I hate to say this, but it sounds as though they were well committed to VoiceOver support when they had a smaller customer base, but now they have others needing less than we do with VO; so of course they go that route as a priority.
We saw the warning signs when they left us with Flexi-VO and said we'd catch up with the rest soon. I didn't ever use Flexi really regularly as I just found it tedious for me and much prefer MBraille, but I do have sympathy with those of you who used it, loved it and wanted to continue. I do hope I am not giving them undue criticism, but that's the way it looks to me. Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:14 PM Subject: Re: Don't give up on Fleksy! I have two problems with Fleksy. First, they discontinued Fleksy VO, so new users or those who lack a backup can't get the app. This would be fine if the primary Fleksy worked, but that's problem number 2: it doesn't. I tried it yesterday, with the latest updates to both it and iOS. I couldn't select word suggestions, I couldn't use punctuation, and at that point I gave up. They've had months to get this working, and they haven't. It's all about themes and new languages now, and while I realize they need to make money, is it so much to ask to bring back the VoiceOver support we know they can do, as they've done it in the past? It's not like this is all new and we're asking for use of an app that has never been accessible. It used to be, they broke things, and we just want the level of accessibility we used to have. They continue to not do this, though, and I'm just done waiting and asking. If it's interest they want to see, well, I'm no longer interested. Between direct touch typing and braille screen input, I don't need Fleksy anymore and I'm done hoping they'll actually put back the accessibility they themselves removed for reasons they won't share. On Dec 21, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote: To me, Fleksy voiceover is the last product by them that was good. They aren’t even under the same company name! Its now Fleksy, Inc. Yeah. I’ll just use either flecks voiceover or direct touch typing and predictive typing. On Dec 21, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: The more we write developers about any app, the more likely we are to get the desired results. Sorry to dust off a trite saying but the squeaky wheel really does get the grease. I keep writing the Fleksy developers asking them to keep Fleksy VO as a viable app going forward. I personally have mastered using Fleksy successfully as it was originally designed and then ported to Fleksy VO when they came out with Fleksy Keyboard. I don't mind having to copy and paste what I produce in Fleksy provided it works as it originally did. The extra step to copy and paste is a minor inconvenience when compared to how much time I save successfully typing quickly using Fleksy VO. I have no idea how much developer time is needed to maintain an app for future iOS releases but I would think if they simply left the feature set alone and made sure it continued to work, not much effort would be needed. At any rate, asking them to keep Fleksy VO only takes a minute of my time. Alan Lemly -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harry Bell Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 7:53 AM To: Abridged Recipients Subject: Don't give up on Fleksy! I keep telling the developers what the problems are for me in their latest updates and they are still working to fix problems for low vision and blind users both on iOS and android. The more of us who show we are still interested, the more incentive they will have to make it usable for us, I reckon. Harry -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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