Thanks Richard and Anna for your help. My keyboard appears to be back on track. I learn lots of stuff from this list, and appreciate all the dedicated responders. I still think, however, that iOS 13 has taken us backward instead of forward, and our Braille devices don't work nearly as well as they did in earlier iPhone versions.
Peace & Blessings, Duane L. Steele Phone (276) 730-5194 > On Oct 31, 2019, at 2:41 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> > wrote: > > OK, you were in the edit field of a text message, and obviously it was > editing, so you could use the Braille input. > Have you changed the appearance in messages and made all those other things > like photos, stickers, etc., hidden? > That sometimes masks the keyboard, even though it is still there. > After the camera button in messages, there is a button that says, Apps, if > hints are on, it will say if they are visible or hidden. > If you double tap that, and those things are on the screen, they will vanish, > leaving plenty of room for the keyboard. > HTH, > > > > > Richard > "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with it." > -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane > Wagner > > >>> On Oct 31, 2019, at 11:33 AM, Duane Steele <duanestee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Richard, when this happens, I'm miles away from my brailleEdge. That's how >>> I know it's happening. When it happened on Monday, I was in a doctor's >>> waiting room and the BrailleEdge was miles away, back home in my apartment. >>> I needed the qwerty keyboard to send a text and when I opened the message, >>> the keyboard was nowhere to be seen, and, fortunately, I was able to use >>> the braille input keyboard. So I'm really doing nothing out of the >>> ordinary at all. Yesterday when it happened, the braille device was at >>> home, and turned off, and I was 3 floors down. >> >>> >>> >>> Peace & Blessings, >>> Duane L. Steele >>> Phone (276) 730-5194 >>> >>>> On Oct 31, 2019, at 12:36 PM, Richard Turner <richardturne...@outlook.com> >>>> wrote: >>> >>> What are you doing exactly when this happens? >>> I've never had the keyboard disappear without having a bluetooth keyboard >>> nearby that connects. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Richard >>> "Reality is the leading cause of stress for those who are in touch with >>> it." >>> -- from The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe, by Jane >>> Wagner >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 31, 2019, at 8:42 AM, Duane Steele <duanestee...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Listers, >>> >>> On Monday, Anna Dresner helped me resolve the disappearing keyboard issue I >>> was experiencing when away from my BrailleEdge by using the device with the >>> spacebar plus dots 146. This should say ”show keyboard”. But this doesn’t >>> solve the problem if it happens when the BrailleEdge is at home, and I’m >>> somewhere else. The latest updates are giving our phones minds of their >>> own. Or so it would seem. The disappearing keyboard happened to me again >>> yesterday. It’s back now only because I brought it back when I had my >>> device in my hands. What else might I try? >>> >>> >>> Peace & Blessings, >>> Duane L. Steele >>> Phone (276) 730-5194 >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu. 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