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" <[email protected]> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of blind Treasures > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 7:28 AM > To: [email protected] > 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: [email protected] > Skype: kingmeade > Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Sandy Tomkins > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Debbi Williamson >>> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Regina Alvarado >>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>> Behalf Of Traci >>> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> 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/[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. 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