Typing on a tiny phone keyboard isn't anyone's idea of fun, so it's great that Android provides so many options to make it as painless for people as possible, and super easy to install.

在一个小小的电话键盘上打字对任何人来说都不是件有趣的活。因此，安卓能提供如此多的让人们能方便使用，又易于安装的键盘程序是我们的一大幸事。

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Voice access is everywhere - on homescreen widgets, a "voice" button on the new Android Gingerbread keyboard, or you can just press and hold the Search button.

语音访问无处不在-桌面的小工具、新版Android Gingerbread键盘上的一个“语音”按钮、或者你只需按住搜寻按钮不动就行了。

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The Android soft keyboard is redesigned to make entering text fast and accurate on larger screen sizes.

为了使在大屏幕条件下更快、更准确的进行文本输入，Android的软键盘进行了重新设计。

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It also comes with a Toshiba-branded file manager and Swype pre-installed -- though, as always, you can switch to the stock Android keyboard.

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McSherry, who in a former life was the CEO of Android keyboard app Swype, acquired by Nuance in 2011, says that consumers are still getting used to the idea of talking to their smartphones.

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That has opened the floodgates for startups like SwiftKey, which builds a predictive Android keyboard that tries to anticipate what a user is trying to type, and Snapkeys, a futuristic-style keyboard that consists of only four keys, to remake the keyboard on Android smartphones.

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