[macvoiceover] Re: Important note about the Fleksy keyboard
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mac Voiceover list Mac Voiceover List <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 20:31:46 -0600
Taking a look at the privacy issues around 3rd party keyboards before enabling
full access. Weighing convenience against the warning about keystroke capture.
Ian
On Sep 21, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Ignasi Cambra <ic4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Keep in mind that in the Fleksy settings there is an option to enable speech
> feedback. Once you have that you can just turn voiceover off when using the
> keyboard, and it will read words for you. I am using it that way. It is not
> perfect, but it's better than not having it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 22, 2014, at 2:34 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I heard back from Fleksy support this morning, and the bottom line is that
>> it’s an Apple bug that is preventing the keyboard from working with
>> Voicover, and it will have to wait for the next IOS update to be remedied.
>>
>> As far as the Fleksy VO version, it has been pulled from the app store, and
>> if it is restored there it won’t work with IOS 8 regardless.
>>
>> So, if Fleksy was a big part of your experience as it was for me, we’re out
>> of luck until the next update. If it’s really important to you, and you
>> haven't already upgraded to IOS 8, be aware that when you do it will be lost
>> to you.
>>
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