Hi Alan, I finally figured out what my problem was. Some how I turned off direct touch typing, which I had to access with the rotor. I am typing this with Fleksy, and I am having a good bit of success. 😎
Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Apr 5, 2016, at 6:49 AM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Chuck, > > I've experienced what you're describing with Fleksy just announcing keyboard > and not registering any other key presses. Usually, a restart of my iPhone > with the home and power buttons fixes this problem. I'll also say it seems to > arise in apps not requiring much keyboard input other than an occasional > search. > > You might try going into settings, general, keyboard and removing the Fleksy > keyboard from the installed list. You don't actually have to uninstall the > app from your device. I would then open the messages app and type a sample > using the standard keyboard before turning Fleksy back on. > > I will say I'm trying to use the Fleksy keyboard in spacebar mode since my > experience is that it seems better behaved in this mode. You also have access > to the button immediately to the left of the spacebar that will enable you to > switch back to the standard keyboard. > > I understand your frustration because the Fleksy keyboard seems unpredictable > enough to make one unwilling to fool with it but progress is being made with > VoiceOver with each subsequent upgrade. > > Only you can decide whether the benefit of using Fleksy outweighs the cost of > its frustrations. > > Good luck with your decision. > > Alan Lemly > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 5, 2016, at 1:46 AM, Chuck Dean <cadean...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I was having some success with fleksy this afternoon when the keyboard >> totally locked up. Now when I touch any key all it says is keyboard, and >> doesn't do anything. Which also means that there is no way to get out of the >> keyboard, the two finger swipe up and swipe down does nothing. The only way >> to get out of the keyboard is to delete it from the phone. I have restarted >> the phone, reinstall Fleksy, turned off and turned on voiceover, nothing >> works. It is totally locked up, totally useless. >> >> >> I am however glad that you are having success with it. I used to love Fleksy >> VO when it work, it was fantastic. >> >> Chuck (mobile) >> Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. >> >>> On Apr 4, 2016, at 11:39 PM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I shouldn’t bother to give any help on this topic since the unanymous vote >>> of the blind community is that it is useless and those who think >>> differently get flogged, but here goes: The keyboard can be resized. There >>> are 3 different sizes of the keyboard and you can select size from the >>> settings. When one’s new to the keyboard i’d recommend the largest size. >>> /Krister >>> >>>> 5 apr. 2016 kl. 01:34 skrev Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> Chuck, >>>> >>>> I still find the Fleksy VO app very useful and still use it. I'm trying to >>>> make myself use the Fleksy Keyboard more often since like they say, >>>> practice makes perfect, or in this case, practice does give you better >>>> results. >>>> >>>> After you type what you need with Fleksy VO, do a 2 finger swipe up and >>>> you'll be taken to the screen where VO will read your input and let you >>>> copy it for pasting to the app of your choice. >>>> >>>> You might try using the Fleksy Keyboard in minimal mode instead of with >>>> the spacebar present. This will present the keyboard more like the >>>> original Fleksy app. You can switch from the spacebar keyboard by doing a >>>> 2 finger swipe down in the keyboard area. A 2 finger swipe up while in the >>>> minimal Fleksy keyboard will switch back to the Fleksy spacebar keyboard. >>>> >>>> Good luck. >>>> >>>> Alan >>>> >>>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>>> Of Chuck Dean >>>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2016 5:51 PM >>>> To: VIPhone >>>> Subject: Re: Is anybody having any success with the Fleksy keyboard? >>>> >>>>> Hi Alan, I read your tutorial, excellent job! >>>> >>>>> However, I went back and tried Fleksy and had very poor results. It's >>>>> first prediction is wrong about 99% of the time. Second or third >>>>> prediction is usually the correct one. >>>> >>>> I do not know if this will improve over time, I seem to remember that it >>>> does have a learning future with in it. It is technically faster than the >>>> iOS keyboard, but it is very frustrating! >>>> >>>> By the way, I went back to my old Fleksy VO app, and tried typing with it. >>>> It got every word right! Unfortunately, many of the options no longer >>>> work. 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