Wayne, It sounds as if your Fleksy Keyboard might be in the mini layout mode. This is the mode most similar to the original Fleksy app and it has no spacebar or other keys such as the alternative keyboard button. If you are in this mini layout mode, you can switch to the mode that does have the spacebar with the switch keyboard button just to the left of the spacebar by swiping up with two fingers on the Fleksy keyboard. You can switch back to the mini layout mode by swiping down with two fingers on the Fleksy keyboard.
I'm enjoying the Fleksy keyboard and am finally finding I can be productive with it after the handful of inaccessible versions. The one issue I'm still having with it is that it is sometimes inconsistent with announcing through VoiceOver what I typed following my swipe right. VoiceOver will say a word other than anything close to what I wanted and when I swipe left to delete it, VoiceOver will announce the word that I wanted as being deleted. So, apparently the correct word is there, VoiceOver is announcing an incorrect word, and when I delete what I believe to be the incorrect word, I discover the correct word was there all along. This is inconsistent but pretty frustrating when it happens. The other fairly consistent issue is VoiceOver not announcing typed contractions correctly with Fleksy Keyboard. I've learned a bit of a workaround. If I type a contraction such as I'll and Fleksy via VO announces just the letter l when I swipe right, I've learned that the correct contraction has actually been recognized by the Fleksy keyboard. It's almost as if the apostrophe in the contraction is confusing what the keyboard sends to VoiceOver. I've written the Fleksy Support guys about this but have yet to hear back. I hope you continue to enjoy the keyboard and I'll post back if I learn anything new about issues or workarounds. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Fleksy Version 6 and My Comments Thanks for this update on Fleksy. I've downloaded the Fleksy keyboard and have been using it this weekend for writing in texts and things. My only gripe a the moment is switching back from Fleksy to the regular keyboard. When going from the regular keyboard to Emogy and then to Fleksy, I double tap the Switch to Keyboard button in the lower left corner. But when using the Fleksy keyboard, I can't find a reliable way to switch back to the regular keyboard; that switch to button doesn't seem to be there. I've tried double tapping the Keypad button thinking that would work but no luck. The only way I've found to switch back is to go back into Settings and disable the Fleksy keyboard from my list of keyboards. I do like how I can type with Fleksy and VoiceOver and get good results, but not being able to switch keyboards is a downer at the moment. Wayne On 7/17/15, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for this additional tip. I agree that the Fleksy Keyboard can be > inconsistent. I'm particularly finding that even though what I've typed has > been entered correctly, VoiceOver sometimes doesn't announce what is > displayed. When I place focus on the text area for the words to be read > back, they are correct but that last word that I'm checking is not what > VoiceOver read. I'm also getting inconsistent results with contractions. > > Fleksy VO was absolutely the best at consistently getting the right word > from my keystrokes and working extremely well with VoiceOver. > > Alan > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Chuck Dean > Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 4:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fleksy Version 6 and My Comments > > Also, if you flick up from the bottom right-hand corner of the keypad, it > works like an enter key. Good for entering blank lines, and also for doing > anything that you would hit and enter key for a normal keypad. > I find the fleksy app a little sporadic to use. Sometimes it works great > but, and other times it seems to put in gibberish and only the second > selection is the one that you actually typed in. I complain to fleksy about > this, they blame it on auto correct, but I have AutoCorrect turned off. > I agree with you, the fleksy VO version was absolutely the best. I still > use > it sometimes when I have to type a long email. > > Chuck (mobile) > Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > >> On Jul 17, 2015, at 12:10 PM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Chuck, >> >> Your a Prince of a guy and thanks so much for telling me about the shift > key and what it offers when using the mini layout. >> >> I just typed this with the Fleksy keyboard and was quite pleased with the > results. I did have to go back into settings to turn the Fleksy keyboard > back on since somehow it wasn't listed as an available keyboard even though > I hadn't turned it off. Computers and their mysteries... >> >> Alan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 17, 2015, at 1:58 PM, Chuck Dean <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Alan, >>> When you are in the minimal keyboard you do not have to switch back to > the spacebar keyboard in order to insert capital letters and numbers. > There > is a shift key in the lower left-hand side of the minimal keyboard which > will allow you to use capital letters. If you touch the shift key and > then > do a flick right you will get numbers and symbols. >>> I hope this helps! >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone > list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you > have > any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel > that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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