Touch typing tweaks for iphone

1 Show the case

At one time the iphone keyboard showed only uppercase letters on its keys. If you prefer that, go to Settings>accessibility>keyboard and turn off ‘Show Lowercase Keys’.

4 Type and speak

The iphone can say the keys you press and words you type to help you spot mistakes. Go to Settings>accessibility>speech>typing >Feedback. Configure the settings here.

2 Set key repeat

Press ‘Key Repeat’ and enable it. Set the delay until a key begins repeating when it is held down, and then set the repeat interval, which is how fast the key then repeats.

5 Press and slide

You can tap Shift for a single capital or press and slide. Press Shift and then slide your finger over the keyboard to enter a capital. Double-tap Shift to stick it down.

3 Adjust key response

Press ‘Slow Keys’ in step one and enable Slow Keys. If you have problems typing and make mistakes, you may find it useful to add a slight delay between pressing and activating.

6 Alternate keys

It works with ‘123’ too. Instead of tapping to switch keys, press and slide to the key you want, without swapping key layouts. Tap ‘123’ then press and slide to the ‘#+=’ key, too.

7 Foreign characters

Foreign languages have different characters which can be accessed by pressing and holding on a key. Slide your finger to the one you want. This also works with symbols.

8 Add a keyboard

In the App Store search for ‘keyboard’ to see alternatives, like Grammarly. Install it, then go to General>keyboard>keyboards. Tap it under Third-party Keyboards.

9 Activate a keyboard

After adding a keyboard app, it must be allowed access to the system. Tap it and enable it. Press the keyboard button when typing to switch to the new one.