Fcitx5 vs Sayboard
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
Fcitx5
Supported languages English (with spellcheck) Chinese Pinyin, Shuangpin, Wubi, Cangjie and custom tables (built-in) Zhuyin/Bopomofo (via Chewing Plugin) Jyutping (via Jyutping Plugin) Vietnamese (via on UniKey Plugin, supports Telex, VNI and VIQR) Japanese (via Anthy Plugin) Korean (via Hangul Plugin) Sinhala (via Sayura Plugin) Thai (via Thai Plugin) Generic (via RIME Plugin, supports importing custom schemas) Features Virtual Keyboard (layout not customizable yet) Expandable candidate view Clipboard management (plain text only) Theming (custom color scheme and background image) Popup preview on key press Long press popup keyboard for convenient symbol input Symbol and Emoji picker
Sayboard
This project provides a voice keyboard using Vosk. It is based on https://github.com/Felicis/vosk-android-demo. This app requires a Vosk model to run. You can use the built-in downloader or download manually from https://alphacephei.com/vosk/models, and then import into the app. Sayboard uses for the following permissions: INTERNET - to download the models. This permission is not required, and can be revoked through the device settings in compatible ROMs. Sayboard does not, and never will, send any of your information over the internet!. RECORD_AUDIO - well, this is a voice keyboard after all. POST_NOTIFICATIONS - to show download and import progress. FOREGROUND_SERVICE - to download and import models in the background.
| Feature | Fcitx5 | Sayboard |
|---|---|---|
| License | LGPL-2.1-only | GPL-3.0-only |
| Install sources | F-DroidGitHub | F-DroidGitHub |
| Categories | ProductivityKeyboard | ProductivityKeyboard |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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