From: marian@dumbshits.com   
      
   On 26 Nov 2025 20:21:27 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:   
      
   > Jim Jackson  wrote or quoted:   
   >>Editing on a phone is a pain anyway, and I only do it in extremis.   
   >   
   >   When I edit my learning cards, the flexibility of an on-screen   
   >   keyboard actually helps me   
      
   I agree with Jim Jackson (on a phone being too small for my tired   
   octogenarian eyes) and with Stefan Ram on the characters sometimes being   
   necessary.   
      
   It's kind of off topic, but I have solved both problems.   
   For the "size" problem, I simply mirror my keyboard onto a PC.   
      
   I use screen-copy (scrcpy.exe) FOSS freeware on Windows for that.   
   a. That uses the PC keyboard (combined with the Android keyboard)   
   b. It uses the PC monitor (combined with the Android screen)   
   c. And the PC speaker (it nullifies the Android speaker)   
   d. And (sometimes very important) a jointly combined clipboard   
      
   For the character setup, I use a variety of configurable keyboards.   
   a. Usually I use open source keyboards with an offline mic button   
   b. And tied to the mic I use offline speech-to-text engines   
      
   Mainly I use OpenBoard for the keyboard & mic (with voice typing by either   
   Sayboard, Transcribo, Whisper, or, sometimes Google/Samsung voice).   
      
   Luckily, there are configurable keyboards (for character choices) and   
   offline configurable microphones for speech to text for fast typing.   
      
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