Bug 365305 - Unable to use gesture typing.
Summary: Unable to use gesture typing.
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: android-application (show other bugs)
Version: 1.5
Platform: Android All
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Vaca Cintora
URL:
Keywords:
: 440134 453323 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-07-09 22:57 UTC by eddymcv
Modified: 2022-05-06 02:57 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

See Also:
Latest Commit: https://invent.kde.org/network/kdeconnect-android/-/commit/64ad798d70bd075479a2a8e8fa9b34e5a5cda8bd
Version Fixed In: 1.19
Sentry Crash Report:

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Screenshot showing voice typing issue (278.57 KB, image/jpeg)
2021-04-20 18:32 UTC, Joseph Morris 		Details
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Description eddymcv 2016-07-09 22:57:07 UTC 
Trying to type using gestures is not currently possible. The last letter to be entered will be the only letter to appear on the computer screen (cat -> t). 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open KDE Connect
2. Select Remote input
3. Select keyboard icon
4. Attempt to type using gestures

Actual Results:  
The last letter I hovered on was the only thing produced for each word.

Expected Results:  
The entirety of the swiped words/phrase would appear on the computer screen.
Comment 1 eddymcv 2017-08-03 06:28:46 UTC 
If it is relevant to this bug, I am using Google's Gboard keyboard.
Comment 2 Kishore Gopalakrishnan 2017-08-05 14:29:44 UTC 
(In reply to eddymcv from comment #1)
> If it is relevant to this bug, I am using Google's Gboard keyboard.


It is probably not keyboard dependent, since I can confirm this also happens with the Swiftkey keyboard.
Comment 3 Nicolas Fella 2018-01-17 18:54:11 UTC 
The problem is that KDE Connect emulates key events, not text input per se. Those key events then get interpreted by the text field to get the actual text. So this is not really a bug but rather how KDE Connect works. It might be possible to enable gesture typing, but that would require significant effort, so don't have any high hopes for that.

Sorry
Comment 4 Daniel Tang 2021-02-06 13:49:37 UTC 
I am also hoping this bug would be fixed, but to support my different use case. This bug seems to boil down to supporting the input of text instead of key strokes.

Compared to a smartphone, it is difficult to type mathematical symbols, emojis, and foreign languages on a computer. I was hoping to use KDE Connect for that, but this bug prevents me from doing that
Comment 5 2wxsy58236r3 2021-02-27 12:54:47 UTC 
(In reply to Daniel Tang from comment #4)
> Compared to a smartphone, it is difficult to type mathematical symbols,
> emojis, and foreign languages on a computer. I was hoping to use KDE Connect
> for that, but this bug prevents me from doing that

For foreign languages (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, Korean), there are actually different IMEs / input schemas that you can use.

e.g. You can try fcitx + Rime for Chinese input.
Comment 6 Joseph Morris 2021-04-20 18:32:22 UTC 
Created attachment 137733 [details]
Screenshot showing voice typing issue
Comment 7 Joseph Morris 2021-04-20 18:35:54 UTC 
This seems to also prevent Google voice typing from being an option; see the prior screenshot where the voice typing icon is available in a standard text field, but not within KDE connect. I've tried all the options within GBoard, and as far as I can tell it seems to be related to the type of input in KDE Connect. It'd be pretty sweet to have the option of using Google voice typing in arbitrary applications (e.g., LibreOffice, Thunderbird, Slack, etc.), which as far as I know is not otherwise available on Linux desktop.
Comment 8 ebetica0 2021-06-11 22:27:57 UTC 
I think I have a similar issue. I'm running Fedora, tried both a compiled (21.04.2) and the repo version (v20.12.2), with a pxiel 4 on the latest update (RQ3A.210605.005). 

I'm interested in voice typing, and I have seen videos of this working online, but it does not work for me on my local installation. Even the backspace key in the voice typing UI does not work.

BTW Joseph if you hit the symbols key (?123) you should be able to access a voice typing menu. Does it work for you?
Comment 9 2wxsy58236r3 2022-04-22 05:14:18 UTC 
The new "compose send" feature (the icon with a pencil) should let you input text via gesture typing and voice typing.
Comment 10 2wxsy58236r3 2022-04-22 05:33:19 UTC 
*** Bug 440134 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 11 2wxsy58236r3 2022-05-06 02:57:05 UTC 
*** Bug 453323 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***