OKBoard
OKBoard (a.k.a. Magic Keyboard) is a gesture based keyboard that allow single stroke typing. Usage is explained in this video. English, French and Dutch are supported without the need for additional packages, other language resources are available in separate packages, e.g. for Swedish (okb-lang-sv). It currently works on Jolla phone, Xperia X / XA2 / 10 / 10 plus. Larger phones (such as XA2 plus/ultra & Fxtec Pro1) may be supported in a later release.
Do not use other third party keyboards at the same time (unless they are just simple layouts for new languages).
Source code: http://git.tuxfamily.org/okboard/okb-engine.git/ and http://git.tuxfamily.org/okboard/okb-keyboard.git/. Instructions for adding new languages are included in README.md files (latin alphabet only at the moment).
If you get an error message about missing dependencies (dbus-python, patch ...) when installing, just run "pkcon refresh" as root and try again. Also some issues may be solved by uninstalling and reinstalling.
OKBoard tends to break for each new Sailfish release, so if possible, wait for other users reports before upgrading to a new OS version.
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Application versions:
| Attachment | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|
 okboard-full-0.6.27-1.armv7hl.rpm | 10.5 MB | 13/05/2021 - 13:47 |
| okboard-full-0.6.34-1.aarch64.rpm | 10.51 MB | 29/09/2021 - 20:00 |
| okboard-full-0.6.34-1.armv7hl.rpm | 10.5 MB | 29/09/2021 - 20:00 |
| okboard-full-0.6.35-1.armv7hl.rpm | 10.5 MB | 18/09/2022 - 14:33 |
| okboard-full-0.6.35-1.aarch64.rpm | 10.51 MB | 18/09/2022 - 14:33 |
| okboard-full-0.6.37-1.aarch64.rpm | 10.51 MB | 05/02/2023 - 14:36 |
| okboard-full-0.6.37-1.armv7hl.rpm | 10.5 MB | 05/02/2023 - 14:36 |
Changelog:
0.6.37 : Support for SFOS 4.5
0.6.35 : Disable Sailjail to allow admin app to start on SFOS 4.4
0.6.34: Fix for "Installation not complete" error
0.6.27: Support for SFOS 4.1
Comments
breiti_oi
Fri, 2018/07/06 - 10:14
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Is there a way to force the use of spacebar in android apps? In native apps everything is okay, but on whatsapp or telegram I have to set the spaces between the words by myself, which slow the input down.
eber42
Mon, 2018/07/09 - 20:04
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Unfortunately, SFOS keyboard framewok (maliit) does not give me access to the context (content of the textbox & cursor position) when using android apps, so I do not known when to insert a space. I have no idea how to solve this issue at the moment. I will probably ask on TJC or SFOS dev ML.
gotchman
Fri, 2018/07/06 - 03:58
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I am new at Okkeyboard.
Is there anybody to teach me how to check its working on iOS or Mac...?
eber42
Mon, 2018/07/09 - 19:58
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Sorry only Sailfish OS is supported at the moment. But you have a lot of better alternatives on iOS anyway.
smatkovi
Mon, 2018/07/02 - 20:02
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I'm trying right now with 100 000 words, but it is working for hours with 4Gb ram. I'm curious to hear about your experiences here
eber42
Mon, 2018/07/09 - 20:08
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Oops I've been a bit slow on this one. But there is an interesting discussion & answers at the end of this TMO thread
smatkovi
Mon, 2018/07/02 - 20:01
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how many words should the input dictionary have? and has anyone of you tried doing this for Hungarian?
spheniscus
Mon, 2018/06/25 - 23:07
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I confirm rob_k's post. Using a "classic" Jolla Phone JP1. Loud sounds when typing text. Disabled OKboard --> silence. Enabled OKboard --> noisy. Appeared after updating to Sailfish OS v2.2.0.29.
BR,
Frederik
eber42
Mon, 2018/07/09 - 19:49
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Thanks to you & Rob for your feedback. I will look at this issue when I get some time. At the moment I can't reproduce this behaviour with Jolla phone & Xperia. Can other people confirm if they experience the same issue (or not) ?
Problem may be caused by the "hackish" way to integrate with original jolla keyboard that is very sensitive to changes.
erikderzweite
Sat, 2018/09/08 - 15:35
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Confirming the issue on Sailfish X with 2.2.1.18 Nurmonjoki. Did not found a way to turn off the sounds yet.
rob_k
Fri, 2018/06/08 - 00:54
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Clicking sounds in SailfishX.
Dear eber42, since a few months I got hooked on your wonderful OKboard again. Unfortunately, today's update to Mouhijoki resulted in loud clicking sounds when using the keyboard. Different sounds come out for normal keys, space bar and OKboard swipes. The sounds are too loud to ignore, so I had to turn OKboard off for now. Changing the Settings for Sounds and Feedback does not help.
Hoping for a solution. Thank you,
Rob
skyjumper
Wed, 2018/05/16 - 01:45
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Does the app crash for other ppl randomly? I will go to a text entry screen and will be back at the regular individual key instead of swipe. I have to restart the app.
djamigo2001
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 19:07
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Thanks eber42.
skyjumper
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 01:53
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Thanks for the 0.6.15 upgrade as I too was wondering why the keyboard wasn't coming up. I cna't live without swype now!
HackTheFish
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 21:43
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Wonderful, it works!!! Thank you so much! Donation possible?
djamigo2001
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 19:28
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Many thanks, this is a great addon for SailfishOS.
Does it transmit logs / data to any server ? I ask because many of the other os swipe keyboards do this.
eber42
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 09:57
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OKboard does not send any information outside of your device (except if you hit the "Send logs by e-mail" button, obviously). This can be checked as OKboard is 100% open source.
Orologiaio
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 11:24
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I can't install the latest version ok OKBoard (latest official SFOS on Xperia X). How can I help to debug this issue?
eber42
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 17:43
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Thanks for your feedback. Installation/upgrade issues should now (hopefully) be fixed with the last release (0.6.15)
ferlanero
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 02:19
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Yes! Now everything works with 0.6.15 on Sailfish X. Thank you very much!!
Orologiaio
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 21:57
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Still doesn't work for me! I even downloaded the rpm directly. If I can do something to help you track the issue, let me know.
eber42
Fri, 2018/05/11 - 10:01
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It would be really helpfull if you could send me a bug report (device and os version used, what are the symptons, etc.). You can use the e-mail address shown in the OKBoard settings application. Thanks.
HackTheFish
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 23:27
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Sorry, German language don't work with Jolla 1. The Keyboard freeze and nothing works.
Olsen
Thu, 2018/05/10 - 00:11
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I had the same problem. Then I uninstalled the German language package and OKBoard itself and installed both again afterwards. Now it runs again.
ferlanero
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 00:46
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After some testings, version 0.6.11 has lots of bugs using Spanish okboard dictionary where 0.6.9 version worked perfect. Errors like this while swapping words: el Eǹ
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ferlanero
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 00:49
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This kind of errors become OKBoard almost unusable with the Spanish language
eber42
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 12:16
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OK, problem reproduced here, expect a fix soon. And in the meantime do not use the 0.6.11 version (I have removed it from the download area)
ferlanero
Tue, 2018/05/08 - 16:49
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Thanks for all of your work! I love this swappable keyboard! If you need more testing, please, let me know.
ferlanero
Mon, 2018/05/07 - 16:39
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It seems not to work on Sailfish X 2.1.4.14 Okboard simply doesn't appear
eber42
Mon, 2018/05/07 - 17:56
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It works for me with official 2.1.4.14 on Xperia X.
Please could you run:
killall maliit-server ; maliit-server 2>&1 | tee /tmp/okboard.logand send me the okboard.log file
(I can't add error management for this part as maliit-server is managed by the OS)
Maybe that is the old bug that require a uninstall/reinstall of Okboard (unfortunately this one will not be fixed until I can reproduce it or gain physical access to a device with the issue)
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