The switch keyboard button is just to the left of the space bar. If you haven't added any keyboards, you'll find them under settings, general, keyboards, then search for emoji.
Hope this helps, Traci Sent from my iPhone On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Michelle McQuigge <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]/. > 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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