OKBoard

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Submitted by eber42 on Sun, 2023/02/05 - 14:36
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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: 
AttachmentSizeDate
File okboard-full-0.6.27-1.armv7hl.rpm10.5 MB13/05/2021 - 13:47
File okboard-full-0.6.34-1.aarch64.rpm10.51 MB29/09/2021 - 20:00
File okboard-full-0.6.34-1.armv7hl.rpm10.5 MB29/09/2021 - 20:00
File okboard-full-0.6.35-1.armv7hl.rpm10.5 MB18/09/2022 - 14:33
File okboard-full-0.6.35-1.aarch64.rpm10.51 MB18/09/2022 - 14:33
File okboard-full-0.6.37-1.aarch64.rpm10.51 MB05/02/2023 - 14:36
File okboard-full-0.6.37-1.armv7hl.rpm10.5 MB05/02/2023 - 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

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eber42

Sun, 2019/05/05 - 12:18

1) that is the default behaviour, but I have just discovered there is now some surrounding text information available while using Android apps, which may trigger the problem you see. I'll try to have a fix for this issue.

2) I can not reproduce this (or I have not understood your description), maybe you could post a video & proper context info (device, OS, app used & okboard version)

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Shervrar

Tue, 2019/05/07 - 03:06

1) Thanks!

2) Well I just tried again and it didn't do it. Maybe I had something else intefearing with it before, or the OS update fixed it? Either way the problem is gone now. I'll make sure to post a video should it happen again.

3) A different question, do you think it would be possible to show word suggestions even when not swiping?

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Shervrar

Tue, 2019/05/07 - 05:37

2) Okay, it started doing it again. Video is here:

https://send.firefox.com/download/71426c4ea592ee4d/#PHgUuVfWvg_2e4mIFtzP8w

 

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eber42

Tue, 2019/05/07 - 09:27

You are using an Android application which is not well supported by the current version. Try with a native app and tell me if you can reproduce this issue.

As stated above, context information is now provided by the keyboard framework when using android apps, but it provides inaccurate values that lead to the bugs you have described, and it is not handled by current okboard version because I discovered this change two days ago. I'll try to add a workaround in the next release.

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Shervrar

Wed, 2019/05/08 - 01:38

>You are using an android application

Do you mean the video? That is just the Sailfish OS browser, not an android app.

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eber42

Thu, 2019/05/09 - 16:55

Oops, thanks for clarification, now this makes more sense.

There is still no context information available in browser text input areas. This issue is in my backlog but i'm not sure it can be improved that much.

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rob_k

Sun, 2019/04/28 - 21:02

Hi eber42,

Thanks for repairing the candidates section. Working fine again while swiping. But... It seems to me that when typing the candidates section stays empty. Is that a side effect from your changes?

Cheers, Rob

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eber42

Sun, 2019/05/05 - 11:31

Candidates are shown only after a "swipe" to allow correcting a bad guess. At any other time the standard Jolla keyboard behaviour is supposed to stay unchanged (i.e. it should display XT9 next word prediction or completion). Maybe you could post a video to make sure I understand the issue ?

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svex87

Tue, 2019/04/23 - 17:19

I have an issue using Okboard in Android Apps like Whatsapp (German language pack) In Android Apps okboards adds two blank space after the first word and than the next word starts with a capitale letter.

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eber42

Wed, 2019/04/24 - 08:46

I know it is really annoying, but I do not know how to solve this issue at the moment: the Sailfish keyboard framework does not provide surrounding text information for Android applications, so this prevent autospacing from working properly. Any help or suggestion welcome.

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eber42

Sun, 2019/05/05 - 11:57

I have just checked and this is not true anymore (I do not know when it has changed), so I will check if it is possible to add proper support for Android apps.

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rob_k

Mon, 2019/04/22 - 20:08

Great to have this new update so fast, thanks!

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murfik

Mon, 2019/04/22 - 18:26

Thanks for answer! Great keyboard, but need support other langs for 'must have' status

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murfik

Mon, 2019/04/22 - 15:49

how to add russian lang?

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eber42

Mon, 2019/04/22 - 16:42

Only languages with latin alphabet are supported at the moment. There are a lot of changes required to support other alphabets so it will probably not be implemented soon

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rob_k

Sun, 2019/04/14 - 13:44

For other languages like Finnish: there are instructions available, how to compile language files.

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rob_k

Sun, 2019/04/14 - 13:40

It is so great to have OKboard working again, thanks! The only thing is that the suggested words have changed. No longer words that may have been meant, based on the spelling variations of the swipe. Now it seems to predict the next word.

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eber42

Sun, 2019/04/14 - 17:40

Oops, that is really a bug, I'll try to fix this soon

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Sanpo

Fri, 2019/04/12 - 21:31

Add Finnish support please ;)

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Historyscholar

Thu, 2019/04/11 - 11:43

Can you support Chinese :)    

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eber42

Sun, 2019/04/14 - 17:41

Really no, that would be a completely different product (... and I know nothing about Chinese)

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akikk88

Wed, 2019/04/10 - 19:35

Finnish support plz ☺

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nerip

Tue, 2019/04/09 - 15:33

Thanks but it still buggy on XA2 Plus...It works and stop working....

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eber42

Sun, 2019/04/14 - 21:03

As already stated, large devices over 5" like XA2 Plus are not yet supported. I'll add support in a future release.

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nerip

Tue, 2019/04/16 - 14:00

Thanks

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PawelSpoon

Mon, 2019/04/08 - 18:23

Hooray !!

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ferlanero

Mon, 2019/04/08 - 13:14

Best keyboard ever has returned!! Thank you very much!! :D

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skyjumper

Sat, 2019/04/06 - 07:10

Perhaps I am missing something, but I can't seem to find the 0.6.17 source in the Git tree? Is it available? Wanting to play and build my own test version whilst waiting for an official build from you :-)

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eber42

Mon, 2019/04/08 - 12:01

May have lost the tag :) (there was no change in engine part for this version anyway). All is now up to date for version 0.6.18.

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meegouser

Tue, 2019/03/19 - 22:52

OKBoard doesn't seem to work with the new Sailfish 3.0.2.8 anymore:

https://together.jolla.com/question/201102/release-notes-302-oulanka/?an...

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