Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hi all! Just wanted to let you know that our latest update is rolling out over the App Store. Here's the changelog: New: - iOS 6 support - Manual capitalization is back: In manual entry mode, flick up after a letter to change to upper case. Flick down for lower case - Add twitter handles and emails to the dictionary! With manual entry, type @fleksy and flick up like normal. Now whenever you type fleksy, @fleksy will be one of the suggestions. Similarly, feedbackfleksycom will be corrected to feedb...@fleksy.com Fixed: - Tamed the instructional popup - , ? ! ; : will now be read properly by VO instead of Period - various bugs and crashes Hint: Start your text with: M @fleksy and select Tweet from menu to send us a DM :D Known Issue: - On iOS 6, Fleksy might stop processing taps properly on app resume when VO is enabled. Workaround: Quit Fleksy from App Switcher and restart. Your text will be saved. We are working on a fix for the next update. Once again, we want to apologize for any inconvenience. We start to rebuild with this version. Looking forward to your feedback! - the Fleksy team On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: Bill, thanks so much for providing this information. I am still optimistic I'll get Fleksy back on my iOS 6.1.4 iPhone 5 but it is very nice to know what was driving your decision to move to iOS 7. The ability for third-party apps to integrate the Fleksy keyboard into their app so that users can type with Fleksy is a wonderful feature. If I'm reading my list posts correctly, it sounds as if BlindSquare has already integrated Fleksy. I look forward to your updates on this issue at least until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7. Alan Lemly -Original Message- *From:* viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Bill Rappos *Sent:* Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:10 AM *To:* viphone@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Lucian, Christopher, thanks for following up on the discussion. I understand your concerns and agree that the switch to iOS 7 did not go as planned. The unexpected time bomb bug forced our hand before we could incorporate iOS 6 support for our brand new engine or even communicate the change appropriately. There is, however, reason why our keyboard service is at this time compatible only with iOS 7. As of today, Fleksy is available as a keyboard option for third party apps. This means that Fleksy can be integrated at the application-level of any iOS app. Any developer can incorporate Fleksy into their app, giving their users the choice to type with Fleksy. We were able to develop the SDK because of the tools iOS 7 introduced. However, since last week we made progress in porting the new engine to iOS 6 and have built alpha versions since. Pending a few crashes, we will be submitting an update for Fleksy to restore functionality for iOS 6 as soon as possible. Once again, thank you fore your patience and understanding! - Bill from the Fleksy team Read more about our Fleksy SDK and the 4 apps that offer Fleksy as their keyboard right now at http://fleksy.com/blog/android-cant-have-all-the-fun-fleksy-comes-to-ios/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all. Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7. Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and users to all be on the latest and greatest software. On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote: Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hi, I for one am glad the sdk is available to third party apps and am glad that iOS 7 was able to make this possible. I understand the few who can't or won't upgrade to iOS 7, but honestly, if you can, and you want to stay with using some of the latest technologies, then upgrading is the only way to do this. It's always been this way. -- Raul A. Gallegos Instagram is basically Twitter for people who can't read. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 12/12/2013 11:10 AM, Bill Rappos wrote: Lucian, Christopher, thanks for following up on the discussion. I understand your concerns and agree that the switch to iOS 7 did not go as planned. The unexpected time bomb bug forced our hand before we could incorporate iOS 6 support for our brand new engine or even communicate the change appropriately. There is, however, reason why our keyboard service is at this time compatible only with iOS 7. As of today, Fleksy is available as a keyboard option for third party apps. This means that Fleksy can be integrated at the application-level of any iOS app. Any developer can incorporate Fleksy into their app, giving their users the choice to type with Fleksy. We were able to develop the SDK because of the tools iOS 7 introduced. However, since last week we made progress in porting the new engine to iOS 6 and have built alpha versions since. Pending a few crashes, we will be submitting an update for Fleksy to restore functionality for iOS 6 as soon as possible. Once again, thank you fore your patience and understanding! - Bill from the Fleksy team Read more about our Fleksy SDK and the 4 apps that offer Fleksy as their keyboard right now at http://fleksy.com/blog/android-cant-have-all-the-fun-fleksy-comes-to-ios/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com mailto:chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all. Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7. Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and users to all be on the latest and greatest software. On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote: Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very well thank you on iOS 6 before. Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not supported anymore. As if they had to! Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time). So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that buries you, but poor customer support. /end of rant -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail --
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Lucian, Christopher, thanks for following up on the discussion. I understand your concerns and agree that the switch to iOS 7 did not go as planned. The unexpected time bomb bug forced our hand before we could incorporate iOS 6 support for our brand new engine or even communicate the change appropriately. There is, however, reason why our keyboard service is at this time compatible only with iOS 7. As of today, Fleksy is available as a keyboard option for third party apps. This means that Fleksy can be integrated at the application-level of any iOS app. Any developer can incorporate Fleksy into their app, giving their users the choice to type with Fleksy. We were able to develop the SDK because of the tools iOS 7 introduced. However, since last week we made progress in porting the new engine to iOS 6 and have built alpha versions since. Pending a few crashes, we will be submitting an update for Fleksy to restore functionality for iOS 6 as soon as possible. Once again, thank you fore your patience and understanding! - Bill from the Fleksy team Read more about our Fleksy SDK and the 4 apps that offer Fleksy as their keyboard right now at http://fleksy.com/blog/android-cant-have-all-the-fun-fleksy-comes-to-ios/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.comwrote: I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all. Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7. Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and users to all be on the latest and greatest software. On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote: Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very well thank you on iOS 6 before. Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not supported anymore. As if they had to! Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time). So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that buries you, but poor customer support. /end of rant -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscribe@ googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ topic/viphone/hp1U42rLwyg/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Bill, thanks so much for providing this information. I am still optimistic I'll get Fleksy back on my iOS 6.1.4 iPhone 5 but it is very nice to know what was driving your decision to move to iOS 7. The ability for third-party apps to integrate the Fleksy keyboard into their app so that users can type with Fleksy is a wonderful feature. If I'm reading my list posts correctly, it sounds as if BlindSquare has already integrated Fleksy. I look forward to your updates on this issue at least until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7. Alan Lemly -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Rappos Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:10 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Lucian, Christopher, thanks for following up on the discussion. I understand your concerns and agree that the switch to iOS 7 did not go as planned. The unexpected time bomb bug forced our hand before we could incorporate iOS 6 support for our brand new engine or even communicate the change appropriately. There is, however, reason why our keyboard service is at this time compatible only with iOS 7. As of today, Fleksy is available as a keyboard option for third party apps. This means that Fleksy can be integrated at the application-level of any iOS app. Any developer can incorporate Fleksy into their app, giving their users the choice to type with Fleksy. We were able to develop the SDK because of the tools iOS 7 introduced. However, since last week we made progress in porting the new engine to iOS 6 and have built alpha versions since. Pending a few crashes, we will be submitting an update for Fleksy to restore functionality for iOS 6 as soon as possible. Once again, thank you fore your patience and understanding! - Bill from the Fleksy team Read more about our Fleksy SDK and the 4 apps that offer Fleksy as their keyboard right now at http://fleksy.com/blog/android-cant-have-all-the-fun-fleksy-comes-to-ios/ On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all. Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7. Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and users to all be on the latest and greatest software. On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote: Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very well thank you on iOS 6 before. Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not supported anymore. As if they had to! Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time). So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that buries you, but poor customer support. /end of rant -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very well thank you on iOS 6 before. Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not supported anymore. As if they had to! Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time). So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that buries you, but poor customer support. /end of rant -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
I'm not sure Fleksy is leaving that many people behind. The vast majority of people have moved up to IOS 7. I think the people with a real beef are those iPhone 3 users who can't move up to IOS 7 at all. Fleksy is by no means the only app that predates IOS 7 which is now only supported on IOS 7. Obviously, a developer would have to spend testing resources on IOS 6 and IOS 7 if they're going to continue to support both levels of the operating system. This cost alone may keep a small company from supporting both operating systems. It's also my understanding that Apple changes API's from version to version, so it's not a given that there's no work involved in supporting both IOS 6 and IOS 7. Apple did take a beating when they rolled out IOS 7 updates automatically to people whether they upgraded or wanted to upgrade or not, so I'm sure they'd take a beating in the scenario you described below. This doesn't mean it isn't a good business idea for Apple to keep moving people up and for developers to assume everyone is on the latest. This model has obviously been wildly successful for Apple, and there's a lot of benefits for Apple, developers and users to all be on the latest and greatest software. On 12/11/2013 12:48 AM, Lucian Fratila wrote: Honestly I can't think of any other app that with no prior notice pulled support from a large chunk of its users (those on iOS 6 in this case). Yes I have an iPhone 4 and no, I don't want to upgrade to 7 for an obvious variety of reasons - and most certainly not because an app forces me to. What I find absolutely mind-boggling is that we're talking here about an offline app, that worked very well thank you on iOS 6 before. Yes, I did contact Fleksy support and they simply told me that Fleksy version 1.9 (the last iOS 6 working version) is not supported anymore. As if they had to! Yes, there are apps that only work on iOS 7 these days. But they either started on iOS 7, or they have a backend that no longer supports the iOS 6 version. As far as I understand, the technology behind Fleksy is built-in inside the app and does not require online presence (heck, if a typing app requires you to be connected to their servers, then something is fishy big time). So in short I find no excusable justification to what Fleksy did. They're lucky their service is not high profile and they don't affect a real lot of paying users. Just think the backlash that, say, Apple would get if suddenly iTunes would no longer start on OS X pre-Mavericks, and would give you no option but to upgrade, even on a 2007 laptop. Luckily for them Fleksy is no Apple. But at this rate, I don't see them even turning profitable. What a shame when it's not the technology that buries you, but poor customer support. /end of rant -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hi, You don’t need to search for alternatives. Apple allows you to download the latest version of an app that’s compatible with your device if you’re not running iOS 7. On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 toviphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
I have a Verbatim bluetooth keyboard that folds up for portability but I've never really used it since Fleksy was so convenient. I think I would prefer an app since that will always be available on the phone but I appreciate your suggestion. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hope Paulos Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Why not just upgrade to iOS 7? Sent from my iPhone On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:48 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I have a Verbatim bluetooth keyboard that folds up for portability but I've never really used it since Fleksy was so convenient. I think I would prefer an app since that will always be available on the phone but I appreciate your suggestion. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hope Paulos Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:40 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Maybe you could provide some more details about how to do this. When I've tried running Fleksy since its latest upgrade, I get a message forcing me to the Apps Store for the latest upgrade. When I attempt to do that, I get a message saying the new version requires iOS 7 and to execute another button if I want to install the last version compatible with my iOS. When I do this and run the app again, I get the upgrade required message once again so I'm in a circular loop. Any ideas? Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hi, You don't need to search for alternatives. Apple allows you to download the latest version of an app that's compatible with your device if you're not running iOS 7. On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Have you sent your difficulties to the Fleksy team: supp...@fleksy.com I've read similar posts from others on this list, so hopefully the Fleksy team is being well informed. Still, the squeaky wheel and all, ... Wayne On 12/3/13, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe you could provide some more details about how to do this. When I've tried running Fleksy since its latest upgrade, I get a message forcing me to the Apps Store for the latest upgrade. When I attempt to do that, I get a message saying the new version requires iOS 7 and to execute another button if I want to install the last version compatible with my iOS. When I do this and run the app again, I get the upgrade required message once again so I'm in a circular loop. Any ideas? Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hi, You don't need to search for alternatives. Apple allows you to download the latest version of an app that's compatible with your device if you're not running iOS 7. On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hi Alan, Of course upgrading is your choice, but unless you have an iPhone 4 iOS 7 really is a good upgrade and it offers some features which in my opinion easily make up for the bugs. In any case, we should be very close to the 7.1 upgrade and I would be surprised if some of the main issues wouldn't be addressed here. I do, however, think that Fleksy needs to address this issue about the app asking to update because how about iPhone 3GS users or iPhone 4 users who don't want to upgrade. As somebody else pointed out, Apple offers this new functionality where somebody can download the last version of an app which worked under an older version of the OS and I would contact Fleksy support and request that they make sure this works and is possible. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Yes, I've sent messages to Fleksy Support on several occasions including this one and find they are very good at apologizing for any inconvenience and even better at ignoring the specific questions asked or issues raised. I realize if I want to continue to use this app that I'll have to eventually upgrade to iOS 7. But it's only been out about three months and with the exception of Fleksy, I'm very pleased with how my current apps work under iOS 6.1.4. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Wayne Merritt Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:02 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Have you sent your difficulties to the Fleksy team: supp...@fleksy.com I've read similar posts from others on this list, so hopefully the Fleksy team is being well informed. Still, the squeaky wheel and all, ... Wayne On 12/3/13, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe you could provide some more details about how to do this. When I've tried running Fleksy since its latest upgrade, I get a message forcing me to the Apps Store for the latest upgrade. When I attempt to do that, I get a message saying the new version requires iOS 7 and to execute another button if I want to install the last version compatible with my iOS. When I do this and run the app again, I get the upgrade required message once again so I'm in a circular loop. Any ideas? Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Miller Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 10:43 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hi, You don't need to search for alternatives. Apple allows you to download the latest version of an app that's compatible with your device if you're not running iOS 7. On Dec 3, 2013, at 10:39 AM, Hope Paulos hope.pau...@gmail.com wrote: How about a Bluetooth keyboard? Sent from my iPod On Dec 3, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Alan Lemly mailto:wale...@gmail.com wale...@gmail.com wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing mailto:viphone+ow
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hi Sieghard, and thanks for your comments about iOS 7. I will no doubt move to it at some point and perhaps when version 7.1 comes out, that will be it. I just saw another post from Syntellia which seems to indicate that at some point those of us running older versions of Fleksy will no longer get the upgrade message which prevents the app from running at launch. We'll see and in the meantime, I've written iTunes Store Support so I can understand better Apple's policy about forced iOS upgrades in order to continue using an app that comes out with a new version. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hi Alan, Of course upgrading is your choice, but unless you have an iPhone 4 iOS 7 really is a good upgrade and it offers some features which in my opinion easily make up for the bugs. In any case, we should be very close to the 7.1 upgrade and I would be surprised if some of the main issues wouldn't be addressed here. I do, however, think that Fleksy needs to address this issue about the app asking to update because how about iPhone 3GS users or iPhone 4 users who don't want to upgrade. As somebody else pointed out, Apple offers this new functionality where somebody can download the last version of an app which worked under an older version of the OS and I would contact Fleksy support and request that they make sure this works and is possible. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com
Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Hey guys, Thank you for the discussion, we appreciate all feedback and try to keep open communication on all platforms. We just posted the following message on AppleVis and I thought it would be helpful if I shared it here as well: Just wanted to let you know we have some promising leads on how to restore functionality for iOS 6 devices. We are working on it and should our work be fruitful, plan to submit an update as soon as possible. Thank you for expressing your commitment to Fleksy and thank you for reaching out to us with your honest feedback. We are equally committed to supporting Fleksy for as many users as possible., http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/fleksy-happy-typing#comment-19668 Thanks again for your honesty. We do really appreciate your patience with us Regards, - Bill from the Fleksy team On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:37:54 AM UTC-8, Alan Lemly wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users?
Bill, thanks for this encouraging news and good luck with restoring Fleksy functionality for those of us running pre-iOS 7 versions. Alan -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Rappos Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:54 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hey guys, Thank you for the discussion, we appreciate all feedback and try to keep open communication on all platforms. We just posted the following message on AppleVis and I thought it would be helpful if I shared it here as well: Just wanted to let you know we have some promising leads on how to restore functionality for iOS 6 devices. We are working on it and should our work be fruitful, plan to submit an update as soon as possible. Thank you for expressing your commitment to Fleksy and thank you for reaching out to us with your honest feedback. We are equally committed to supporting Fleksy for as many users as possible., http://www.applevis.com/apps/ios/productivity/fleksy-happy-typing#comment-19 668 Thanks again for your honesty. We do really appreciate your patience with us Regards, - Bill from the Fleksy team On Tuesday, December 3, 2013 8:37:54 AM UTC-8, Alan Lemly wrote: As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new features that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- 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 viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
