Well that would be the $64,000 question and for which I have no answer. For me it was generally fixed by banging the escape key a few times. I have to admit it was pretty weird and I thought at first it was something I was doing wrong. So far the only keyboard I have really liked is the APple keyboard. I wish APple would make one that folds. :)
On Apr 19, 2012, at 5:44 PM, Austin Seraphin wrote: > Ok good, I feel glad someone else has experienced this. I tried reseting > VoiceOver, turning off and on bluetooth, forgetting and re-pairing the > device, all that. Only a reset would fix it. Nasty! I wonder what it all > means. > > - Austin > > On Apr 19, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Austin, >> >> Funny you mention this because I had tried one of the Verbatim keyboards and >> there was a key I believe the first in the top row that would cause a >> similar problem on an iPHone 4S. THe problem was for me intermittent . I >> ended up returning the keyboard not for that reason, but because I could not >> get used to the number keys which were about half the size of all the letter >> keys and not in the same location. I think Verbatim has a nice product, but >> there are some things they could do to improve it. >> So, back to your question. Yes I have encountered this, but not consistently. >> I suspect it is a key that is mapped in some odd way that is freaking out >> either VO or the OS. >> >> On Apr 19, 2012, at 11:57 AM, Austin Seraphin wrote: >> >>> I have a very strange problem. I purchased the New Trent iPad case with >>> keyboard. I set it up as expected, paired the keyboard etc. Every small >>> keyboard has a different layout. Next to the slash key it has a key which >>> VoiceOver's keyboard help identifies as "Control Character". Don't confuse >>> this with the control key. >>> >>> When I hit it, everything goes nuts. By that I mean that when I go into any >>> textfield, it will act like I hold down the Delete key repeatedly - erasing >>> anything in the field and continuing to back up, causing the little sound >>> which occurs when at the beginning of the field. It will just keep going >>> and going and going for thousands of times. And to make it weirder, I >>> turned off the keyboard and disabled bluetooth and the problem persisted. I >>> had to reset the iPad to stop it. >>> >>> Has anyone else experienced this? What does this "control character" really >>> do? I'll have to have a sighted person look at the label to see. BTW this >>> happens with iOS 5.1 on an iPad 2. I guess I'll go back to the Apple >>> keyboard! >>> >>> - AUstin >>> >>> -- >>> 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/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> -- >> 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/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- > 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- 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/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
