I've pushed for turning off slide to type ever since it came along. I also turn off predictive text.
I find both rather annoying. They might be fine for non VoiceOver users, but they are just distracting. Richard, USA "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, May 16, 2025 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Question about typing Yes, and turning off slide to type is equally important although that is also controlled by that same time delay, e.g. both alternative character announcement/availabilability and slide to type kicks in after whatever delay you set there. From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2025 12:13 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Question about typing Sieghard, Thank you for this. I had not dug that deeply, but the time delay is a perfect solution for folks dealing with this kind of typing issue. I will add this information to my notes to remember to share with others as needed. Later, Richard, USA "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, May 16, 2025 11:45 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Question about typing Rina, if you have difficulties with hearing alternative characters available, try the following: First, make sure “slide to type” is turned off. Do this as follows: Go to Settings > General > keyboard Swipe right across a bunch of options until you hear this: Slide to type, if it is On, double tap on it to turn it off, this will prevent slide to type to activate. Slide to type is a little bit like the old Flicktype keyboard which was around years ago where you would simply slide your finger to the approximate location of each letter and iOS then predicts the word you want to type and as soon as you hear the word, you lift your finger and it is inserted. I haven’t tried it for a while and I don’t know if this has become more useful on iPhones with Apple Intelligence, but I would definitely recommend to turn it off. There is also another setting right afterwards, it is called “Character Preview”, you can safely turn that off as well, not sure if it makes much of a difference as it seems to be primarily a visual thing, but it won’t hurt to turn it off. What this does is that it shows a larger image of the letter your finger is on and I guess for sighted people this can be useful, but it’s not important if you use Voiceover. Second, increase the time delay until alternative characters are displayed. You can’t turn off alternative characters completely, at least I don’t think you can, but if you don’t need them, you could increase the time to something like 2 or 3 seconds and this should essentially prevent them from ever becoming an issue since it is unlikely you will hold your finger on a single letter for that long. You find this settings here: Settings > Accessibility > Voiceover > Typing > Keyboard Interaction Time (it is also somewhat down the list, after Rotor and Activities) Once you double tap on “Typing”, then Keyboard Interaction time is the last item, double tap on it and then find the “Increment” button and double tap on it, it will increase the time by 0.2 seconds each time you double tap it. I have set mine to 1.6 seconds, can’t remember what the default is, but I just tried and you can decrease it all the way to 0 seconds and increase it all the way to 4 seconds. Best regards, Sieghard From: 'Richard Turner' via VIPhone <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2025 9:58 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Question about typing A new note is a good way to do this. If you hold your finger too long on any given letter, that is when you will hear about alternative characters available, etc. So, if you touch a letter, and it isn't the one you want, immediately slide your finger until you hear the letter you want and lift your finger. That does take practice. But even if you hear alternative characters available and don't slide your finger, when you lift your finger, the letter that was originally spoken will be entered. Richard, USA "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian." -- Pope Francis My web site: <https://www.turner42.com> https://www.turner42.com From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Rena Sent: Friday, May 16, 2025 8:49 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Question about typing Hello, I use touch typing and I keep having too much problems to type. My main problem is that instead of hearing the letter I type I also hear lots of other sings, such as alternative characters, different sounds, etc. What can I do? What is the best way to practice typing? I use a new note, but perhaps there are a better way. Any suggestion, please? Rena -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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