Hi Bill and all, This app was really cool when it came out several years ago. Unfortunately, though, it hasn't been updated in years, and I find it crashes a lot. I'm glad it's working for you; I just wanted to warn people it may not be that stable.
Best of luck, Anna > On Mar 19, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Bill Outman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good day, list. > > I have begun using the app DoItWrite, available for $1.99 in the app store to > practice handwiriting. Note the spelling w r I t e. I did this as I have > found that apparently my handwriting has deteriorated, even though I had > enough vision many years ago to have learned how to write by hand. > > This app is designed with the VoiceOver user in mind, and requires that it be > turned on and that handwriting be placed in the rotor. > > I was playing around with it today and it seems to function pretty well, > giving good descriptions of how to write each character when in the learning > mode. There are four categories to choose from, lower and upper case, > numbers, and punctuation, just as with the handwriting mode. The app has > four tabs, home, which describes the apps function, the learn tab where you > practice, the play tab, which I haven’t used yet, which provides a game > designed to increase speed, and the settings tab. If you have done the > necessary activation of VoiceOver and handwriting, the only setting you > should need to be concerned with is repeats, which governs how many times you > draw the character correctly before you move on to the next one. This can be > set anywhere from none to five; I set it at three. > \ > I got through all the lower case letters this morning, but had the most > trouble with I and f, especially dotting the i. I started upper case and > began pretty well, although the A seemed to insist on adding the crossbar > even though that wasn’t in the app’s description. I had trouble ewith the > capital G, perhaps since I was having trouble grasping the description fully, > though I once saw well enough to know that that should look like. That’s > were II stopped after about an hour total of work. > > So if you are having difficulty using the handwriting mode or with > handwriting in general, this tool might be helpful. > > Bill Outman > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > 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. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > 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 [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone > <https://groups.google.com/group/viphone>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. 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. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
