It would be interesting if direct touch were supported so VoiceOver users could also take advantage of the glide input method that has become so popular.
On Sun, Dec 18, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Kevin Chao <kevincha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gboard is delightfully accessible and provides instant access to Google > Search > > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 7:56 AM Lynne <kasandra...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Are you using the current version of the Flexy keyboard or the old one? >> On the version you use, is there a period and the @ sign on the keyboard >> for >> ease of entering email addresses? >> Thanks >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Alan Lemly >> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 9:57 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Gboard >> >> Richard and others, >> >> I downloaded Gboard to my iPhone 7 running the latest iOS 10.2 and found >> no >> way to customize it to add a number row. I believe you're right that the >> number row feature only exists in the Android version. I had no luck when >> Googling Gboard iOS and number row. All the hits I found talked about that >> feature on the Android version. >> >> I couldn't find any great features that Gboard offered so I removed it. I >> never figured out how to use its glide typing feature or either it doesn't >> work with Voiceover. I couldn't tell how you were supposed to select the >> key >> you glided to in order to enter it that was any different than how it >> works >> with the iOS standard keyboard. I find the Fleksy keyboard much faster for >> input but then I've been using it for quite a while. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> Of Richard Turner >> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 2:03 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: Gboard >> >> If anyone finds a way to customize Gboard, let us know. >> I think, from the research I've done, the number row is only going to be >> available on Android. >> There is nothing about a number row in the iOS Gboard settings. >> Richard >> >> >> >> From a recent fortune cookie: >> "Any day above ground is a good day." >> >> >> > On Dec 16, 2016, at 8:39 AM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > I have not played with the Gboard iOS app but I re-read the article >> > Richard included in one of his posts on this thread and it mentions that >> > Gboard is customizable. I don't know if customizing is required in order >> > to show the number row on the keyboard but you had to customize the >> Fleksy >> > keyboard to do this. >> > >> > Alan Lemly >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> > Of M. Taylor >> > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2016 1:43 AM >> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> > Subject: RE: Gboard >> > >> > Hello Mary, >> > >> > I, also, have an Android phone; a Samsung Galaxy S 6. I was going to >> get >> > a Note 7 but, as I am not a pyromaniac... (smile). >> > >> > Anyway, the default keyboard on my S 6 has a number row and it truly is >> > convenient. I've never checked but I think the default keyboard on the >> S >> > 6 is the Samsung keyboard. So, perhaps we should look for a Samsung >> > third-party keyboard, for iOS, instead of the Google keyboard. >> > >> > For many, many years, now, I and others have been lobbying for a number >> > row to be added to the native iOS keyboard. >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> > Of Mary Otten >> > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 7:57 PM >> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> > Subject: Re: Gboard >> > >> > Hi Richard, >> > That is kind of depressing. There's supposedly an update that puts the >> > number row in on this keyboard. I have an android phone as well as my >> > iPhone, and I have been waiting to get the update to the Google >> keyboard, >> > but so far it's not showing up for me. I had the impression from what I >> > read, that the number row was already present in the current version of >> > Gboard on iOS. So what you are reporting is disappointing. >> > Mary >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:18 PM, Richard Turner < >> richardturne...@outlook.com> >> > wrote: >> > Mary, >> > I just installed it after reading the article I sent a little while ago. >> > On the iPhone 5s, there is no number line, you have to toggle numbers >> the >> > same way. But, there is a period just to the right of the space bar. >> > Also, if you have touch typing on, touching and releasing the return key >> > enters it, while on the native iOS keyboard you have to double tap. >> > Plus it does have the activate google search right there. >> > Interesting. >> > Richard >> > >> > >> > ...Wishing you a Happy Chanukah, Merry Christmas, Satisfying Solstice, >> > Quintessential Kwanza, and a Happy New Year ... anything you celebrate. >> > >> > >> > ?By doing what you love, you inspire and awaken the hearts of others." >> > - Satsuki Shibuya >> > (Sent from my iPhone 5S) >> > >> > On Dec 15, 2016, at 7:07 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Mark, I have no idea. I have m braille installed. I didn't have to sign >> > anything or do anything. Of course Google is always after data. So it >> > wouldn't surprise me. But they're going to get what they get anyway. >> > Mary >> > >> > >> > Sent from my iPhone >> > >> > >> > On Dec 15, 2016, at 6:43 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >> > >> > Mary, >> > >> > As always, my greatest concern about using third-party keyboards is the >> > fact that everything one enters can be accessed by the developer. I >> > believe there is a ULA that one must agree to when installing a >> > third-party keyboard, is there not? >> > >> > Mark >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf >> > Of Mary Otten >> > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:43 AM >> > To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> > Subject: Gboard >> > >> > That is apparently the name of the Google keyboard for iOS. I wonder if >> > anyone has tried it and whether it works with voiceover. 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