<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">It always takes getting used to at first. Practice, practice, practice.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Tony Santiago<div>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 19, 2019, at 9:32 AM, Tracy Carcione via NJTechDiv <njtechdiv@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Is there a better way to learn how to use the onscreen keyboard?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">And can we turn off the darn dictionary, so it stops confusing things further with useless suggestions?<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for any ideas.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NJTechDiv mailing list</span><br><span>NJTechDiv@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NJTechDiv:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org/ts12865%40yahoo.com</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>