Yeah, thankfully I discovered this way earlly on when getting my phone. I did try that switching back and forth between touch and standard typing and oh man, was it a pain. That and like I said, it made having secondary keyboard layouts unnecessary. Banging out something in Spanish or even being able to type my last name and even if I want, I can insert the accented o into my first name without wasting so much time the other way.
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: ABout writing Spanish letters on Iphone Hi, this is awesome. I hadn't thought to use it that way. I just did it the way you suggested and it works as described. Cheers! -- Raul A. Gallegos My Doctor told me that I'm paranoid, I wonder if he's told anyone else... Home Page: http://raulgallegos.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 On 9/12/2012 12:45 PM, Cristobal wrote: > I keep my phone in touch typing mode and when I need to enter an > accented letter or even the ñ as my last name is Muñoz, I'll slide my > finger on the virtual keyboard until I find that particular letter and > tap the keyboard somewhere else with another digit (split tapping or whatever it's called). > . After that, i can lift my finger and flick and go around the > keyboard as though I was in standard mode typing and double tap and > hold on that particular letter until the chimes are heard and VO > announces that alternative characters are available. Once that's done, > it's a simple sliding back or forth until I find the accented letter I > want and just lift my finger. > > I did for a time have the secondary Spanish language keyboard on my > iPhone, but found it to be redundant And a distraction since I can > access all the different letters and symbols (inverted question marks, > inverted exclamation marks, etc.) with the split tapping while never > leaving touch typing mode and so on mentioned above. > > Hope this helps. > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Raul A. Gallegos > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:14 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: ABout writing Spanish letters on Iphone > > Hi, the best way I have found to do this is by first making sure your > typing is set to standard instead of touch. This means that when you > tap on a letter, it behaves just like any other button or control on > the iPhone. This means that you have to double-tap after first > selecting the letter. Once you have it set this way, you can > double-tap and hold on the letter you want, the letter A for example, > then as you hold on the screen, drag it left or right and you will > hear the various accented letters. Just release your finger when you get to the one you want and it will be entered. > > On a side note, since I don't care for standard typing, I prefer the > touch typing, what I tend to do is use DDragon dictation. I can set > that to Spanish, and then I can speak whatever I want. I have to use > Dragon because Siri doesn't currently understand Spanish. I think you > have a 3GS, so Siri is not an issue anyway. > > Good luck. > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > Life is tough...it's tougher if you're stupid. - John Wayne Home Page: > http://raulgallegos.com > Twitter: https://twitter.com/rau47 > Facebook: http://facebook.com/rau47 > > On 9/11/2012 1:55 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote: >> HI guys: I've got a Spanish Iphone 3gs with the Spanish keyboard in >> which the way I write Spanish accented letters is get to the letter, >> do a double tap and hold; flick left/right to get to the accent I >> want and let go; I ask this because in a podcast I heard that the >> accent is written by holding on the letter, but why doesn't this >> method work on my Iphone? How do you guys write Spanish accented >> letters for those who happen to know Spanish and use the Iphone to work in Spanish? >> >> Gerardo >> >> > > -- > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
