Who came up with this direct touch typing idea? It seems half baked to me. I don't remember reading anything about it prior to the IOS 8 launch. It reminds me of the handwriting feature added seemingly at the last minute to IOS 7. I don't know anyone who uses the handwriting input method on a regular basis and I suspect the same will be true with the direct touch typing as well.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of christopher hallsworth Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 2:55 PM To: Viphone Subject: Re: Direct touch typing No. Direct Touch Typing does not involve any lifting at all. You just tap directly on the letter to have it inserted. It involves quick and precise movements on the touch screen. Sent from my Macbook Pro On 22 Sep 2014, at 04:42, Neal Ewers <neal.ew...@ravenswood.org> wrote: Christopher. This makes sense. But, to quote another list member. "With touch typing, you simply lift your finger to enter a character. With direct touch typing, you lift your finger, then tap it down in the same place." I can't see this making sense. If I am going to slide my finger around to look for characters, why wouldn't I just use touch typing. That way all I have to do is to get to a character and lift my finger. With direct touch typing used in the quote above, I am simply adding a step. When I get to a character, I not only have to raise my finger, but I now have to bring it down and tap again. I would think what one would want to do her is what Christopher and others are suggesting. You don't slide your finger, you just hover over where you think the character is and then touch the screen. Yes, you can slide if you miss it, and I guess this is a good way to practice. But to simply use it like touch typing all the time and have to raise and lower your finger seems more trouble than it is worth to me. Neal -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 10:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Direct touch typing I've plaid with direct touch typing just a bit now, and I think the difference is that with touch typing you need to leave your finger on a letter for a beat before you lift it. I think this keeps you from accidentally entering the wrong character as you're sliding your finger around the keyboard. With direct touch typing, I think the character is entered if you just tap the character. Direct touch typing would be faster if you're pretty good at knowing right where the character is and can land on it without having to slide your finger around at all. . For my part, I'm getting good at knowing where the delete key is as I practice direct touch typing. On 09/21/2014 09:49 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: I'm about half the time one character off so I do have to slide my finger to the correct character in that case. Touch typing and direct touch typing are exactly alike up to this point. With touch typing, you simply lift your finger to enter a character. With direct touch typing, you lift your finger, then tap it down in the same place. It sDs like there wouldn't be much difference between the two, but I think the action of actually tapping creates the illusion of typing more effectively, and kind of awakens the muscle memory for typing, if that makes sense. Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks On Sep 21, 2014, at 6:30 PM, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com <mailto:chalt...@gmail.com>> wrote: At the risk of being condescended to, I guess I don't get it either. When I use touch typing, I drop my finger on the character I want to enter and then I lift my finger to insert that character into the edit field. I don't slide my finger around looking for the character I want, so I'm not quite seeing what direct touch typing buys me. I guess I'll just have to bring it up and play with it, since the descriptions I'm seeing on the list aren't really clicking with me. On 09/21/2014 12:37 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: Touch typing is where you can slide your finger to a letter then lift it before it will be inserted in a text field. Direct Touch Typing involves directly tapping on the letter which will be immediately inserted into a text field. I don't understand the confusion here? Sent from my Macbook Pro On 21 Sep 2014, at 18:36, Pablo Morales <pablomorale...@gmail.com <mailto:pablomorale...@gmail.com> <mailto:pablomorale...@gmail.com>> wrote: But it sound like the old touch typing style, doesn't it? *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]* On Behalf Of*christopher hallsworth *Sent:*Sunday, September 21, 2014 12:30 PM *To:*Viphone *Subject:*Re: Direct touch typing It works a lot like typing on a physical qwerty keyboard. Instead of finding the letter and either lifting your finger or double tap to insert, you simply tap and release immediately to input the letter, the same as you would on a physical qwerty keyboard. Sent from my Macbook Pro On 21 Sep 2014, at 13:44, Alvin <alvin....@gmail.com <mailto:alvin....@gmail.com> <mailto:alvin....@gmail.com>> wrote: Sorry if this topic has already been covered. How do I use direct touch typing? Thank you. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. The archives for this list can be searched athttp://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. 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