Hi Sieghard, and thanks for your comments about iOS 7. I will no doubt move to it at some point and perhaps when version 7.1 comes out, that will be it. I just saw another post from Syntellia which seems to indicate that at some point those of us running older versions of Fleksy will no longer get the upgrade message which prevents the app from running at launch. We'll see and in the meantime, I've written iTunes Store Support so I can understand better Apple's policy about forced iOS upgrades in order to continue using an app that comes out with a new version.
Alan -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:46 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? Hi Alan, Of course upgrading is your choice, but unless you have an iPhone 4 iOS 7 really is a good upgrade and it offers some features which in my opinion easily make up for the bugs. In any case, we should be very close to the 7.1 upgrade and I would be surprised if some of the main issues wouldn't be addressed here. I do, however, think that Fleksy needs to address this issue about the app asking to update because how about iPhone 3GS users or iPhone 4 users who don't want to upgrade. As somebody else pointed out, Apple offers this new functionality where somebody can download the last version of an app which worked under an older version of the OS and I would contact Fleksy support and request that they make sure this works and is possible. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 8:38 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Fleksy Alternatives for pre-iOS 7 Users? As I suspected, I just received confirmation from Fleksy Support that with the latest upgrade, the app only works with iOS 7.0 and later. Until I decide to upgrade to iOS 7, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for other typing alternative apps that work well with VoiceOver. I'm in the process of learning braille so don't think an app such as MBraille would be ideal. I would prefer something using a QWERTY keyboard format. And my vision is very limited so integration with VoiceOver is a must. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I really enjoyed Fleksy during the nine months I was using it but I think I prefer apps that don't feel the need to upgrade quite so quickly every time another iOS version is released. Yes, I know that makes me sound like a bit of a Luddite but I suspect I'm not the only one who spends time learning an app that meets my needs and doesn't want to upgrade to something that makes numerous interface changes in order to provide some new "features" that I don't want. This is particularly true when the upgrade forces an iOS upgrade too. Fleksy's excellent predictive functionality was quite amazing so I will no doubt return to it at some point. Thanks in advance for any typing alternative app recommendations. Alan Lemly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
