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" <[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. > 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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