Thumb Keyboard

Beansoft

About this app

Most customizable keyboard in the Play store for Phone, Tablet and Phablet. Packed with a lot of features you won't find on any other keyboard.


"Thumb Keyboard takes customization to next level" (Laptop Magazine)


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DESCRIPTION

Thumb Keyboard for Android™ is a keyboard with many, advanced customization options that allows the user to adjust it to his or her preferences. This groundbreaking keyboard introduces a lot of innovations. Besides a standard layout it has a new (patent pending) "split" layout for tablets and phones that makes thumb typing more natural and comfortable. It also introduces a lot of useful and advanced functions that will improve your productivity and makes typing on your mobile device more fun and comfortable.

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SOME QUOTES FROM MAGAZINES AND AROUND THE INTERNET

#2 in this years (2012) top 10 "indispensable Android apps list" of ZDNet's TechRepublic

"Thumb Keyboard makes two handed typing a breeze" "An epic win for tablet typing" (Android Police)

"Thumb Keyboard – The First Universally Functional Keyboard" (Android Guys)

"Optimierte Layouts für Phone und Tablet - Test: GUT" (Android Magazin)


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FEATURES


FLEXIBLE KEYBOARD LAYOUTS
• Full featured standard layouts
• Split layouts for tablets and large screen devices: Better accessible keys for thumb-typing on large and small tablets and 4"+ phones
• Special tailored layouts for phones, 5" 'phablets', 7" tablets and 9-10" tablets
• Option to select separate layouts for portrait and landscape
• One-handed operation mode for large-screen phones

No more unnatural stretching or juggling with your tablet or phone…

STATE OF THE ART KEYBOARD TECHNOLOGY
• Continuous Voice Recognition (Android 4.x): real time voice recognition using the latest Google Voice typing service
• Multi-touch
• Variable key spacing
• Long press symbols and characters (customizable)
• Auto-correction
• Auto-correction feedback in text to reduce errors caused by unnoticed auto corrections (Android 4.x)
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Text to speech feedback
• Voice input (Non Continuous for Android 2.2 and higher)
• Bigram word prediction (predict word based on previous word - for Android 2.3 and higher.)
• Swipe gesture support
• Adjustable keyclick volume
• User dictionary
• 3D "coverflow" theme browser with 25+ themes

FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE
• Option to change the long press symbols on the letter keys!
• Save much used phrases and enter with a touch of a button
• 25+ Themes
• User definable auto text substitutions (For example: thx -> thanks etc)
• Optional user customizable key row
• Change colors and size of keys, font etc.
• Customizable background (choose your own image)
• Full color customization!


LANGUAGE SUPPORT:
English
German (with special QWERTZ keyboard ánd special german keyboard)
French (with support AZERTY)
Spanish (with modern Spanish keyboard layout)
Russian (with cyrillic keyboard)
Italian
Portuguese
Dutch
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Danish
Polish

• All special keyboards are also available as special (split) keyboards.
• Possibility to change the long press symbols by special international characters!! Directly enter your typical language letters with a simple long press.

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EXPLANATION OF PERMISSIONS:
- The record audio permission is needed for Voice input
- The internet access permission is needed for downloading additional dictionaries
- The permission to read the contact database is needed to generate predictions based on the names in the contact database.

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DOCUMENTATION & BEANSOFT SUPPORT

See http://www.beansoftapps.com/support
To get the most out of the keyboard be sure to check out the FAQ and Quick Start Guide
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PLAY STORE SUPPORT

For download and billing problems, general market support and contacting the Google Play Store support team please visit: https://support.google.com/googleplay/

Ratings and reviews

Edit: I just upgraded my samsung tab S5e to Android 12 (lineageos 19.1). It still works. The skins were not available, but experimenting with color options i got an acceptable keyboard. I wish somebody woud take over this app and keep it alive. Been using this app for many years. I have tried others but none have measured up. The absolute best split keyboard layout for landscape on the tab s5e. I could not live without the cursor arrow keys.

Best keyboard ever. I love the ability to save text as short cuts in the key row. I save my different email addresses and login names so I don't have to type them over and over. I also love the ability to split the keyboard in half so I can use it more easily on my large tablet. It's also nice to be able to use a compact keyboard on my phone.

I have been using this keyboard since it still received updates, and it has been amazing. Dell Streak, Sony Xperia Z, Samsung Note, Note 6 and 10+, it worked great on all of them. Unfortunately the latest version of Android 13 on the Galaxy Fold 4 has finally broken it. The suggestion bar no longer appears, making autocorrect my enemy on occasion. But after many years of faithful service, and in the expectation that it will be seen by no-one, I just wanted to take a moment to thank the dev.

What's new

Fixed issue on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) that caused Thumb Keyboard to force close