SwiftKey Blog
swiftkey.com · Company blog · on HN since 2014
SwiftKey's company blog covers its predictive keyboard for Android and iOS, including its use by Stephen Hawking and its Clojure-based engineering.
What HN saysHN commenters cite it for how SwiftKey powers Stephen Hawking's communication system, while others debate privacy of keyboard apps and the opt-in cloud feature.
15HN people shared it
7linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1SwiftKey enables Stephen Hawking to communicate twice as fast2 people · 7 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 2SwiftKey Keyboard goes free1 people · 6 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 3SwiftKey's new Android Keyboard built using Clojure1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · 3 comments on HN
- 4SwiftKey Keyboard is coming to iPhone and iPad on September 171 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 5Swiftkey Emoji Analytics1 people · 2 points · first shared 2015 · 1 comments on HN
- 6SwiftKey Keyboard now supprts Flow for iPad1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 7Finding the sweet spot between memory and speed on Android1 people · 1 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 8SwiftKey Keyboard for iOS 8: A first look at themes, and a price reveal1 people · 1 points · first shared 2014 · discussion on HN
- 9Swiftkey 5 performance1 people · first shared 2014
- 10En1 people · first shared 2015
- 11Data security1 people · first shared 2014
- 12Swiftkey require full access1 people · first shared 2014
- 13More about cloud1 people · first shared 2014
- 14How swipe typing makes communicating easier for physical disabilities1 people · first shared 2015
- 15Why we set swiftkey free1 people · first shared 2014
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joefreeman · 2015-08-17
Fun fact: the latest version of this software uses SwiftKey under the hood - http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-reveals-role-professor-stephen-ha… (Disclaimer: I used to work for SwiftKey)
jpatokal · 2015-04-28
Some more detail on how he managed to type despite his condition: http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/how-swipe-typing-makes-communicating-easie…
Ethan_Mick · 2014-09-25
By default, iOS keyboards cannot interact with other parts of the app/their container app, and cannot send information over the network. [1][2][3]
If you do enable full access, then yep, anything is fair game. But that's a tradeoff users can make.
[1] - https://twitter.com/SwiftKey/status/514540356918972416
[2] - http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-require-full-access/
[3] - https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/General/Conceptu…
spindritf · 2014-09-25
When you turn them on, Android will even warn you of that possibility. SwiftKey has some sort of cloud (opt-in) feature[1] so it's a keylogger with benefits.
[1] http://swiftkey.com/en/more-about-cloud/
SwiftKeyCM · 2014-06-30
Hi there,
You can actually turn off notifications from the app by:
1) SK settings
2) Advanced
3) Uncheck the box
SwiftKey has also stated they are working on performance updates in the next release: http://swiftkey.com/en/blog/swiftkey-5-performance/
As far as the notification at the top of the screen this is a notification provided by the Android OS and cannot be turned off or hidden.
Cheers,
Ryan
Community Manager @ SwiftKey
swiftkey · 2014-06-12
Hi, thanks for the feedback. SwiftKey Cloud is a secure, opt-in service that allows you to safely backup your language data and sync it across your devices. We take your data security seriously and you can read how we keep your data safe here: http://swiftkey.com/en/data-security/
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