Eyes Free Typing On-The-Go with Fleksy!

For the visually impaired, screen readers are one of the most important assistive technologies out there. A screen reader is used to type, as it reads each letter and word out loud as you type on a keyboard. Screen readers are useful and convenient when working on a desktop computer or laptop where it’s easy to use headphones. On the other hand, when you need to type on-the-go on a phone or tablet, using headphones and listening to each letter is time consuming and inconvenient.

Fleksy is a keyboard app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that enables you to type quickly without having to see the keys, or even typing the correct letters. Fleksy has the ability to predict what you are trying to type based on what area of the keyboard you touch, even if you don’t type one letter correctly. It’s that accurate! For someone who doesn’t look at the keyboard anyway, it even has a full-screen option where the keyboard is invisible.

The Fleksy app was recently made available for free through the App Store with the hope of making smartphones more accessible to everyone. Fleksy released a statement this past week that mentions its hope to integrate the Fleksy keyboard directly into the iPhone software. The addition of the Fleksy keyboard to the iPhone software would take smartphone accessibility to a whole new level!

Check out the Fleksy blog here for more information on the product and the video below for a demo of the Fleksy keyboard in action!