Hi Cristobal, if I could make a suggestion, it would be setting up a short abbreviation that would expand into your name. That way you would not have to access the alternative accented characters every single time you type your name. You can do that by going into Settings/General/Keyboard/Shortcuts, double-tapping the 'Add' button, typing your name into the Phrase box, and typing a convenient shortcut into the Shortcut box. Now your iPhone will offer to autocorrect the shortcut into your name whenever you enter it.
Cheers, Grant On 9/23/12, Cristobal <crismuno...@gmail.com> wrote: > Having an accented o and ñ in my first and last name, I have to access the > alternative accented characters in the keyboard all the time. It’s easy > enough by tapping the n or o as an example and split tapping on the > keyboard > somewhere else and after that, you can lift your finger and drag it around > or flick left or right as if you were in standard typing mode and press and > hold on the letter with the alternative characters till you hear the three > chimes. Which at that point you can drag your finger to the left or right > depending on which character you’re on to select the particular accent or > umlaut or whatever other variation is available. The same holds true when > you’re in the numbers or symbols part of the keyboard and you want to use > the inverted exxlamation or question mark if writing in Spanish for > example. > Really, it’s not that big a deal. I for a time had international keyboards > on my device, but got rid of them since I can access any alternative > characters through this method without having to bother with switching > back > and forth between layouts. > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 9:51 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Not crazy about iOS 6 new touch type mode. > > > > Hello Jean-Philippe, > > > > I agree that typing accented characters seems a bit awkward, but I > certainly > don’t agree with you on the delete key issue. You can delete quickly by > repeatedly tapping and lifting your finger off the delete key, if you do it > fast enough you just hear the letters you are deleting just like I would if > I press the backspace or delete key quickly on my computer. Takes a bit of > practice since you do have to lift up and put down again exactly on the > delete key. What would be nice is if Apple could keep things the way they > are with the delete key and in addition to that re-enable split tapping > just > for the delete key since for Shift and More Numbers the touch typing method > is vastly better than having to double tap or split tap. > > > > Not quite sure yet what to think about the accented character thing, I have > to play around with it some more. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Jean-Philippe Rykiel > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 8:05 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Not crazy about iOS 6 new touch type mode. > > > > Hi all, > I sent the following request to Apple, trying to be as clear as I could. > If you agree with my disagreement, I would like you to do the same with > your > own words. > Thanks. > > Dear Apple team, > This new iOS version is great, but I would like to point out some > unpleasant > issues with its revised touch typing mode. > > 1, It was a good move to give touch typing behaviour to keys such as > capital or other but not for the delete key. let me try and explain why. > In the previous iOS version, you could delete characters successively by > holding the delete key and split tapping as many times as you wanted. You > had full control of your delete speed because no matter where the second > finger was typing, the delete function was performed as long as the delete > key was held. > Now, with iOS six, you must be very careful and accurate if you want to > delete successive characters, as you have to constantly hit and release > the > delete key. The new delete double tap and hold function is too quick to let > you hear the feedback of what you are deleting, so it is unusable most of > the time. > My wish is that the delete key was restored as it was in previous iOS > versions. > > The second disadvantage is for non-English- users who use accented letters > frequently. It is true that keyboard latency has been improved because of > this, but it is now impossible to briefly hit a key and then double tap and > hold it to get its alternative characters. You now have to do three > gestures, find the right letter, split tap, and then double tap and hold to > look for accents. May I suggest if possible, that you give us the accents > list as soon as split tapping is performed, allowing us to scroll > through > it by sliding the second finger, that would be much easyer. > Thank you for your understanding, > sincerely, > Jean-Philippe > > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. 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