SkyText

SkyText is the premier text-scrolling iPhone application, brought to you by Heynow Software. SkyText lets you type messages and display them instantly as large text banners scrolling across the screen.

Here's how it works:

1. Hold your iPhone/iPod Tou ch in portrait orientation and type text on the keyboard, just like text messaging.

2. Raise your hand (the one holding the device) and face the screen toward the person you want to display the message to, in landscape orientation. SkyText uses the accelerometer to sense the change in orientation and automatically scrolls the message.

That's it.
Quick and easy.
The way it should be.

You see, SkyText was designed with usability in mind. And when it comes to usability, it's all about the details:

• When the message ends, the phone issues a short vibration to let you know.
• You can display previously-stored presets, type messages by hand, or easily alternate between the two.
• Presets can be quickly modified on the fly without having to save the edits.
• When you type a message in by hand, SkyText holds on to it in case you want to display it again—no need to re-type.

These are the kinds of features that make SkyText a truly useful application—the kind of application you could use every day.

When would you use SkyText?

• In a loud crowded bar
  • A hottie is looking at you from a distance and you want to break the ice
  • You've become thirsty
  • Your buddy is at the end of the bar, and you just need to taunt him
• At a concert
• On the golf course
• At the airport
• At a sporting event
• In the parking lot, picking up your kids after a concert
• At the beach
• In the library
• At the race track
• While hunting or fishing
• Six of you are going skiing, 3 people each in 2 cars. Cell reception is spotty, you need to communicate and don't want to scream and freeze
• You're a sound engineer and you need to tell the guitar player to turn down
• You're in church and need to discreetly tell the reverend that his fly is unzipped
• Anywhere you need to communicate with somebody and:
  • They can't hear you
  • You need to get their attention
  • You can't get to them
  • You can't make a sound but want to get a message across

When would you use SkyText?

Instructions

Watch this tutorial to get the skinny on how to use SkyText.

These instructions will guide you through all of the features and functions of the application.

Typing Text

1. To start typing text, touch the text entry box.
2. The Keyboard appears and the cursor is blinking, ready to for you to type.
3. Type your message.
4. Hold the phone up in Landscape orientation to display your message.

Note: You can type up to two full lines of text into a message.

Selecting a Preset Message

1. Touch one of the preset messages on the Saved Presets list and it will highlight in blue.
2. Hold the Phone up in Landscape orientation and display the message.

Making a New Preset Message

1. Type a message into the text entry box. As you type the first character of your message, the plus button to the right of the text entry box becomes active.
2. When you've finished typing the message, press the plus button.
3. The new preset is added at the bottom of the Saved Presets list.

Editing a Preset Message

1. Touch the blue arrow to the right of a preset in the Saved Presets list.
2. The keyboard comes up and the preset message fills the text entry box. Notice that the plus button is now a save button, which is inactive. It becomes active only when you've changed the preset message.
3. Now press the save button (after editing the preset) the new edited version of the preset will replace the old preset.