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IPHONE KEYBOARD ACCESSIBILITY (self.Blind)
submitted by 74goldie
Hi
I am having issues with my iPhone keyboard. In the Fall, when I was newly blind, I typed on the keyboard by dragging my finger around the keyboard and when I found my letter I would lift my finger and it would type letter.
I then for several months primarily used dictation. I recently needed to type something because the dictation was not understand what I was saying. But now, when I try to drag and type If I sstart at the letter M and then try to drag to another letter, the keyboard will say stop at the letter G and then instead of moving to another letter as I move up to say reach the letter E, it will start predicting words that begin with the letter G.
It is making it impossible to use the keyboard to drag and type.
Is there some setting I am missing to turn off. I believe I have turned off the predictive text in accessibility.
Is there a better way to type on an iPhone keyboard as a blind person?
thanks
I am having issues with my iPhone keyboard. In the Fall, when I was newly blind, I typed on the keyboard by dragging my finger around the keyboard and when I found my letter I would lift my finger and it would type letter.
I then for several months primarily used dictation. I recently needed to type something because the dictation was not understand what I was saying. But now, when I try to drag and type If I sstart at the letter M and then try to drag to another letter, the keyboard will say stop at the letter G and then instead of moving to another letter as I move up to say reach the letter E, it will start predicting words that begin with the letter G.
It is making it impossible to use the keyboard to drag and type.
Is there some setting I am missing to turn off. I believe I have turned off the predictive text in accessibility.
Is there a better way to type on an iPhone keyboard as a blind person?
thanks
rp-turtle 2 points 3y ago
I think you may have accidentally changed your typing mode. Go to voiceover in settings and down to the typing option and select the option that says touch typing for it to go back to how it use to work for you before. You can also switch the typing mode on the fly by using the rotor when you’re in any text field. I hope that helps.
liamjh27 1 points 3y ago
may have slide to type turned on. To turn it off go to settings > general > keyboard. The option is called slide to type and just make sure it is turned off.
Also recommend checking out flicktype. Works amazingly if you know how to touch type and know roughly where the letters should be. Hope this helps :)
Also recommend checking out flicktype. Works amazingly if you know how to touch type and know roughly where the letters should be. Hope this helps :)
AndAdapt 1 points 3y ago
Check out flick type on the app store. Works great
SPN-hunter 1 points 3y ago
I had this problem as well. All you need to do is access the rotor and go to typing mode slick up or down with your finger until you hear touch typing. I think the option you are on right now is direct touch typing. Don’t ask me the difference between the two :-) all I know is when I changed it from direct touch typing to just touch typing it fixed that issue for me.t
ukifrit 1 points 3y ago
in direct touch typing you type the same way a sighted person would type. I like this mode because it’s faster.
paneulo 1 points 3y ago
Not sure if this is an option for you, but if you know braille, braille screen input changed my (mobile typing) life.
blind_cowboy 1 points 3y ago
on that note I have to wonder why autocorrect doesn't work when typing in braille?
paneulo 1 points 3y ago
I consider that a feature, not a bug. If you want to correct a misspelling, flick up or down with one finger.
blind_cowboy 1 points 3y ago
Don't consider it a bug just didn't know how to work around my frequent misspellings. Thanks.
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