Swipe left
Delete a word
Swipe left on the letters to delete the word before the cursor. Keep your finger down and it keeps going, faster as it goes. Punctuation at the end of a word goes first.
Tap to type.
Swipe to fix.
- iPhone, iOS 17 or later
- Nothing you type leaves your phone
An animated demo of the neuma keyboard on an iPhone. The message “Meet me at the restuarant” is fixed with one swipe down, two taps on the space bar add a period, two more swipes turn it into a question mark, and a swipe left deletes a word before the message is sent.
How it works
Every fix is a swipe away.
Most edits happen on the letter keys, right where your thumbs already are. Each one saves a trip to a small key or the 123 page.
Swipe down
Change a word
Finished a word and it’s wrong? Swipe down for the next suggestion, and keep swiping for more. Swipe up to step back, all the way to what you typed.
Double space, then swipe
Punctuation without the 123 page
Tap space twice after a word for a period. Then swipe down or up to turn it into a comma, question mark, exclamation mark, colon or semicolon.
Hold space and slide
The space bar is a trackpad
Hold the space bar and slide to put the cursor exactly where you want it, instead of tapping into the text and missing.
Learns from you
Autocorrect you can teach
Near-miss taps get fixed, and the word before helps pick the fix, so “good lick” becomes “good luck”. Pick the word as you typed it and autocorrect leaves it alone.
Swipe across space
Two languages, one space bar
Swipe across the space bar to switch between your two languages. Hold any letter for its accents.
And a swipe right types a space.
Why it’s faster
Stop hunting for small keys.
Fixing a word or moving the cursor usually means stopping to find a small key, or reaching up to tap into the text. neuma gives each fix a gesture of its own.
The fixThe usual wayWith neuma
Delete the last word
The usual way
DeleteDeleteDeleteDeleteDeleteOne tap per letter, or hold and hope
With neuma
Swipe leftOne gesture, on the letters
Fix a misspelled word
The usual way
Tap the wordPick a fixStop typing and reach up into the text
With neuma
Swipe downOne gesture, on the letters
Turn a period into a question mark
The usual way
Delete123?ABCTwo keyboard pages for one character
With neuma
Swipe up or downOne gesture, on the letters
Try it here
Go on, swipe something.
This is a working copy of the keyboard. Drag across the letters with your finger or mouse, and see how few trips to small keys a message really needs.
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Meet me at the restuarant
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Your own keyboard works too. Arrow keys act as swipes.
Six swipes to try
0 of 6 tried
- Fix a wordSwipe down on the lettersNot tried yet
- Add a periodTap the space bar twiceNot tried yet
- Change the punctuationSwipe down or up after itNot tried yet
- Delete a wordSwipe left on the lettersNot tried yet
- Move the cursorHold the space bar, then slideNot tried yet
- Switch languageSwipe across the space barNot tried yet
Hold a letter for its accents. On a computer, type as usual and use the arrow keys as swipes.
Themes
Make it look like yours.
Light, dark or matching your iPhone, plus color themes and a custom tint. Keep the key outlines, or switch to the flat style for plain letters.
Dinner at 8?
Perfect, I’ll book a table
Meet me at the restuarant
Theme
Custom tint
Key style
Privacy
What you type stays on your iPhone.
A keyboard sees almost everything you type. None of it leaves your phone.
Your typing
neuma, on your iPhone
The internet
No network code
The keyboard has no code that connects to the internet, so nothing you type can be uploaded.
Learned words stay on your iPhone
They’re stored and used only on the phone. There’s no account, and no model trained on your typing.
Full Access is optional
Typing works without it. Turn it on for haptic ticks, which are off by default, and a list of learned words you can remove.
A tuning log is on by default, but it stays on your phone too. You can turn it off or delete it whenever you like.
The name
νεῦμα
neuma · Greek · a nod
A small gesture that gets the message across.
That’s the whole idea. A flick of the thumb says “not that word” or “make it a question” without breaking your stride, the way a nod says yes without a word.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
What people ask before switching keyboards.
Every swipe starts on a letter key. Swipe left to delete the word before the cursor, with any punctuation at the end going first, and hold to keep deleting. Swipe down for the next suggestion and up to go back. Tap space twice for a period, then swipe to change it. Swipe right to type a space.
No. You tap letters to type, and the swipes do the editing.
Yes. Swipe up on a word to get back exactly what you typed, and swipe up again to teach it to neuma. A third swipe up forgets it. Words you keep twice are learned on their own. Learned words skip autocorrect, fade if you stop using them, and can be removed in the app.
Swipe up on the word to get back exactly what you typed. Deleting right after a correction removes a single character, not the whole fix.
No. The keyboard has no network code. A tuning log is on by default, but it stays on your phone, and you can turn it off or delete it.
It’s optional, and typing works without it. Full Access only adds haptic ticks and the list of learned words you can review and remove.
Any iPhone running iOS 17 or later.
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It’s Greek for a nod: a small gesture that gets the message across.
Try the swipes on your iPhone.
A small beta opens soon, with room for a few more people. Leave your email and you’ll hear from us when your spot is ready.
iPhone, iOS 17 or later