Hello list, So a few days ago, I had emailed the list regarding an issue I was having with the keyboard disappearing in iOS. Be it in dictation or with in my case, touch typing. It only started since upgrading in iOS 11.X.
I called Apple accessibility and explained my issue. I did think at first it was perhaps a new feature with V 11.X, but as I found it to be so disruptive with my usual way of interacting with the keyboard, I thought maybe it really was a bug or maybe a setting I had overlooked that I could hopefully change. In any event, the Accessibility rep did confirm that it was a new behavior in iOS 11. That if one engaged the dictation with the two finger double tap in the edit field and did the same to stop dictation, the keyboard would remain. Indeed, we tried this and at least while on the phone with him, the keyboard maintained its presence. I am quite nearly certain that the keyboard had disappeared on me when touch typing and with the two finger double tap, but as I couldn’t reproduce it with him at that time in that way… However, when double tapping the little dictate button next to the spacebar made the keyboard disappear every single time. I expressed my frustration with this new behavior as with an iPhone at least, having to use the two finger double tap to start/stop dictation almost forces one to use the phone with two hands rather than just one (usually the thumb for me) making the convenience of a one handed device moot. There are so many times in a day where one interacts with their iPhone. I would guess in the hundreds if you take the time to consider all the texts, queries, replies, status updates and so on and all the times you have to go back and spell check. Not to mention if you have to pronounce words in another language. Be it a name, nickname, city, etc. Plus all the other scenarios of ambient noise or dictation simply being wrong. This new step/feature was really becoming annoying and disruptive with its one extra step now having to double tap on the keyboard button to bring it back every single time if you didn’t use the two finger double tap to start/stop dictation. Anyway… as you can see, for me at least who uses my phones for personal as well as for business purposes, it’s really impacted the way I use my phone. I’m for now trying to remember to do the double finger tap for dictation, but not only is muscle memory a hassle, but it’s just awkward and not as convenient than just using the thumb of the hand that you’re holding the phone in to start/stop dictation. The Apple rep said that feedback is welcome and if it’s an issue they hear enough about, it may be something they would consider for the future. Improving the user experience, etc. Even a simple toggle to enable or disable this behavior would be appreciated since I guess on an iPad, it may be a more natural way to engage dictation. So… if you’re like me where this one seemingly little change with the keyboard on iOS 11 is making itself quite noticeable and not in a good way, I would encourage you to reach out to Apple or the accessibility team to let them know your frustrations as well. Thanks, Cristobal -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- 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. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
