I do use my thumbs. My sighted children showed me how to do it. I place the phone so that each bottom corner is in the palm of one of my hands. My fingers reach around behind the phone to cradle it. I then use my thumbs to type, with my left thumb reaching the keys on the left and so on.
For longer bouts of typing, I'll use braille screen input, my Orbit Writer or a Logitech keyboard. -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Gerardo Corripio Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 7:29 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: When It Comes to iPhone, Are You All Thumbs? Holding the phone in my left hand, I use the 3 fingers (Index, Middle, and Ring), and depending on what letter I'm typing, the finger: for the A, Q, W, S, i, I use the Index; for the E, D, F, R, etc., the middle but sometimes the Index. And for the rest of the letters, I use either the Index or middle finger. To switch between letters and numbwiths, I use the Index finger. And for the Enter, I use the Ring finger. Gera Enviado desde mi iPhone SE (2nd Generation) de Telcel > El 18 ene 2023, a la(s) 12:55 a.m., M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> escribió: > > Hello All, > > A friend of mine and I got into a discussion about how we type in iOS, > when sending text messages. > > It started when she asked me if I use my thumbs to type. Even though > I know that a great many people use their thumbs to enter text on > iPhone, personally I find the technique slow and awkward. > > How do I enter text in iOS? > > First, I keep my VoiceOver typing mode set to "Touch Typing." > > Second, I use a folio case. Not only does such a case cover the > display when not in use, it also provides a nifty way to balance the > phone in one hand, fingers-free. > > When entering text, I open the case, kind of like a book, with the > wallet side to the left and the phone to the right. I position the > phone case in the crook of my left hand (where the base of my thumb > meets my hand) so that the back of the phone, in the case of course, > is resting against the palm of my left hand, leaving all five digits on my > left hand, free. > > The wallet side of the case acts as a kind of counter balance so that > the phone does not slip out of my hand, even when the phone is tilted, > off-axis, so to speak. > > I use my left thumb to access the letters and numbers, located on the > left side of the onscreen keyboard and the index finger of my right > hand, to access the letters and numbers located on the right side of > the onscreen keyboard. > > I hold the phone in the exact same way when using Slide-to-Type; > except in that instance, I use my right index finger, only. > > Okay, that's my method for entering text on iPhone. > > How about you? What technique do you use to enter text in iOS? > > When it come to iPhone, are you all thumbs? 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