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Favorite ios keyboard? (self.Blind)
submitted by ENTJ351
I am seeking out a good ios keyboard. What keyboard, do you folks recommend and why?
EndlessReverberation 2 points 4y ago
If you know braille, or are willing to learn a few dozen symbols, I would highly recommend the Native iOS braille keyboard, which can be used in any text field. For me, typing in braille is the fastest and most efficient form of typing on a touch screen by far. using on-screen braille, I can easily type faster then most sighted people using on-screen QWERTY keyboards and I once even wrote a whole article with the iOS braille on-screen keyboard, when I was in a pench. If you can't type in braille, I would second the Flick type keyboard. I have not really used it in it's new incarnation, but I used a keyboard with the same basic method back in the day and it works alright.
FlickType 1 points 4y ago
Thank you! We’d love to know how your speed compares with FlickType if you get the chance to try it out.
EndlessReverberation 1 points 4y ago
I would say typing with braille is between twice as fast and four times as fast for me compared to the flick type keyboard; of course, that is just my own personal experience.
FlickType 1 points 4y ago
Thank you for the feedback. What would you say is the biggest slow-down factor for you when using FlickType?
Amonwilde 2 points 4y ago
I'm really enjoying using FlickType over the last few days. It's a keyboard specifically for Voiceover users:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flicktype/id1359485719?mt=8
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flicktype/id1359485719?mt=8
FlickType 1 points 4y ago
Thank you, let us know how we can make it even better for you!
Amonwilde 1 points 4y ago
Looking forward to the half keyboard, since some apps interact with autocomplete in a dumb way. I'm actually looking for excuses to type on it, though :)
FlickType 1 points 4y ago
Thanks, we're working on it! :)
EndlessReverberation 1 points 4y ago
I think the single biggest thing that slows me down with Flick Type is spelling. I am not a great speller, and I often have trouble typing a word closely enough to get the keyboard to predict it. I think this is just part and parcel with the method flick type keyboard uses and I don't really blame the keyboard; someone with better spelling than myself would not have this issue. I just got pretty tired pretty quickly of trying to spell a word multiple times and then flicking through options hoping I would have finally given the keyboard something it could figure out; especially when the iOS braille keyboard has a very good corection system that almost always figures out my words. Again, I think this just comes down to the two different methods these keyboards use and I don't blame Flick.
There are other things that slow me down, short words that the keyboard offten predicts wrong causing me to have to flick through options, passwords and other unique words that the keyboard would not know and I don't want to add to its dictionary, braille contractions that make typing in braille even quicker etc. I think flick type keyboard is good at what it does, and I very well might use it if I did not know how to type in braille.
There are other things that slow me down, short words that the keyboard offten predicts wrong causing me to have to flick through options, passwords and other unique words that the keyboard would not know and I don't want to add to its dictionary, braille contractions that make typing in braille even quicker etc. I think flick type keyboard is good at what it does, and I very well might use it if I did not know how to type in braille.
ENTJ351 [OP] 1 points 4y ago
That sounds interesting. I am fairly good at spelling so, it would’t be an issue for me. But that’s interesting. I’ve not used predictions all that much and I stick to the standard keyboard mostly, otherwise I just use a bluetooth keyboard.
iSlashZ 1 points 4y ago
Gboard by Google https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gboard/id1091700242?mt=8
https://i.imgur.com/CwrpjOX.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CwrpjOX.jpg
FlickType 1 points 4y ago
Curious, how does Gboard compare to the various built-in input methods on iOS for low-vision typing?
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