In my experience with this app, I've found Rose is right on the money with her excellent advice. Establishing a good rhythm was crucial to my breakthrough with Fleksy. Go too slowly and you're inclined to confuse it. Go too fast and taps won't register properly. Getting into a good groove enabled me to figure out how forceful the program needed my taps to be. Once I figured out what it needed, I could then pick up my own pace without loss of productivity. I also think I had an advantage due to the fact that I do all my typing with my thumbs (a holdover from the old Nokia phone days). A friend of mine was having great difficulty with Fleksy as he typed with a sort of hunt-and-peck approach involving his index fingers. Once I had him hold the phone in portrait position and do nice firm taps with his thumbs, the breakthrough was almost instantaneous. Like Rose and me, I believe he found the larger words easier to master first.
I hope this helps Debbie and all others struggling to come to grips with this app. For those in search of a way to boost your typing speed, it really is tremendously innovative. For those who aren't on board with Fleksy for either ideological or practical reasons, more power to you. :) All the best, Michelle On 8/21/12, Louise Redsull <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Krister, > I understand the points you are making but do feel there is a place for > both > mainstream and specialist apps. I agree all IPhone users need to get to > grips with the standard keyboard but honestly feel if a specialist app can > massively increase your productivity then that can't be a bad thing. I like > to have both mainstream and specialist apps and feel there is space for > both. Obveously it is a personal choice if you wish to purchase mainstream > or more specialist apps. > > Louise. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: 21 August 2012 12:16 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. > > 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]/. 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