I applaud anyone who is blind and can type just as fast on the built in keyboard as they can with Fleksy! You are much better than me! I for one and very gracious to Flexsy for developing this wonderful typing app. Before I wouldn't even use the email app on my IPhone due to it just took me to long to type an email with more than a few words in it and I am pretty good with the built in keyboard. Now, I can type almost as fast as my sighted family members and I use the email app now on a regular bases. The only thing that would make Flexsy even better is that if it could be built into the IOS. Thank you Fleksy team, you rock!!
Blind Treasures Phone: (804)-726-8900 Sales: sa...@blindtreasures.com Skype: kingmeade Web Page: http://www.blindtreasures.com -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sandy Tomkins Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 9:14 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. Hallo Krister, I don't generally join in these debates about specially generated apps etc, but in the case of Fleksy, I have been tempted. The simple fact is that the way Fleksy works, it is equally valuable to sighted typists. For example, my partner can type about ten times faster using Fleksy as opposed to the built in keyboard. Plus, many people find their fingers too large to safely hit the right key. Fleksy makes this unimportant. So, I suppose I am saying that, for once, the cart has come before the horse and that something developed with the VIP community in mind, might actually find a much greater mainstream market. I think we may well see Fleksy being bought by Apple for inclusion into its IOS. Happy tapping, Sandy. Sent from my iPhone On 21 Aug 2012, at 12:16, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > Hi, > This is one of many reasons why i never ever ever will get Fleksy. What would i want it for when there's an adequate keyboard already present and one that can adapt to the situations, so if there's an email, to type the adress, there will pop up a keyboard with relevant signs already in place. I know i'm politically incorrect but i say it anyway, why do i want a special solution because i'm blind? And before anyone says it, it's not the apps themselves i'm afraid of, they're there in the app store for grabbing, if you want 'em get 'em, what i'm afraid of is the demand it brings. When we get enough special solutions to do all kinds of things for us, we won't ever want to investigate what's already in the store, because it doesn't do what the blind require, and all of a sudden we're back in the hands of Freedom Science fiction, GW Micro, Sendero and the other companies who sell badly programmed solutions for a humongous price, and that's what i wanted to avoid when i first got the IPhone. > And down from his soap box he slithers. > /Krister > > 21 aug 2012 kl. 12:17 skrev "Sandy Finley" <finleykn...@gmail.com>: > >> Debbie, thanks for having the guts to admit this; I feel the same as you. I have come to the conclusion that I simply have not practiced typing enough on the iPhone. With BT keyboards and Siri it's easy to avoid typing on the phone. Ive gotten somewhat better but I', still not a proficient typist on the phone. I think that as I force myself to practice more on the phone my skills on Fleksy will improve. >> >> Sandy >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Debbi Williamson >> Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 9:04 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: I'm Just Not Getting the Hang of Flexy. >> >> I wish I could get the hang of Fleksy. Do you all use it in portrait or landscape mode? I almost never get a word in the list that i intended to type. I can't figure what I need to do to practice. >> >> >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Regina Alvarado >> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 9:35 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! >> >> I really like Fleksy also, and I really like the button in the lower right of the screen for new line as every time I swiped to the right and held my finger to get the new line it put a period on the end of the word I just typed. Sometimes I did not want the period as I had put in a comma or a colon. Has anyone noticed this? Perhaps it is my fingers! >> >> On another note, how do you do a wink and a smile with punctuation! Curious minds and all of that! >> Reggie >> >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Traci >> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2012 6:19 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: More I use Fleksy, more I like it! >> >> :) the more I use this app, the more I like it. >> >> It is fun to type the Fleksy way. >> >> I was looking around for the ampersand sign and came across the (at) shortcut. Flicking down on the (at) brings up a bunch of email suggestions like @gmail, or @yahoo. That is pretty cool! >> >> I was also successful in doing the smile & wink via punctuation. >> >> I like that there is the option to use the lower right button for new line. >> >> One question I have is, how do I enter a space. For example, when I entered the & symbol, I noticed there was no space between it and the following word. >> >> Anyway, I just wanted to add in my positive comments on this app. I'm pleased more than I expected. I had fast fun composing a Facebook status via Fleksy. >> >> :) Traci >> Sent by Macbook Air Mail >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> -- >> >> > > -- > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
