You can slide around with your finger until you get to the character you want, then quickly lift and tap. It's surprisingly like virtual typing to me. It doesn't seem to work for me in the password and passcode fields, though. It reverts to standard typing for those.
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 21, 2014, at 12:03 PM, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I must of missed the direct typing feature. What is it and what does it let > you do? > > > Regards, > > Alan > > Go Chicago Bears in 2014! > > Teenagers; Tired of being harassed by your stupid parents? Act now!!!!! Move > out. Get a job. Pay your bills wile you still know everything. > > Please click on: > HTTP://WWW.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > There, you'll find free files of my arrangements and performances played on > the Yamaha Tyros 1 keyboard. The albums in Technics format formerly on my > website are still available upon request. Thanks for listening! > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:00 PM > Subject: The good things in iOS8 > > > Hi > > I know there have been some bugs, and I know there's been some upset, but I > wanted to take a moment to recognise the good things in iOS8. > > I love the direct typing feature. I've been hoping for it for years, and I'm > so much faster on both the iPad and iPhone as a result. I also love having > Alex as an option, and having braille as a universal input will make it much > easier to type in louder environments > > I'm not saying we shouldn't give them feedback about the bugs, or that we > shouldn't complain if they don't listen, but we could also recognise the > things they have done well. And it's also worth noting that a lot of sighted > people are upset about the bugs in the current release. I'd be wary about > reading too much into apple's commitment to accessibility based on the > voiceover bugs in this release. > > Cheers. > > Laura > > -- > 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. 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 http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
