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We've long been fans of [Syntellia's Fleksy](http://engadget.com/tag/fleksy) for its astonishingly accurate predictive touch keyboard, and were excited to see an [Android version](http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/09/fleksy-for-android-beta-hands-on/) finally come out to play at [CES 2013](http://engadget.com/tag/ces2013). Well now there's news that'll please fans on the iOS side: the company has announced the full version of the app, formerly $4.99, is now available for the unbeatable price of free. This isn't just a special weekend offer either; CEO Kostas Eleftheriou told us in an email that it'll be free _forever_. Eleftheriou said that this is in the interest of a "more open keyboard space, so that more innovations can happen in the area," but also as a service to the blind community, which was Fleksy's original target audience.
Interestingly, the updated app even includes a direct button to email Apple's CEO Tim Cook so that users can advocate for a more native OS-level integration of Fleksy. It's an audacious goal, but as Eleftheriou stated in the blog post, it's also one that many users have demanded. While we're not sure if such a grass roots campaign will work with Cook and co., you can certainly download the new fully gratis version of Fleksy at the App Store source to give it a go yourself.
Filed under: [Cellphones](http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/), [Software](http://www.engadget.com/category/software/), [Mobile](http://www.engadget.com/category/mobile/)
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**Source:** [Fleksy Blog](http://blog.fleksy.com/post/43160706356/state-of-touch-typing-fleksy-goes-free), [Fleksy (App Store)](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fleksy-happy-typing/id520337246?mt=8)
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