Clipboard
Stores recent copied text locally while the keyboard is active. Open the panel, scroll through cards, and tap any item to paste.
User Manual
Everything you need to use MultilingO confidently.
This guide walks through language switching, suggestions, gesture typing, emoji, settings, and dictionary tools so you can shape the keyboard around the way you actually type.
Top three suggestions update as you type
Ethiopic autocorrect stays opt-in
Emoji and clipboard live on the keyboard surface
Guide sections
Language switching
Tap the globe key on the keyboard to rotate through your enabled languages. The keyboard briefly shows the active language name in the center so you can confirm the switch without leaving the text field.
Open the language manager from the app or from Settings to enable or disable languages. Ethiopic languages also support six layout families inspired by the fyn-geez reference: Simple Hagez, Simple Sadis, QWERTY Hagez, QWERTY Sadis, English Hint Hagez, and English Hint Sadis.
Swipe typing
Gesture input can be toggled from Settings or from the keyboard overflow menu. In this release the keyboard ships with a clear glide-input scaffold, directional swipe actions, and a dedicated gesture toggle so future path decoding can slot in without reworking the layout system.
Horizontal swipes switch language or open the emoji panel, while vertical swipes open the overflow menu or dismiss the keyboard.
Suggestion behavior
The original typed word always stays visible in the strip. Auto-correct only fires when confidence reaches the keyboard’s threshold, and Ethiopic-script locales keep auto-correct disabled unless you explicitly enable it in settings for that language.
Long-press any suggestion to reveal Add, Remove, and Always Correct actions.
Personal dictionary management
MultilingO learns from committed words locally on your device. When the same word is typed three or more times, it becomes eligible for suggestions and can surface an Add to Dictionary prompt without interrupting your typing flow.
- Open Settings → Personal dictionary manager.
- Pick the locale you want to manage.
- Add words manually, tap an entry to rename it, or remove it when you no longer want it suggested.
- Use long-press actions from the suggestion strip when you want to save or suppress a word in context.
Emoji, clipboard, and toolbar panels
Tap the smiley key to open the emoji panel. Recently used emoji appear first so the symbols you use every day stay close at hand.
When you insert emoji frequently, the recents row adapts automatically and stays available even after app restarts.
Clipboard panel
Tap the clipboard key to open your local clipboard history. The panel stores recent text snippets on-device and also reads the current system clipboard so recent content can be pasted quickly on Android 10 and later, with a graceful local-history fallback on older versions.
Enhanced Edition
Modern tools without changing the classic typing surface.
The enhanced build keeps the original Multiling O keyboard layout philosophy and adds a SwiftKey-inspired toolbar above the suggestion area. Tools open as embedded panels, so users do not lose their place while typing.
▣ Local clipboard history with scrollable cards
⇄ Editable translation handoff to Google Translate
あ Language tools and switching guidance
⚙ Quick settings panel without raw legacy screens
Toolbar tools
Translate
Use selected text, clipboard text, or nearby typed text, edit it in the panel, then send it to Google Translate through Android’s supported intent.
Language
See language-switch guidance and keep the normal spacebar slide workflow intact.
Quick settings
Shows typing, suggestions, and clipboard status without opening old import/export screens.
Settings overview
- Theme: choose System, Light, Dark, or AMOLED.
- Feedback: configure vibration intensity, sound, and key popup previews.
- Typing: adjust auto-capitalization, double-space period, auto-space, suggestion visibility, gesture typing, autocorrect strength, and Ethiopic autocorrect opt-ins.
- Layout: change keyboard height, one-handed alignment, and number row visibility.
- About: open setup, language, guide, support, and privacy pages in a browser or Custom Tab.
Dictionary export
Use the personal dictionary manager to export the active locale as JSON or plain text. JSON keeps the full structure, including always-correct rules and n-gram learning data, while plain text is easier to read and archive.
Dictionary import
Importing a file replaces the saved personal-dictionary state for the locale included in that export. This makes it easy to move your learned vocabulary from one device to another without sending it through a server.