I just set it up following your comment but I cannot figure out how to set it up in order to type in different languages without changing keyboards.

Could you tell which 4 languages you use? I am sure it would include Japanese.

What’s the status on swipe typing on foss android keyboards?

Some have it, some don’t. Idk why but I heard the swipe functionality relies on some kind of Google library that you can install manually on some FOSS keyboards if they don’t have the feature. Idk if it’s safe for privacy though. I never learned swipe keyboards anyways so here I’m on the “just don’t use it” side :) (jk)

Ya I’m using the English 79 model (not the default) voice on a pixel 8 and it works very well.

Just FYI you can use a firewall app on device to block Gboard internet access.

Have you tried Heliboard? It’s open and has swyping (you have to download a binary blob).

Agreed. From what I can tell the swiping is inaccurate as you have to touch each letter perfectly for it to register where as on gboard being near to or adjacent to a letter is sufficient for it to guess the correct word

Have you tried HeliBoard? I think it has the best multilingual support for all these FOSS keyboards, but mind you, you have to manually load the dictionaries for the languages you want, and same thing for the swipe libraries, but it's all documented and linked on the GitHub page.

It has alot of languages. Depending on what your looking for the voice is good the options are nice. Pair it with openboard and its a gem.

You have to configure the space bar to allow a long-press to give you a popup menu to select another language. Currently there’s no way to have multiple languages with the same layout, it’s annoying but you can work with it.

Privacy wise you should really have internet disabled for Gboard anyways which already disables the gif functionality.

Heliboard has swipe typing? Just go to the settings and tap on “Gesture Typing”. I believe you have to download a proprietary library for it, though.

I’ve had no responsive issues with FUTO so far, just the occasional typo from the ever so slightly different layout.

You can add swipe (glide?) typing into HeliBoard. From their github readme:

• Glide typing (only with closed source library ☹️)
  • library not included in the app, as there is no compatible open source library available
  • can be extracted from GApps packages (“swypelibs”), or downloaded here (click on the file and then “raw” or the tiny download button)

The only reason HeliBoard doesn’t include this themselves is presumably legal liability plus their dedication to the app not having any network permissions at all.

Just learned about heliboard. Thank you! Wrote this with that keyboard and glide enabled as the others have said. Loving it!

I’ve tried it, and it’s quite good and heavily customisable, but a pain in the arse if you want to use more than one language. I think their Dutch version doesn’t even work if I recall correctly.

It’s good. I use it. Whoever made it did a great job.

It’s fairly good. I find the autocorrect to be poor and result in a much lower typing speed though.

You can use Transcribro also. It uses the same tech for voice to text.

What’s the pushback against it? I like that you can modify and publish version of it as long as it’s noncommercial

Edit: I don’t understand the down votes, I’m trying to learn - what are the downsides of this thatkmake so unpopular?

> The freedom to inspect or view. In software, this came from the freedom to study how the program works, and change it to make it do what you wish . Access to the source code is a precondition for this - such as FreeCAD files, text documents, spreadsheets, calculations, instructions, etc.
The freedom to use. Run or otherwise execute the software, product, or process. You may be charged for using the thing. But this is a moot point, because as soon as someone buys it, it can be released for free.
The freedom to modify. This is a big point: making improvements or adaptation is a key to distributing value.
Economic freedom. The freedom to distribute or sell. Freedom distribute copies of your modified versions to others. By doing this you can give the whole community a chance to benefit from your changes. Access to the source code is a precondition for this. 

gitlab.futo.org/keyboard/latinime

Debatable how “proprietary” it really is.

No keyboard besides SwiftKey and gboard have accented characters for devanagari script.

Every opensource one is a dealbreaker, and i dont know how to fix it myself.

<img alt="hindi keyboard in SwiftKey" src="https://reddthat.com/pictrs/image/567a6548-f30d-46c2-a826-8e6252ce3dd1.png">