Keyboard accessibility on the Apple watch series 7?
By KE8UPE, 27 November, 2021
Forum
watchOS and Apple Watch Apps
hello,
I'm wondering if anyone on here has had experience with the keyboard on the Apple watch series 7?
Does it work with voiceover?
Does it allow, "slide to type?"
Any & all feedback is greatly appreciated.
I've got the 41 mm watch and I can't say it's a great experience typing. Voiceover, though much better than previous watches, is still not as snappy as on a iPhone which means exploring the keyboard is a bit of a chore. Slide to type isn't something I've been able to use with VoiceOver and I'm guessing it isn't an option. Neither is it an option to have touch typing, eg, find the letter and release to type, which is a shame. The only option is to either double tap the selected letter or to split tap, EG, touching the letter and using another finger to tap it.
I can't say it's a feature I'd use, even at a pinch though maybe it is a little easier with the 45 mm screen, even then it will be tight I think.
Hope this helps in some way. I do with we could pair a bluetooth keyboard, but that's another thing entirely.
Hi there, as the above contributor has mentioned. I’m also finding it difficult to do any forms of slide to type and you have to double tap on the screen which is not ideal and unfortunately on the series 7 the dictation is not so brilliant either. I’m sure things will improve as the watchOS improves but I’m hoping that they do manage to find a way of having slide to type feature on there very soon.
Ok let me get this straight here. The only way to type with VO is by double tapping each letter? Yeah there's split typing, but it's basically the same?
So no slide to type, 10 finger typing or even direct touch typing like I use on my iPhone?
If that's the case, I will purchase one of the earlier models, this would be one of those inconsistent things apple is famus for these days.
Comments
Split typing
Hi,
I've got the 41 mm watch and I can't say it's a great experience typing. Voiceover, though much better than previous watches, is still not as snappy as on a iPhone which means exploring the keyboard is a bit of a chore. Slide to type isn't something I've been able to use with VoiceOver and I'm guessing it isn't an option. Neither is it an option to have touch typing, eg, find the letter and release to type, which is a shame. The only option is to either double tap the selected letter or to split tap, EG, touching the letter and using another finger to tap it.
I can't say it's a feature I'd use, even at a pinch though maybe it is a little easier with the 45 mm screen, even then it will be tight I think.
Hope this helps in some way. I do with we could pair a bluetooth keyboard, but that's another thing entirely.
Slide to type on Apple Watch series 7
Hi there, as the above contributor has mentioned. I’m also finding it difficult to do any forms of slide to type and you have to double tap on the screen which is not ideal and unfortunately on the series 7 the dictation is not so brilliant either. I’m sure things will improve as the watchOS improves but I’m hoping that they do manage to find a way of having slide to type feature on there very soon.
No direct touch typing?
Ok let me get this straight here. The only way to type with VO is by double tapping each letter? Yeah there's split typing, but it's basically the same?
So no slide to type, 10 finger typing or even direct touch typing like I use on my iPhone?
If that's the case, I will purchase one of the earlier models, this would be one of those inconsistent things apple is famus for these days.
Series 7
When it pop up, it also does in the iPhone. I use the one in the phone. It is hard to use the one in the watch