text entry field. Then a voice search menu pops up. Then you can speak in a clear voice and the words appear accurately on the screen. This feature is not much used by the Android users but it is worth trying.
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