Hi Tom, Yes, I think that is what this is. I think this just is the normal keyboard that sighted people use, which is now become an option with voiceover. Although I have not played with the keyboard at all, the description sounds exactly like a regular keyboard.
Chuck (mobile) Pleez x cuze enny tie ping or spelin air ores. > On Sep 21, 2014, at 7:25 PM, "Thom Spittle" <thom3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Would direct touch typing be the same as someone using the virtual keyboard > without voice over? > > If so, I can only think that this would benefit someone who is low vision > enough to see the virtual keys, but still want the voice over feature. > > Is that an accurate description? > > Thom > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2014 9:30 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Direct touch typing > > At the risk of being condescended to, I guess I don't get it either. > When I use touch typing, I drop my finger on the character I want to enter > and then I lift my finger to insert that character into the edit field. I > don't slide my finger around looking for the character I want, so I'm not > quite seeing what direct touch typing buys me. I guess I'll just have to > bring it up and play with it, since the descriptions I'm seeing on the list > aren't really clicking with me. > >> On 09/21/2014 12:37 PM, christopher hallsworth wrote: >> Touch typing is where you can slide your finger to a letter then lift >> it before it will be inserted in a text field. Direct Touch Typing >> involves directly tapping on the letter which will be immediately >> inserted into a text field. I don't understand the confusion here? >> >> Sent from my Macbook Pro >> >> On 21 Sep 2014, at 18:36, Pablo Morales <pablomorale...@gmail.com >> <mailto:pablomorale...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>> But it sound like the old touch typing style, doesn't it? >>> *From:*viphone@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]*On >>> Behalf Of*christopher hallsworth >>> *Sent:*Sunday, September 21, 2014 12:30 PM *To:*Viphone >>> *Subject:*Re: Direct touch typing >>> It works a lot like typing on a physical qwerty keyboard. Instead of >>> finding the letter and either lifting your finger or double tap to >>> insert, you simply tap and release immediately to input the letter, >>> the same as you would on a physical qwerty keyboard. >>> >>> Sent from my Macbook Pro >>> On 21 Sep 2014, at 13:44, Alvin <alvin....@gmail.com >>> <mailto:alvin....@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sorry if this topic has already been covered. 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