Sunday, May 1, 2011

Taste Swype With Bahasa Indonesia

hi there.

recently, been busy working. um, this time, I would like to share some -which i believe would be useful information on how to type easily on Android set.

have you ever heard Swype input method? Now, It took 2 months to realize that this kind of input method is very useful and prompt. And it also took to a question whether I could use swipe for my own local language, Bahasa Indonesia.

After searching here and there, oficially, there is a hacking apk or a blog that show us how to include Bahasa Indonesia database for Swype. But, here somehow I don't like/want to proceed this way. As you need to root your android. hehe, ga lah yau, ini barang masih garansi, tar kalo ada apa-apa, gimane?!

And then, I choose to find database of Bahasa Indonesia's words (well, you need to unzip the source files and find dict file) and put it into custom Swype word database. But it then came to how to put this database all in one click?! Sorry, I gave up!

So, how can I still use this Swype capability for Indonesian language. Somehow I read the help section on Swype and it says something like these:

"If you want to add words  on your custom Swype database, just select all the words you want to add, and then click Swype logo on the virtual keyboard ".


Now, where could we find a bunch of words of Bahasa Indonesia. Well, it's easy if you know. Just go to www.kompasiana.com or any other site that uses Bahasa Indonesia as their main language.

From those sites, just copy all words from their article. Of course it must be in Bahasa Indonesia. Then, open your Android New Email Message, paste these words, select all of it, the Swype keyboard shows up and then push the Swype button. There you go, we now have our own custom words in Bahasa Indonesia. If you need more, repeat this paragraf to add more words.

2 comments:

  1. Hi, just want to confirm, by using hacked APKs, then we'll lose our warranty? and how many web pages do you need to open until you got 'decent' Bahasa spelling?
    Thanks ^^, nice post :)

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  2. hi Fathoni.

    It's not in direct way. That specific APK needs Root Access. Root Access can only be achieved if we 'rooted' phone.

    By 'rooting' the phone, we'll also loose the warranty. At least, this is true for Motorola's general terms. Please see your document.

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