Is there anyway to change the look of the keyboard? My parents refuse to update because they have a hard time seeing the keyboard. I think it's all the light coloring. There's not much contrast. I've played around with the accessibility settings but they don't do much to the keyboard.
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Keyboard not old people friendly
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Trying to figure that out too. I thought I read a trick somewhere but now can't find it.
Increase Contrast seems to remove transparency from the keyboard, so that should help.
The keys on the iOS 7 keyboard are actually more contrasty though - black on white versus black on grey. But unfortunately it seems the "Bold Text" option doesn't have any effect on the keyboard.
The keys on the iOS 7 keyboard are actually more contrasty though - black on white versus black on grey. But unfortunately it seems the "Bold Text" option doesn't have any effect on the keyboard.
I think the lack of boldness is the biggest problem. Letters are so thin. I personally like it but I can see how it could be hard on the eyes. I can see well and can feel my eyes straining a bit. I think it's all the light colors but it looks ridiculous when you invert the colors.
I like the color of the spotlight keyboard better
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I think if they would add an option to add bold keys to the keyboard would solve a lot of problems or even if they were black instead of grey
Not only are the letters just a bit light, but the white keyboard in general is a lot harder for me to use and creates more eye strain than the darker one. I can feel my eyes working harder on the white one.
I submitted feedback for the option to always use one or the other color and to allow the "bold" option to include the keyboard.
I submitted feedback for the option to always use one or the other color and to allow the "bold" option to include the keyboard.