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For a long time, maybe since they introduced it until about 2 years ago, and then I feel like they really got the voice to text down, and I mostly use that now

I find it too hit or miss at the speed i want to swipe at. It usually has a hard time getting the word, so it would just be faster to type it even with all of the mistakes

It’s usually more accurate for me and requires less energy since I don’t have to lift up my finger much.

I swipe and tap to type. It really depends on what I'm doing. If I'm typing one handed, swiping is really nice and super fast. I'll also swipe to type if my phone is on the table and I'm only typing with one finger. If I'm using both hands, I will generally tap to type.

Edit to add I used SwiftKeys on Android

I have a Z Fold as my phone, so I tend to switch between tapping and swiping depending on if its open or closed. I can only really swipe on the smaller screen, and have to tap on the big one. It made me wonder what others do, because before this I can't remember the last time I tapped for anything other than correcting spelling of tougher words to swipe.

I feel like I'm much faster swiping.

Anecdotally, around me I'm the only one that swipes. I see a lot of my friends don't swipe, and have even had people ask me about it.

Could never get into it. I'm forever pausing to think mid-word or mid-sentence, and it doesn't seem to work well in that circumstance.

Yes, I have been using swipe typing since the Nokia N9, which had this feature. However, there was a gap in my use when the iPhone didn’t support custom keyboards. It wasn’t until they introduced the capability and implemented it natively that I started using swipe typing again.

This is the first time I try this. This is a lot of fun!

I do if I need to type something really really quickly, but I still type normally if I'm trying to carefully format something with proper grammar and all that (like a Lemmy reply, for example!)

I do more often then not and I’m on iOS

I tend to swipe (on Android btw) whenever I only have one hand available, and type when I have both. It works really well and barely ever comes up with a wrong with.

I use it, and combining it with autocorrect and suggestions I find it really easy and fast to use.

Yes, started using it about a year ago and it's amazing how much easier it is.

Yes, I use it all the time, it really works well and I am much faster than typing

I usually swipe but it doesn't always fill in the right word...so if I'm sending a long or time-sensitive message I just type it out.

From time to time yeah, I heard that with enough practice I should be able to type faster

The only time I've ever used swipe was when Nintype/Keyboard69 was still supported. The two finger swipe was the only time swipe could keep up with my tap typing speed, and sometimes exceed it, but since then nobody has come in and done anything as revolutionary with the typing game, and Nintype is simply too out of date and buggy, but man, I really miss it.

The only time I've ever used swipe was when Nintype/Keyboard69 was still supported. The two finger swipe was the only time swipe could keep up with my tap typing speed, and sometimes exceed it, but since then nobody has come in and done anything as revolutionary with the typing game, and Nintype is simply too out of date and buggy, but man, I really miss it.

I tried it several times and couldn't get the hang of it. I'd always overshoot the character I was going for. I had a colleague who was amazingly fast with swiping to type.

swipe for common 3+ letter words, tapping for unusual words and uncommon pronouns, and very short words. I guess I've learned what swipe is good at guessing and what it's bad at.

I do but it causes so many words typos so for most stuff is fine but every once in a while it really makes a sentence

Nope.

I'd love to, my phone doesn't support it, though. In the past I've used it every time.