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Quoth · 10-02-2021, 02:36 PM

Gboard is ghastly and also may sometimes communicate with Google. I replace it with a different keyboard (according to screen size and type). I managed to have the "Hacker's Keyboard" work on eink Mars for the Jota note taking after changing some settings.

I also have a 3rd party mapping tool for external USB or BT keyboards on any device, though at least Android has more layouts than it used to have for the Gboard. I also disable mic / assistant on tablets/phones as it uses a Google server. Yet nearly 15 years ago we had decent local voice recognition on gadgets and car radios (25 years ago on PCs)

I find the KOReader keyboard fine.

10-02-2021, 02:36 PM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,289 Karma: 105299897 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Gboard is ghastly and also may sometimes communicate with Google. I replace it with a different keyboard (according to screen size and type). I managed to have the "Hacker's Keyboard" work on eink Mars for the Jota note taking after changing some settings. I also have a 3rd party mapping tool for external USB or BT keyboards on any device, though at least Android has more layouts than it used to have for the Gboard. I also disable mic / assistant on tablets/phones as it uses a Google server. Yet nearly 15 years ago we had decent local voice recognition on gadgets and car radios (25 years ago on PCs) I find the KOReader keyboard fine.