FirstVoices Keyboards User Reviews

FirstVoices Keyboards
FirstVoices Keyboards
First Peoples' Heritage Language and Culture Council

Customer Experience

Positive experience50.0% of reviews
Neutral20.0% of reviews
Negative experience30.0% of reviews

~ Based on 30 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

Overall great app!

Overall this app is amazing! These last two updates for IOS; has not been working. App crashes when I try to open the app. My keyboard doesn’t work either.

Hello

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Non operational

I just installed it and it only types English. Is it supposed to translate to Gitxsanimx? Blank space beside what language it is supposed to be and switches back and forth to gitsanimx keyboard but teaches me nothing? Maybe it’s supposed to just be a keyboard and doesn’t translate. I am bummed cuz I thought it would help me.
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There is a really bad bug in this app, the permissions need to be reset.

Why Deleting Gboard and IPA Didn’t Work Immediately:
• Deleting other third-party keyboards should, in theory, force iOS to recognize FirstVoices. However, since the cache or system still holds onto keyboard hierarchy data, simply removing Gboard or IPA doesn’t always refresh the keyboard list.

Why This Can Be Persistent:
• If iOS doesn’t refresh the keyboard list properly, even reinstalling the app won’t help immediately.
• This is why resetting the keyboard dictionary, resetting all settings, or even hard rebooting is required – to force iOS to refresh the keyboard environment.

Apple’s Handling of Third-Party Keyboards:
• Apple has been restrictive and buggy with third-party keyboards since their introduction in iOS 8. The system often prioritizes security and privacy, leading to unpredictable behavior when managing non-Apple keyboards.
• Apple’s default keyboards don’t require “Full Access,” but most third-party keyboards do, creating a discrepancy in how they are handled by the OS.

Make sure to fix this bug, and I'm finding out if the third-party keyboard still appears in the globe button in the keyboard.
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Horrible

I was not able to write in Mohawk do not down load

Missing a letter “ǧ” in Lakota

As someone learning Lakota I noticed that “ ǧ “ was nowhere to be seen on the keyboard. Aside from that as far as I can tell the rest of the stuff on the keyboard looks great 🧡

Nothing but a grey box

Used to work great until iOS update a few months ago. Just an empty grey box even after reinstalling app. :(

Please update

I feel lost having to write in this foreign language all the time. Please update. I miss my nuuchahnulth keyboard! My keyboard disappeared after the new iPhone update HELP i want my ncn keyboard back 😩

Too many glitches to type

This is the fourth or firth time in a couple months I have had the app glitch on my ipad to the point I have now had to delete my app even after restarting it and deleting then redownloading. Please fix this horrible glitch. It makes it hard to use my language skills daily when the tools I use via devices aren't available.
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UPDATE-Awesome! (Not working since upgrade to new iOS 16.0)

UPDATE-restalled today and the keyboard is working again! Yayyy! Very pleased with this. Upgraded to 5 stars.

The keyboard no longer displays. Just a blank grey box instead of keyboard. If you have new updates, maybe I can reinstall. But for now I deleted it.

Please update to work with new iOS

I recently upgraded to an iPhone SE (3rd gen) with the latest iOS and the FV keyboards do not work. I can select them and then get a blank box where the keyboard should be. This app is so important.

Confused

So for Anishinaabemowin i cant put macrons on the vowels and without that i cant wright nothing so like help ig otherwise its rlly awesome

Missing alphabet letter

So happy the Maliseet language is in it. Nut thr upside down “e” is missing.

please fix important app!

This app has been such a game changer in all my language work! Please please please fix it soon to work on the new iphones - language work is suffering without it!

Doesn’t work with iOS 15.0.2

My Nisga’a keyboard doesn’t work with the newest apple iOS 15.0.2 update. 😖 A friend warned me that it wouldn’t so I avoided the update for as long as possible but eventually I had to update. Please fix it asap! I miss the keyboard. I’m in the process of using my language daily and loved incorporating it into the digital space, but now it’s difficult to do that without the keyboard.
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First voices (Inuktitut font)

Doesn’t even work on my iPhone 8 although it did on my previous iPhone 8! So annoying so I won’t put a star… since it won’t let me send without a star I’ll put one although I shouldn’t

iOS 15 update

This app is great and wonderful but with iOS 15 update the keyboard isn’t working. Other than that this app is amazing.

Keyboard won’t type letters

I followed the instructions for installing the keyboard, and can open the keyboard to type, but none of the letters actually work and they keep crashing the app. Such a bummer.

great

overall really good and useful, haven't experienced any glitches. Wish there was a keyboard for Blackfoot syllabics though!

great app but xaad kil doesn’t seem to work anymore

none of the necessary special characters like the _ under the G or an accent marker. I remember that this app once had those characters so idk what happened