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Welcome to the home of Việt/Eng Keyboard on the web. Here you will find answers to some of your questions, features list, as well as instructions on usage.

NEW: Information on the new Study feature can be found in the Usage and Features sections below! 😲

*Note: Install instructions can be found in the videos section

What is the purpose of the Việt/Eng Keyboard?

To be a replacement keyboard for native Tiếng Việt and bilingual speakers who need to communicate in both languages; enabling users to communicate completely in both languages.

I heard about this app, but I'm not Việt, what about my language?

This app/keyboard can easily support any written language. Want the keyboard in your language?, contact us.

I have an iPhone, how come there isn't a version on the App Store?

Unfortunately, Apple doesn't allow for a standalone keyboard app. They require any keyboards to be bundled within another app. We have plans to release a keyboard for Apple devices in the future. Moving forward with the Android version was the quickest way to go, since we wanted to know whether there was any demand for an app such as this.

Hey, I typed in a word, and the keyboard suggestions didn't find it. How come?

We plan on adding thousands more words to the keyboard, but the amount of support received will likely determine how much resources we can continue to put into the app. Over time, we hope to cover the entirety of the language.

Why did the Việt/Eng Keyboard crash while I was using it?

Keyboard software is more complicated than it seems. We are continually trying to improve, especially crashes.

Why was the Việt/Eng Keyboard so slow when I was using it?

We are continually striving to find ways to improve performance.

How come the Việt/Eng Keyboard isn't what I wanted, and it doesn't live up to my lofty expectations?

We hate to disappoint. We hope our users understand we do the best we can with what little resources we have currently at our disposal. We will try to do better. :\

How come the Việt/Eng Keyboard isn't as good as my normal keyboard?

We are doing the best we can. :)

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What is the new Study feature? We are excited to finally release our long-planned Study feature. This feature will aid you in learning either language. Currently, you can study Numbers (1-10), Colors, Body Parts, Animals, Family, Fruits, Vegetables, Food, Clothes, Insects, Ordinals, Months, Days, or Numbers (11-20) in a flash card, multiple choice, or spelling style. In the coming months new study lists/topics will be added. The Study feature can be found on the key with the open book icon (📖<-similar to this).

Find the Study feature by pressing the top right key on the keyboard, or the following keys: ?123 -> ~\^ -> 📖(directly to right of space key)

What is Key Preview? This setting will show the user which key is currently being touched by enlarging the key, making it easy for the user to see. By default, this feature is turned on.

What are Suggestions? The keyboard attempts to guess what word you are typing by showing some suggestions at the top of the keyboard as you type.

The keyboard allows to turn off just English suggestions, or just Tiếng Việt suggestions, or have both of them on, or to not have any suggestions at all. By default, this feature is turned on for both languages.

Why is there a setting to add a space after picking a suggestion? This is merely a user's preference. Some people prefer to have a space, others do not. Adding a space after picking a suggestion can be thought of as helping speed up typing. This setting also will remove the space if the next key press determines the space key unnecessary. By default, this feature is turned on.

What is the recently used suggestions setting? The keyboard remembers the words you pick from the suggestions list, and puts those at the beginning of subsequent searches, thus attempting to speed up the process of finding the word you want. The keyboard does this for both Tiếng Việt and English, or just one or the other, providing your most used words first. By default, this feature is turned on for both languages.

What is Multi-word search? The keyboard will allow and search for Tiếng Việt words that are comprised of more than one word as typing occurs, as opposed to searching for a single word each time you type something. Multi-word search can be completed/finished by picking one of the suggestions, or pressing the space key twice, and the delete key once. Once completed, resume typing new word. By default this setting is turned off.

The keyboard is also very flexible in allowing the user to clear any of the frequently used word lists (Tiếng Việt, English, Custom).

What is the custom word list, or custom list of frequently used words? There will be times when the user will come across words that don't exist in the possible words for the keyboard to suggest, Tiếng Việt and English. The keyboard allows the user to type a missing word, and it will show as the only suggestion. The user can then pick this suggestion, and it will show up as a frequently used word in suggestions.

How does the keyboard 'memory' work? There are 20 slots for Tiếng Việt words, 20 for English words, and 10 slots for custom word entries. As you use the keyboard and its memory, entries will be entered in a FIFO (First In, First Out) fashion. You can think of each list as a conveyor belt, that moves in a single direction, one slot per suggestion picked. So, each time a suggestion is picked, the word goes on the conveyor belt, and it is moved one unit. This means if frequently used words happen 1 in 20 times, that word would never leave the frequently used words list.

Why is this so complicated? We strive to provide a comprehensive, flexible, and best solution possible. Luckily, the keyboard is ready to go upon installation without any knowledge whatsoever of the information contained on this website. :)