Free iOS App Today: KeyWi Keyboard – Type faster on your device using your computer’s keyboard

Written by Nathan Smith on June 8, 2016. Posted in iOS Apps, Mobile Apps.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/keywi-keyboard-type-faster/id1074949950?mt=8

Description

KeyWi is a custom keyboard for your iOS device that allows you to type using your computer’s physical keyboard.

+ How does it work?
After you install the KeyWi keyboard you simply switch to it (the same way you would switch to the emoji keyboard for example) and go to the address provided by the keyboard using your computer’s web browser. Once the connection between the keyboard and the computer’s web browser is established you will be able to type using your computer’s keyboard and what you type will appear on the iPhone. Make sure your device and computer are on the SAME wifi network.

Don’t worry everything that you type is PRIVATE as it is only sent from computer to device using your LOCAL wifi network. What you type NEVER leaves your local wifi network and never goes over the internet.

+ Installation instructions:
You first need to install the keyboard on your iOS device: Open Settings app > General > Keyboards > Add new keyboard > 'KeyWi'. Then tap on the 'KeyWi' keyboard again and allow 'Full Access'. This allows the app to communicate over your wifi network. Again, what you type is only sent from your computer to the device and it never travels over the internet and never gets stored anywhere

+ What you CAN do with KeyWi
– Type any character in any language
– Send emojis (In-app purchase required)
– Move the cursor forward and backwards
– Delete backwards

+ What you CAN’T do with KeyWi
– Select text. Once you enter text you can delete backwards, move the position of the cursor but you can’t select text
– Interact with the application UI.

We hope KeyWi will be very useful to you!!
Please let us know if you have any comments or feedback: support@keywiapp.com

Nathan Smith

Nathan Smith is Director of Technology for the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University. In that role, he also directs The Adele & Dale Young Education Technology Center (The YETC) located in room 170 of the Education Building on Utah State University's Logan campus. The YETC is a combination student openaccess computer facility, a K12 curriculum materials library, a NASA Educator Resource Center for Utah, and a technology training center. Nathan served eight years (20042012) on the Board of Directors for the Utah Coalition for Education Technology (UCET) He was reelected in 2014 to serve another two year term on the board. A former elementary school teacher, Nathan has taught students every age from young children to senior citizens. He has had the opportunity beginning in 2011 to train international high school teachers from all over the world about technology in education, through the U.S. State