finger. After the first tap, you will hear G, and after the second tap, you will
hear H.
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Remove both fingers from the screen. A clicking sound confirms that the
selected letter has been input.
After you have repeated this procedure for each letter, the word hello will be read
back to you after either space or punctuation is entered. If you want to delete the
last letter, hold Delete with one finger and tap the screen anywhere with another
finger. Removing both fingers from the screen will delete the last letter that was
written.
With the # key, you can switch between the numeric keys and the alphanumeric
keys and manipulate capitalization. The first letter after any punctuation mark,
except a comma, is automatically capitalized.
QWERTY keyboard
The QWERTY keyboard is an alternative way to write texts on BlindShell. Some
people may find using the QWERTY keyboard faster than the traditional one. You
can select your preferred keyboard in Settings - Control - Keyboard - Keyboard
style.
When you select the QWERTY keyboard, only keyboard screens used for entering
the text will be affected, like the SMS or note writing keyboard. The dial screen or
the screens for numeric input as well as screens for date and time input will
continue using the traditional keyboard layout.
The layout
For ergonomic reasons, the QWERTY keyboard has a different orientation than most
screens in BlindShell have - the screen is oriented landscape. The longer side of the
phone should be horizontal and the volume rocker should be pointing upwards.
The QWERTY keyboard layout has five rows and ten columns and is akin to the
keyboard you might have encountered on a computer. The keyboard has five
switchable modes (lowercase letters, uppercase letters, continuous upper case,
special characters and emoticons).
The basic layout is the following:
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The topmost row contains numbers 1 to 0.
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The second row contains letters only.
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The third row contains mostly letters, the last key being reserved for a
backspace.
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The fourth row starts with the shift key and its last two keys of the row are
reserved for arrow keys to navigate within the text.
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The last row contains the special character key, spacebar, three punctuation
keys and the okay key which submits the text and closes the keyboard.
Usage
To use the QWERTY keyboard, drag one finger over the screen until you find the key
you want to use. Release the key to type it.
In most cases, there will be no need to use the second finger. There are two
exceptions:
