Hi Krister,
I am certainly not flogging you, in fact, I think it’s awesome you are so proficient with Fleksy and I wish I could be, but it seems to be one of those situations where you just seem to have a particular skill/ability which allows you to use it and most others don’t. I seem to remember you once wrote you can’t take good pictures with the iPhone. I think that is something that can be learned also and I certainly have no problems doing so and getting great results with apps like KNFB Reader, Tap Tap See, Talking Goggles etc. Sorry if it was a different thing you once stated you couldn’t do if your life depended on it or if I am mixing you up with somebody else, but there just are some things that are easier for some than for others. I typically have a pretty good spacial awareness of the screen and all that and I have tried everything you said and also read Alan’s excellent tutorial yet still find Fleksy is just not working for me. I sometimes hear Podcasts where people use Braille Input and it sounds like it works great and they are very fast with that. I wish I could do that, but unfortunately the hand injuries I have when I blew myself up 30 some years ago make that impossible, I only have two fingers and the thumb on each hand so can’t use braille input since you need at least three fingers. So I’m stuck with the regular iOS keyboard and of course dictation which works quite well. If I travel and only take my iPhone I usually bring a Bluetooth keyboard for situations where I may have to reply to an email and type quite a lot of text. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Monday, April 4, 2016 11:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? I shouldn’t bother to give any help on this topic since the unanymous vote of the blind community is that it is useless and those who think differently get flogged, but here goes: The keyboard can be resized. There are 3 different sizes of the keyboard and you can select size from the settings. When one’s new to the keyboard i’d recommend the largest size. /Krister 5 apr. 2016 kl. 01:34 skrev Alan Lemly <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >: Chuck, I still find the Fleksy VO app very useful and still use it. I'm trying to make myself use the Fleksy Keyboard more often since like they say, practice makes perfect, or in this case, practice does give you better results. After you type what you need with Fleksy VO, do a 2 finger swipe up and you'll be taken to the screen where VO will read your input and let you copy it for pasting to the app of your choice. You might try using the Fleksy Keyboard in minimal mode instead of with the spacebar present. This will present the keyboard more like the original Fleksy app. You can switch from the spacebar keyboard by doing a 2 finger swipe down in the keyboard area. A 2 finger swipe up while in the minimal Fleksy keyboard will switch back to the Fleksy spacebar keyboard. Good luck. Alan From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Dean Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 5:51 PM To: VIPhone Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? Hi Alan, I read your tutorial, excellent job! However, I went back and tried Fleksy and had very poor results. It's first prediction is wrong about 99% of the time. Second or third prediction is usually the correct one. I do not know if this will improve over time, I seem to remember that it does have a learning future with in it. It is technically faster than the iOS keyboard, but it is very frustrating! By the way, I went back to my old Fleksy VO app, and tried typing with it. It got every word right! Unfortunately, many of the options no longer work. Although messages and email still work. But as I typed, no text was displayed. Chuck -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. 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