Hi All, Text Writer, a writing app that supplements the on-screen keyboard with a top row of keys with functions for "(forward) delete", "paste", "cut", "copy", "select", "end", "home", "up", "down", "left", and "right", is free today. Because apps are sandboxed, you can only use the extended keyboard within the app, but you can send the results to mail, or save previous notes, then copy and paste them into other apps. This is mainly of interest to users without access to Siri. This is a universal app for both iPad and iPhone or iPod Touch, but you'll find you can access more keys if you orient your device in landscape mode -- specifically the "forward delete" and "copy" keys. The arrow key buttons let you move your insertion point by tapping keys on the extra top row of the keyboard, similar to the way you would if you were using a Bluetooth keyboard. This can be handy if you want to edit sections of text that are further down in your note. The "select" button lets you forward select by letter for copy and paste. You can also use the "Paste" button to paste in text copied from another app (or from text within this app.)
You may want to use the iOS 5 feature of labeling keys for the "up" and "down" keys. The "left" and "right" keys for moving the insertion point are recognizable, but will be announced as "left pointing triangle, button" and "right pointing triangle button". The gesture to relabel a button is a two finger double tap and hold. Once focused on the button you wish to relabel, execute a two finger double tap, leaving your fingers pressed to the screen after the second tap until you hear three tones and get the dialog box for "alert, label element, text field, is editing" followed by an announcement of the current label. For the up and down arrow keys, I just type "up" or "down". There is a symbol for each arrow in the text box, but VoiceOver just can't announce it." You may also want to re-label two of the buttons at the top of the screen: "18 envelope, button" might be changed to "mail", and "44 shoebox, button" might be changed to "saved items". Here's the URL at the App Store: • Text Writer by Tal Bereznitskey (free today, normally $1.99) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-writer/id417629724?mt=8 This app is usually only free for a short time (1 or 2 days). HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
