RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
OK is flexi available to be able to type in Spanis, or not yet? Sounds interesting! De: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] En nombre de Sandy Finley Enviado el: Martes, 21 de Agosto de 2012 05:17 Para: viphone@googlegroups.com Asunto: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- --
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Debbi, I wonder if you aren't trying too hard for accuracy when you type with fleksy. That was my problem when I first got the app and it still happens occasionally when I think too hard about where I'm tapping on the screen. Try simple sentences at first for practice. Type quickly not waiting to hear the letters as you go. And don't get discouraged. Eventually you'll get it and when you do I think you will love this app. Kimber On 8/20/12, Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net wrote: I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- Kimberly --
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Just keep practicing and you'll get it. Fleksy is the greatest app I've ever seen. I love it. JoJo --
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it’s easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I’, still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- --
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Hi, The other thing that hangs up some folks trying to use Fleksy for the first time is the tendency to hold your finger on the letter you are aiming for. This is natural if you have been used to touch typing since you really learn to wait for that verbal VO confirmation. But with Fleksy, the final decision is made based on the pattern you type so waiting for a response from the iPhone may actually be getting in the way of the logic Fleksy is trying to use. Jon -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Debbi, I wonder if you aren't trying too hard for accuracy when you type with fleksy. That was my problem when I first got the app and it still happens occasionally when I think too hard about where I'm tapping on the screen. Try simple sentences at first for practice. Type quickly not waiting to hear the letters as you go. And don't get discouraged. Eventually you'll get it and when you do I think you will love this app. Kimber On 8/20/12, Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net wrote: I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- Kimberly -- --
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Hi, The short answer to the why would I question is that most people report a three or even four-fold typing speed increase on average. Now if you already type like a machine gun on steroids then you have made your point. It certainly isn't for everyone but judging by comments made on this list over the past couple of months, it certainly is a time saver. Jon -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- -- --
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Hi, for what it's worth, I'm not using Fleksy as much as I thought I would. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's a neat program for those who will use it to its advantages. However so far I haven't experienced a significant increase in typing speed. I've even made sure to retrain my muscle memory to just tap quickly rather than tap and hold a bit to hear the letter spoken that I want, but still no go. If anyone is having trouble, all I can do is recommend more practice. Cheers. -- Raul A. Gallegos The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter. - Mark Twain Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 8/21/2012 6:17 AM, Sandy Finley wrote: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it’s easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I’, still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
I guess I'm just a lot more pragmatic. I'm going to use whatever tools make my life easier and make me more productive. I wouldn't have been employed the last 20 plus years without products like JAWS. I doubt we'd even have the accessibility on mainstream products today like we do on the iPhone without some of the blindness only products that preceded it, like Outspoken, the Braille 'n' Speak and so on. Furthermore, I think the strides we've made in getting access to mainstream applications isn't going to be derailed by the occasional innovative app that some blind person or someone who is trying to help the blind iPhone user drops into the App Store. Since I can't predict the future, I'm also not going to make any universal statements like I'll never use a particular product or an app. Didn't I see someone say recently they'd never use a Kindle because they needed sighted assistance to turn on speech when reading a book or wouldn't get an Android phone because you needed sighted assistance to install and configure a screen reader? What are these people left to do now that neither one of these statements are true? What if Fleksy catches on in the sighted community or gets incorporated into IOS? I'm all for people taking a political stand and choosing to use or not to use an app for any reason whatsoever. That's why we have so much choice and have so many apps in the App Store. I'm just providing a different opinion. I hope people feel it's perfectly OK to use or not to use Fleksy or any other app out there. On 21/08/12 06:30, Jon Pierson wrote: Hi, The short answer to the why would I question is that most people report a three or even four-fold typing speed increase on average. Now if you already type like a machine gun on steroids then you have made your point. It certainly isn't for everyone but judging by comments made on this list over the past couple of months, it certainly is a time saver. Jon -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent:
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Yep I'm having the same issue with fleksy just can't seem to get the spacial concepts. I do know my qwerty keyboard well. I guess I just need more practice. -- Rebecca and Zeb email: rilni...@gmail.com twitter: zebs_mom facebook: facebook.com/rebeccai5 Zeb's facebook: facebook.com/zeb.ilniski -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
I agree with Debbi here, for me it's a hell of a lot easier just to type, I'm a pretty accurate typist. On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:28 AM, Jon Pierson joncpier...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, The other thing that hangs up some folks trying to use Fleksy for the first time is the tendency to hold your finger on the letter you are aiming for. This is natural if you have been used to touch typing since you really learn to wait for that verbal VO confirmation. But with Fleksy, the final decision is made based on the pattern you type so waiting for a response from the iPhone may actually be getting in the way of the logic Fleksy is trying to use. Jon -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kimber Gardner Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 3:25 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Debbi, I wonder if you aren't trying too hard for accuracy when you type with fleksy. That was my problem when I first got the app and it still happens occasionally when I think too hard about where I'm tapping on the screen. Try simple sentences at first for practice. Type quickly not waiting to hear the letters as you go. And don't get discouraged. Eventually you'll get it and when you do I think you will love this app. Kimber On 8/20/12, Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net wrote: I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- Kimberly -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
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There is one key difference here. The company is selling a product at a price which is extremely reasonable. I totally understand your point about some of the companies you mentioned selling overpriced bloated and extremely poorly programmed products but at the same time your if a product is going to improve our productivity and be reasonably priced I'm all for it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a
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The thing is, it never got anything I tried to type correct, so for me, it's just easier to type. On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Debbie Worstman debsphil...@gmail.com wrote: I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and
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Hi Richard, I had a bit of a problem with typing accuracy with Fleksy when I started out. First off, let me ask you. How fast are you typing with Fleksy? You don't have to answer me. Just think about it. Sometimes I find that I get some words consistently right and other words consistently wrong. When I find one of these words, I stop what I'm doing and practice typing out that word. Sometimes I find I just need to be a little less exaggerated when I type that word. Or I'll slow gown typing when I get to that word. My advice to you is to open Fleksy when you have some time and practice. Try bigger words first. Delightful. Practices. Exaggerate. Simplified. Mastery. Geography. These are just some examples. As you get better with these words, try typing smaller sentences. Can I do that? How is the weather? Type more slowly than you were typing before, since you'll be dealing with smaller words which take more accuracy to get. Sometimes typing just a little bit slower can make all the difference Hope that helps, rose Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: The thing is, it never got anything I tried to type correct, so for me, it's just easier to type. On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Debbie Worstman debsphil...@gmail.com wrote: I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have
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Thanks so much for your message, you have inspired me to give it another shot!Î On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:21 AM, Rose Waagan r...@chicksdigmacs.net wrote: Hi Richard, I had a bit of a problem with typing accuracy with Fleksy when I started out. First off, let me ask you. How fast are you typing with Fleksy? You don't have to answer me. Just think about it. Sometimes I find that I get some words consistently right and other words consistently wrong. When I find one of these words, I stop what I'm doing and practice typing out that word. Sometimes I find I just need to be a little less exaggerated when I type that word. Or I'll slow gown typing when I get to that word. My advice to you is to open Fleksy when you have some time and practice. Try bigger words first. Delightful. Practices. Exaggerate. Simplified. Mastery. Geography. These are just some examples. As you get better with these words, try typing smaller sentences. Can I do that? How is the weather? Type more slowly than you were typing before, since you'll be dealing with smaller words which take more accuracy to get. Sometimes typing just a little bit slower can make all the difference Hope that helps, rose Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Richard Ring richr...@gmail.com wrote: The thing is, it never got anything I tried to type correct, so for me, it's just easier to type. On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Debbie Worstman debsphil...@gmail.com wrote: I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he
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I find myself using Fleksy often. It is just forming a new habit. I have the app on my home screen and I tap it open before sending a message or status update. I want to practice more before composing a long email. The one thing I'm struggling with is reviewing and editing a large amount of text. For the person asking about smile wink. If you hold your finger on the keyboard and move up towards the number row, you'll find the row of symbols. Find the colon, above the I, I believe, then lift your finger to type the colon. If you wanted the semicolon for a wink, you'll need to flick down. Repeat the process to find the parenthesis. Lol, remember the difference between left and right for the smile or frown. Hope that helps. I don't always type my emoticons via Fleksy, but it is cool I know how to. ;) I sometimes find myself typing the message via fleksy, then when I'm in the iMessage window I use the emoji keyboard if I want to. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Richard Ring wrote: The thing is, it never got anything I tried to type correct, so for me, it's just easier to type. On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Debbie Worstman debsphil...@gmail.com wrote: I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom kris...@kristersplace.com wrote: Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone.
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Hi Traci, Not being able to edit large amounts of text with Fleksy is one of my biggest gripes with it right now. If you suddenly discover that you wrote the wrong word a sentence or two back, you're stuck debating everything you've typed up to that point. Granted I could be missing something. I do have a question for you though. You say you use the emogy keyboard Hi Traci, Not being able to edit large amounts of text with Fleksy is one of my biggest gripes with it right now. If you suddenly discover that you wrote the wrong word a sentence or two back, you're stuck debating everything you've typed up to that point. Granted I could be missing something. I do have a question for you though. You say you use the emogy keyboard in iMessage. How do you bring that up? rose Hi Traci, Not being able to edit large amounts of text with Fleksy is one of my biggest gripes with it right now. If you suddenly discover that you wrote the wrong word a sentence or two back, you're stuck deleting everything you've typed up to that point. Granted I could be missing something. I do have a question for you though. You say you use the emogy keyboard in iMessage. How do you bring that up? rose in iMessage. How do you bring that up? rose Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:39 AM, Traci our4p...@gmail.com wrote: I find myself using Fleksy often. It is just forming a new habit. I have the app on my home screen and I tap it open before sending a message or status update. I want to practice more before composing a long email. The one thing I'm struggling with is reviewing and editing a large amount of text. For the person asking about smile wink. If you hold your finger on the keyboard and move up towards the number row, you'll find the row of symbols. Find the colon, above the I, I believe, then lift your finger to type the colon. If you wanted the semicolon for a wink, you'll need to flick down. Repeat the process to find the parenthesis. Lol, remember the difference between left and right for the smile or frown. Hope that helps. I don't always type my emoticons via Fleksy, but it is cool I know how to. ;) I sometimes find myself typing the message via fleksy, then when I'm in the iMessage window I use the emoji keyboard if I want to. Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail On Aug 21, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Richard Ring wrote: The thing is, it never got anything I tried to type correct, so for me, it's just easier to type. On Aug 21, 2012, at 9:52 AM, Debbie Worstman debsphil...@gmail.com wrote: I had not bought this app yet, I wanted more time to actually play with it. Because of this thread I went in to the app, always before I was waiting for VO. to say the letter before I lifted my finger truly just trust that you are hitting the right letters when you type. I now an going to buy Fleksy! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of blind Treasures Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!! Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16,
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Hi, I found it took me a while to get used to it. I am much faster than I was before I had fleksy but do find I quite often don't get the word I want first time and have to go down the suggestions list. I think I find the keyboard easier in landscape mode, just seems to work better for me. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: 21 August 2012 2:36 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Thanks. I am doing this but just must be thinking I've got more space than I really do. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Klander Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hello. At one time, I had the same problem you are currently having. Here are a few tips: 1. Know the qwerty keyboard. Before using Fleksy, you should have a good mental picture of where everything is on the qwerty keyboard. 2. Type with your index fingers. It does not work very well to type exactly like you would on a qwerty keyboard. I have found that the most productive and accurate way for me to use fleksy is to type with my index fingers. hth Josh - Original Message - From: Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:04:14 -0400 Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
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Hi Krister, I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for both mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream or more specialist apps. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
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In my experience with this app, I've found Rose is right on the money with her excellent advice. Establishing a good rhythm was crucial to my breakthrough with Fleksy. Go too slowly and you're inclined to confuse it. Go too fast and taps won't register properly. Getting into a good groove enabled me to figure out how forceful the program needed my taps to be. Once I figured out what it needed, I could then pick up my own pace without loss of productivity. I also think I had an advantage due to the fact that I do all my typing with my thumbs (a holdover from the old Nokia phone days). A friend of mine was having great difficulty with Fleksy as he typed with a sort of hunt-and-peck approach involving his index fingers. Once I had him hold the phone in portrait position and do nice firm taps with his thumbs, the breakthrough was almost instantaneous. Like Rose and me, I believe he found the larger words easier to master first. I hope this helps Debbie and all others struggling to come to grips with this app. For those in search of a way to boost your typing speed, it really is tremendously innovative. For those who aren't on board with Fleksy for either ideological or practical reasons, more power to you. :) All the best, Michelle On 8/21/12, Louise Redsull louisereds...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Krister, I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for both mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream or more specialist apps. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is
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The switch keyboard button is just to the left of the space bar. If you haven't added any keyboards, you'll find them under settings, general, keyboards, then search for emoji. Hope this helps, Traci Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Michelle McQuigge michelle.mcqui...@gmail.com wrote: In my experience with this app, I've found Rose is right on the money with her excellent advice. Establishing a good rhythm was crucial to my breakthrough with Fleksy. Go too slowly and you're inclined to confuse it. Go too fast and taps won't register properly. Getting into a good groove enabled me to figure out how forceful the program needed my taps to be. Once I figured out what it needed, I could then pick up my own pace without loss of productivity. I also think I had an advantage due to the fact that I do all my typing with my thumbs (a holdover from the old Nokia phone days). A friend of mine was having great difficulty with Fleksy as he typed with a sort of hunt-and-peck approach involving his index fingers. Once I had him hold the phone in portrait position and do nice firm taps with his thumbs, the breakthrough was almost instantaneous. Like Rose and me, I believe he found the larger words easier to master first. I hope this helps Debbie and all others struggling to come to grips with this app. For those in search of a way to boost your typing speed, it really is tremendously innovative. For those who aren't on board with Fleksy for either ideological or practical reasons, more power to you. :) All the best, Michelle On 8/21/12, Louise Redsull louisereds...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi Krister, I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for both mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream or more specialist apps. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another
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Hi, I may be a whiner only, but i can remember when the IPhone came out and everyone at least the majority on the lists back then said that now they finally could get away from the blind ghetto solutions and use mainstream apps, and not have to pay a humongous price for things that are already there free or at a low cost and yet here we are, demanding more and more specialist products. Of course i respect the fact that some tools give some of us better productivity but what i ask myself is should that be at the cost of changing a mainstream device with more than excellent accessibility features into a yet another device full of special apps? /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 19:00 skrev Louise Redsull louisereds...@googlemail.com: Hi Krister, I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for both mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream or more specialist apps. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to
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I'm not a big fan of the term blind Ghetto. With the trouble blind people have finding employment, I don't think we should use disparaging terms to label products and applications that could make people more competitive in the market place. Which is more ghetto like, being unemployed or under employed or using an product or application that allows you to compete with our sighted peers? Don't get me wrong. I'm absolutely all for incorporating accessibility into main stream products and being able to use off the shelf products. They're generally cheaper and usually have more features in a more timely fashion. This doesn't mean that we're to the point though where a product or application designed with the blind in mind still isn't needed to fill the gap between the accessibility we have with a main stream product and the ease of use a blind user needs. I also don't think it's an either or situation. I think we can push for greater and greater accessibility in mainstream products while still taking advantage of products and applications developed with the blind in mind. If this weren't the case, we wouldn't be in the situation we're in now where we're buying off the shelf PC's and cell phones. I can only think of a handful of apps on the iPhone that we talk about on this list that were developed for the blind, so I think it's a bit of an exaggeration to say things like here we are, demanding more and more specialist products and yet another device full of special apps. On 21/08/12 15:36, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Hi, I may be a whiner only, but i can remember when the IPhone came out and everyone at least the majority on the lists back then said that now they finally could get away from the blind ghetto solutions and use mainstream apps, and not have to pay a humongous price for things that are already there free or at a low cost and yet here we are, demanding more and more specialist products. Of course i respect the fact that some tools give some of us better productivity but what i ask myself is should that be at the cost of changing a mainstream device with more than excellent accessibility features into a yet another device full of special apps? /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 19:00 skrev Louise Redsull louisereds...@googlemail.com: Hi Krister, I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for both mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream or more specialist apps. Louise. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hi, This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. And down from his soap box he slithers. /Krister 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev Sandy Finley finleykn...@gmail.com: Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. Sandy From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I
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I use it in portrait mode. I just estimate where the keys are. I guess, to practice, try using the regular keyboard to get use to where the keys are. HTH Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- --
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Hello. At one time, I had the same problem you are currently having. Here are a few tips: 1. Know the qwerty keyboard. Before using Fleksy, you should have a good mental picture of where everything is on the qwerty keyboard. 2. Type with your index fingers. It does not work very well to type exactly like you would on a qwerty keyboard. I have found that the most productive and accurate way for me to use fleksy is to type with my index fingers. hth Josh - Original Message - From: Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:04:14 -0400 Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- --
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Thanks. I am doing this but just must be thinking I've got more space than I really do. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Joshua Klander Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hello. At one time, I had the same problem you are currently having. Here are a few tips: 1. Know the qwerty keyboard. Before using Fleksy, you should have a good mental picture of where everything is on the qwerty keyboard. 2. Type with your index fingers. It does not work very well to type exactly like you would on a qwerty keyboard. I have found that the most productive and accurate way for me to use fleksy is to type with my index fingers. hth Josh - Original Message - From: Debbi Williamson debbi...@atlanticbb.net To: viphone@googlegroups.com Date sent: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:04:14 -0400 Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- --
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OK, I'll just keep trying. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thom Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:09 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I use it in portrait mode. I just estimate where the keys are. I guess, to practice, try using the regular keyboard to get use to where the keys are. HTH Thom -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie _ From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- -- --
RE: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy.
Hi Debbi, Try roaming around the keyboard first so that you get used to how tall the keyboard actually is as it is significantly bigger than the stock portrait-mode keyboard in IOS. Jon -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Debbi Williamson Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 6:04 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! Reggie From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Traci Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. It is fun to type the Fleksy way. I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! I was also successful in doing the smile wink via punctuation. I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. :) Traci Sent by Macbook Air Mail -- -- -- --
