This is the problem I had with Fleksy. Though I'm a touch typist on a standard keyboard, it's extremely difficult for me to guess exactly where the virtual keys are, because I have poor spatial memory. I can get within a character most of the time. For myself, I do estimate the general area with direct touch typing, then slide my finger a character or so to make sure I'm going to tap the correct key. Then I lift quickly and tap gkly where that key is. Oddly enough, this is faster and more accurate for me than touch typing, because with touch typing, I'm slow enough that I get hung up in the alternate characters mode a fair amount of the time and have to delete a character I've accidentally typed in. So no, I don't think I'll ever get to the point where I can strike the right key the first time. I'd bet, though that with a tactile screen protector, this task would be made much easier, as Jonathan has pointed out before.
Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Sep 22, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > > You don't have to tap somewhere else though I suppose you can do that. > Somebody posted that direct touch typing involves a split tap and so it keeps > coming up but that's actually not what you need to do though you can. > > The actual main ingredients in direct touch typing are a light touch and a > quick release. You can move your finger all over the screen and hear the > letters without anything happening, and the benefit of this is that you don't > get the problem of a letter being selected and its alternative characters > coming up. But if you lightly touch a letter and release/pull away quickly > the letter will register. To try to get the feel of it, go into an edit > field, like notes or the practice area in the voiceover settings. Don't worry > about what you are typing. Just lightly touch down a finger and pull away as > if you had discovered your phone was burning hot or covered by Arctic ice or > as if sharp little needles or thorns had been implanted and you didn't want > to get pricked (maybe a bit of an exaggeration). When you touch lightly and > pull away quickly, the letter will be written. To do this accurately, I think > you would have to have developed a pretty good finger/ear coordination and > responsive finger muscles but to some extent we do something similar typing > on a keyboard; without realizing it we who type well and rapidly really do > usually pull away pretty quickly from each key when we press it. I don't know > how to explain it any better. Maybe to get the feel, pretend you are going to > hopscotch or skip with your finger and that you are out if your finger > lingers on the ground. Even for those who don't have that accuracy/finger > memory of the keyboard, you can still use this kind of typing sometimes just > to feel all over the screen without anything happening. Then switch for a > while to a light tap/touch and quick release at various places. Jonathan > explains it pretty well in his book but i wish I could give you a mental feel > for the kind of tactile touch-and-release this involves. It isn't that a > split tap can't be employed with this typing choice but it appears to me that > what this is really meant to do is allow you a way to fly around the keyboard > with one finger, a light touch and zoom off to another letter. I'm not good > at it yet but I think the progress i've made so far is promising enough for > me to continue to work on it. I really am sorry that this still isn't really > going to get it across to everybody the way I would like to communicate it > because it really is neat in my opinion! > > -- > Cheryl > > I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. > I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper > thrown in the trash! > Then God gave me a new heart and life: > His joy for my despairing tears! > And now, every day: > "This I call to mind, > and therefore I have hope: > The steadfast love of the Lord > never ceases; > his mercies never come to an end; > they are new every morning; > great is your faithfulness." > (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) > > > > >> On Sep 22, 2014, at 8:32 PM, Sharonda Greenlaw <sbgreen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I still don't understand the use of direct touch typing. If you have >> to tap somewhere else when you find the letter, how is that different >> from standard typing? >> >> Sharonda >> >>> On 9/22/14, Pablo Morales <pablomorale...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Oh my gosh. >>> Now I don't understand anything. >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >>> Of Teresa Cochran >>> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 7:05 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Direct touch typing >>> >>> I'm a little puzzled by the general statements in this thread. I know of >>> four totally blind people who have used this method successfully, including >>> myself. Maybe it's because it's a little tricky to describe. It's a little >>> like describing balancing on a bicycle. But it's like any other method of >>> doing anything. When Fleksy first came out, I decided to try it, and it >>> never clicked with me. I didn't then proceed to say that it wasn't >>> something >>> blind people could use. It just wasn't something that suited me >>> specifically, as far as I could tell. That is fine. I don't think folks >>> should be lambasted for using a method that is unfamiliar or new. I've >>> trained many people, some of whom learn things in extremely different >>> methods from the ones I use. But it works for them, so that's all that >>> counts. If a person doesn't like a particular method, there's another one >>> out there to use. Literally, different strokes, etc. Right? :) >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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. 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