I'd like to see if anyone else can weigh in on this. I tried to test it with my iPad for you and I get the same results. I am not able to slide to type when it is enabled in my VoiceOver rotor on my iPad. It seems to only accept touch typing. Slide to type definitely works on the iPhone though.
Hi, I’m wondering about this too. I was able to float the keyboard and turned on slide to type via the rotor but when I try to use the keyboard it doesn’t work.
I talked with Apple support and figured this one out. You have to do an extra long press on the key you want to start the word with and then wait until you hear a sound (or see the cursor disappear if your sight is good enough). Then you can start to swipe. As you progress through each letter the system will provide auto suggestions. For example, if you want to type “drink” you would press down on the letter d until you hear a sound them you would swipe the rest of the letters.
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Slide to Type work for iPad's?
I'd like to see if anyone else can weigh in on this. I tried to test it with my iPad for you and I get the same results. I am not able to slide to type when it is enabled in my VoiceOver rotor on my iPad. It seems to only accept touch typing. Slide to type definitely works on the iPhone though.
Floating keyboard only
The slide to type feature on the iPad only works when the keyboard is in its "Floating" mode, not using the full size standard keyboard layout.
And, I can't help with the follow-on question.
When not using VoiceOver, you do the following to enable the floating keyboard:
This doesn't appear to work when VoiceOver is enabled, and I have yet to discover what does work.
Not that I have looked too hard, as I always use a bluetooth keyboard with my iPad.
I also seem to recall reading that Slide to Type is not supported on the newest iPad Pro models
Hi, I’m wondering about this
Hi, I’m wondering about this too. I was able to float the keyboard and turned on slide to type via the rotor but when I try to use the keyboard it doesn’t work.
I talked with Apple support
I talked with Apple support and figured this one out. You have to do an extra long press on the key you want to start the word with and then wait until you hear a sound (or see the cursor disappear if your sight is good enough). Then you can start to swipe. As you progress through each letter the system will provide auto suggestions. For example, if you want to type “drink” you would press down on the letter d until you hear a sound them you would swipe the rest of the letters.