[NJTechDiv] Learning to type on the iPhone

[Tracy Carcione]

My husband just got an iPhone.  He is also blind.  He is an excellent
typist, but he's having trouble learning to type using the onscreen
keyboard.  When he types on a real keyboard, he doesn't hunt and peck-his
fingers just know how they're lined up and where to go.  

I remember having the same problem.  I learned to type on the phone by
opening Notes and practicing, but he had a lot of trouble with that approach
last night when we tried it.

Is there a better way to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard?

I thought of using dictate instead, but most of what he needs are user IDs
and passwords, and I don't think dictate works for that.  Or does it?

And can we turn off the darn dictionary, so it stops confusing things
further with useless suggestions?

Thanks for any ideas.

Tracy

 

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