Thanks for this tip. It works really well! Chuck
Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Jul 22, 2015, at 3:21 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi Wayne, the you if your not in the mini layout but in the normal one. What > works for me to switch back to the default keyboard is to drag your finger to > the keyboard button, release it from the touch screen and that should bring > you back to the default IOS keyboard. > > HTH > > > >> On 21 Jul 2015, at 03:20, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Wayne Merritt >> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2015 5:24 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> 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 <wale...@gmail.com> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Chuck Dean >>> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2015 4:08 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> 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 <wale...@gmail.com> 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 <chuckd...@icloud.com> 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. 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