Introducing jKey, an Accessible Keyboard Built by a VoiceOver User

Hi everyone,

I’d like to introduce an app I’ve spent a long time developing called jKey, an accessible keyboard for iPhone and iPad that’s designed specifically with blind and low vision users in mind.

As someone who is legally blind and uses VoiceOver every day, I’ve always wanted a faster and more comfortable way to type on my iPhone. After experimenting with different ideas over several years, that project eventually became jKey.

Instead of tapping individual letters, jKey can use a unique cluster typing system. The keyboard groups letters into five clusters, and as you enter those clusters, jKey predicts the word you’re trying to type. On supported devices, Apple Intelligence helps provide fast, accurate predictions while keeping everything on your device.

If you prefer, you can also use jKey as a more traditional keyboard with features such as intelligent word prediction, text correction, clipboard snippets, emoji generation, and other tools designed to reduce the amount of typing you need to do.

Accessibility has always been my highest priority. Every part of jKey was designed with VoiceOver in mind, and because I use the keyboard myself every day, I’m constantly refining it based on my own experience.

I’m sharing jKey here because I’d genuinely like feedback from other VoiceOver users. If you decide to try it, I’d love to hear what works well, what could be improved, and what features would make it even more useful.

You can download jKey from the App Store here:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6746700520

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I’m happy to answer any questions.