Hi Alan, I'm really sorry you have had this disappointment but thought it worth writing this post, even if it comes to nothing.
You may recall that a number of us have had qujite severe problems using external keyboards (including the Apple keyboard itself) when double letters would suddenly appear, etc. I remember others suggested they'd solved that problem simply enough by removing VO (with the Tripple click Home), then putting it back again. It works for me every time. My keyboard still goes wrong, mostly when I start to use it from the turn off position. Anyway, I just wondered whether this is the same kind of interrmittent problem which might just respond to the same treatment and enable you to use the new version of Flexy successfully. If you feel you want to give it a go, having just probably now reinstalled the older version, I will be most interested to know if you get success. If you don't want the bother of this then of course I understand that also, but just couldn't resist making the suggestion, knowing the various difficulties I've had with the Apple keyboard since IOS 8 appeared! Do write off list if you prefer. Carol P ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Lemly To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:23 AM Subject: Fleksy Keyboard Upgrade and Fleksy VO Experience Sending this again but this time with a subject. Hello List, Today, I upgraded to Fleksy Keyboard 5.7.1 which was released on 6/17/15. Since I had asked a question on this list about others' experience with the latest version of Fleksy when also running Fleksy VO on their devices, I thought I'd share my experience. I was very excited when first testing the upgraded Fleksy. After a short time getting used to differences between the Fleksy Keyboard and Fleksy VO swipes, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the app worked well with VoiceOver. The only thing I had a small bother with was that each key typed with the Fleksy keyboard engaged was announced. In Fleksy VO, this could be turned off I believe but I could not figure out how to do that with Fleksy Keyboard. The other difficulty I had was jumping back to the standard iOS keyboard but when I found you could shift from an abbreviated Fleksy keyboard to one showing the spacebar and the alternative keyboard button by doing a two-finger swipe up on the Fleksy keyboard, this issue was resolved. I was really excited when I fired up Fleksy VO and it still seemed to function as it always has for me the last several months. This was not my experience with an earlier version of Fleksy Keyboard. I took pains to type with Fleksy Keyboard in my messages, email, and notes apps and everything seemed to be working just fine. I powered off my iPhone 6 running iOS 8.3 to make sure this had no effect on the Fleksy apps. I also did a hard reset with the home and power buttons. I wanted to make sure that the upgraded app was functioning correctly before making an iTunes backup of my phone post installation. However, at some point, things went awry. I was not able to identify the event that caused things to go south but I started noticing it after resetting my phone. Trying to do a two-finger swipe up on the Fleksy keyboard to switch between its condensed keyboard without the spacebar and the one with it stopped working. In fact, trying to type anything with Fleksy Keyboard stopped working and I would hear the word "keypad" announced when attempting to type with the keyboard. Removing and reloading the Fleksy keyboard in Settings, General, Keyboards had no effect in correcting the problem. Then, I tried using the Fleksy VO app and it was totally messed up too. This is what I've experienced with past upgrades of the Fleksy Keyboard app but at least the problems took longer to appear. I ended up restoring my iTunes encrypted backup I had made before testing the Fleksy Keyboard upgrade in order to return to a functioning Fleksy VO app upon which I depend mightily for iPhone input. I guess I'll be hopeful that they'll eventually get Fleksy Keyboard to function well for VoiceOver users but I'm more than a little discouraged and a lot pessimistic. Alan Lemly -- 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 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. 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