Phone, tablet apps that can take your typing blues away

Touchscreens might have become a rage but there is one area where they still are a headache to use — that of typing. No matter how big or wide displays get, users still gnash their teeth when it comes to churning out large portions of text by tapping away on an onscreen keyboard that often offers very little in the way of physical feel, apart from the odd sound or vibration.

Fortunately, as in all things digital, there are apps that allow you to get around this problem — others by a different key arrangement, still others by better predictive text algorithms, and chucking the keyboard out of the window altogether. What’s more, some do so without even charging you a price for making your typing experience simpler. So if you are fed up of typing away on the onscreen keyboard of your touch-driven device, do try out the following:

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Adaptxt as most beautiful keyboard by Bitelia

Hace algunos años, escribir en pantallas táctiles parecía incómodo e inconveniente. Tomó un buen tiempo para que los usuarios lograsen acostumbrarse a la interfaz, y hoy en día es difícil encontrar diseños que no incorporen una pantalla que ocupa prácticamente toda la superficie del dispositivo. Pero, como decimos siempre, no estamos aquí para hablar de harware, sino de software, y lo que haremos hoy es hablar de los mejores teclados para Android.

A diferencia de Apple, que nos brinda una experiencia quizás un poco más unificada –y así también más restrictiva- en iOS, con Android tenemos una infinidad de dispositivos diferentes que corren versiones diferentes del sistema operativo, terminales de baja, media y alta gama para diferentes necesidades. Cada uno de estos dispositivos tiene su propio teclado virtual y táctil. Pero además, tenemos la opción de personalizar nuestra experiencia.

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Clean and Customizable for just 99 cents by Android Central

One of the best features of Android is that different portions of the interface can be changed to the user’s liking, especially the keyboard. Even with drastic improvements in the stock Android keyboard in the last few iterations, one size certainly doesn’t fit all. If you’re considering trying out replacement keyboards on your phone or tablet, Adaptxt Keyboard should be on the list for your consideration.

Read on past the break to learn a little more about Adaptxt Keyboard and how it could be the next keyboard you choose to use.

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Adaptxt – the Indic Text Input Tool for Handhelds and Tablets

 

Adaptxt – the Indic Text Input Tool for Handhelds and Tablets

In this tech-talk session, I want to talk about an application that has been a great help bridging the language gap and digital divide across the globe.

Chances are that you have already heard of Adaptxt. Adaptxt is an acronym formed out of two words of “Adapt” and “Text”. The idea is that the tool offered under the aegis of Adaptxt is adaptable to the text. And it comes really true to its name.

Adaptxt is a keyboard cum dictionary application made particularly for mobile devices and tablet computers. As you are already aware, almost all of these devices come with only one language input tool i.e. English. That is, if you want to write something on these devices in a language other than English, chances are that you will not find any way to type type because your language is not supported by the device manufacturer. Device manufacturers like Nokia, Samsung, Micromax or several other companies that come with different software platforms, take it granted that the people’s basic need is to be able to type in English and therefore they provide support just for that language. Developing support for other languages requires much more than just localization of the software platform. It requires a lot of feedback from native language experts (linguists) as well as other resources. Therefore features like being able to type in Hindi or Bengali or Tamil is not available by default on mobiles or tablets that come with Android, Symbian or Windows Mobile platforms. If you want to be able to type in Hindi or other numerous languages, you will have to resort to external softwares and install them separately on your own.

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