Auto-correct in Greek language

temp_user1999

By default, when I write in Greek, it doesn't show me suggested words, nor does it correct my words, as opposed to English. How can I modify that to do it in my foreign language too?

other8026

temp_user1999

I'm assuming this is with the default keyboard? The upcoming OS release will fix spellchecking. I'm not sure if that will include suggested words or not.

From the release notes:

Keyboard: include words from all active locales in spell checking to support multiple locales again after the port to Android 14

If that doesn't fix the issue, then you might need to use a different keyboard app. I've found the default keyboard to be very bad at my second(ish) language.

temp_user1999

other8026 I've found the default keyboard to be very bad at my second(ish) language.

What keyboard app do you recommend? I have used Gboard with network disabled, and I can't say I feel any difference.

PixtTraveler

temp_user1999
In the case of Gboard, by default it only comes with English spellcheck. In order to use foreign languages, you need to have network access enabled, switch to the particular language you would like to use, and then Gboard will download the dictionary of that language in the background. It should be pretty quick on a normal internet connection. If you afterwards disable the network connection, it will still work. Of course, if there are updates to the spell checker, it will not get updated without internet access (I'm not sure how often, if ever, dictionaries are updated by Gboard).

other8026
In the case of the GrapheneOS stock keyboard, I don't think Greek is a supported language for spell check, regardless of the latest GrapheneOS release (2023103100, which is what I have installed). If you go to Settings \ System \ Keyboard \ Spell Checker, and select "Languages", Greek doesn't show up as a language when you have the system "Spell Checker" selected as the Default spell checker. On this latest Android v14 release of 2023103100, only the following languages appear on the list in my phone:
English US, English UK, French, German, Italian, Spanish Russian, Portuguese, Dutch, Czech
@other8026 does your phone show any other languages after the latest update?

chrysmon

Maybe you haven't downloaded the Greek language support in Gboard before closing it's network connection. Once downloaded it works offline. Or maybe you haven't set up the system default spellchecker to Gboard.

other8026

PixtTraveler

Oh, you're right. I only see those languages as well. To be honest, based on your post it looked like you are able to type in Greek? I assumed it must be a supported language. I must have misunderstood something.

The only keyboard I've found that works even remotely okay for the local and my secondish language is Gboard. Microsoft's SwiftKey worked, sort of, but it didn't suggest correct words. I've also switched my dictionary to GBoard's.

PixtTraveler

other8026

I am able to type in a couple of different languages, though Greek is not one of them unfortunately! But I did happen to notice that not all languages are supported in the default spell checker when I had been playing with settings versus Gboard.

In the v2023123000, the release notes say "add new implementation of multi-locale spell checking support", but it still looks like the same list of languages as before on my phone at least. Looking further back in time, it looks like the last time any mention of languages for the keyboard was from March 2022, v2022032715 release notes: "GrapheneOS Keyboard: enable spellchecking for Czech and Dutch languages".

This may be a low priority for the developers, as they are probably capturing a good chunk of users with the languages offered. If they are working on adding languages, I would also imagine more widely spoken languages would take precedence (e.g. hindi?).

The reality is that the AOSP keyboard isn't the greatest unfortunately, as I guess Google stopped adding features on it after making Gboard the standard keyboard.

temp_user1999

The solution was to install Gboard with network access, let it sync / download Greek keyboard and then remove network access.