How do you enter text on your smartphone?
The style of QWERTY input while holding the smartphone with both hands, input in the form of a so-called flip phone (toggle input), and flick input unique to smartphones... I think everyone has their own favorite input method.
The author has a hybrid style that uses flick input for Japanese and QWERTY input for English. The AQUOS sense5G I own has a width of about 71mm and a weight of about 178g, so I'm glad that I can hold it with one hand and flick input without getting tired.
This time, I would like to introduce the Android app "Arte Japanese Input Keyboard", which has a unique style of flick input function and makes input more efficient.
A major feature of the Arte Japanese Input Keyboard is that characters such as "Kyou", which would require multiple operations with normal flick input, can be entered in a single operation.
Input method on the Arte Japanese input keyboard (example)Consider the case of entering the word "today" by flicking. First, type "ki", then type "yo" to make it lowercase, and finally type "u". At this point, you should release your finger from the keyboard and type, and repeat the movement (becoming a magician).
However, if you use the "turn-flick input" function of the Arte Japanese Input Keyboard, you can enter by simply sliding your finger in a specific direction without lifting your finger from the keyboard at all.
I think it's faster to actually see it than to explain it in words, so I took a GIF video along with the normal input method.
First of all, in the normal input method, when you type "today", your finger leaves the keyboard several times.
Next, in the turn-flick input of the Arte Japanese input keyboard, you can see that "Kyo" can be input simply by sliding without lifting your finger.
The point of this turn-flick input is that not only contracted sounds like "Kyo", but also voiced sounds and semi-voiced sounds can be input efficiently. I got so used to this input method that I couldn't go back to normal flick input.
Also, although I haven't used it, there is also a function called "Alter Romaji Input" that allows you to enter Romaji with 12 keys, and it is so customizable that even the author himself cannot fully comprehend it.
If you want to speed up your usual flick input, why not try the Arte Japanese Input Keyboard?
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