Due to this issue it is impossible to get these words right.
Are the letters just shortcuts because people donāt know how to access them on the keyboard?
This is not really clear. (I remember it was different on the Android app). Really confused here
I am not sure if I understood the problem, but it seems that you donāt understand why there is an extra-keyboard.
Well, you type the letters using your keyboard, as usual. These letters (on the screen) are added, because it is difficult to type them, if you donāt have a spanish keyboard.
if you have to type āholaā you donāt need the extra-keyboard (shown on the screen), but if you need for example to type āEl NiƱoā, you will need the extra-keyboard to type the Ʊ.
Thatās what I suggested in my second comment. But it is irritating because it is a different behavior when the words combined with punctuation are shown. I think they could add a label or headline to better explain this.
Thanks anyways for trying to explain.
BTW: it never occurred to me that people had difficulties writing special characters since I just hit the key combo like Iām used to. Also it was not clear to me that some fields allow typing and others only allow selecting words. I am not sure but I also think the android version I initially used a while a go was different.
Hi @pixelass,
Yes, the āon screenā keyboards operate differently on the web version and the apps. This explanation from the Memrise āKnowledge Baseā explains it:
http://feedback.memrise.com/knowledgebase/articles/596274-onscreen-special-characters-explained
http://feedback.memrise.com/knowledgebase/articles/524813-typing-in-another-language-change-keyboard
You can opt in or out of ātapping testsā (selecting words from a pick list instead of typing the answer) in āsettingsā:
http://feedback.memrise.com/knowledgebase/articles/630880-learning-preferences-explained
Hope this helps. 
@alanh thank you for the list of links. It makes no sense though to read the entire knowledge base prior to starting a course.
If the interface is not intuitive enough memrise should offer a guided tour or make a better interface. There are quite a few bugs all over the page so I always expect things to be more bugs especially if they differ from other versions of the app.
I think memrise has nice courses and so far Iām happy with the learning but the web page/app itself is just questionable in so many ways.
I donāt think the Memrise people expect anyone to do that. I certainly didnāt. Itās just there to dip into when the need arises.
We were told some time ago not to expect (or even hope for) any significant changes to the website version because Memrise are devoting their limited resources to developing the app versions (Ā£Ā£Ā£Ā£). Personally, I hardly ever use the app because I find the web version (ābugs and allā) much better for my needs.
By the way, there is a āguided tourā video in the āGetting Startedā area of the Knowledge Base.
Good luck! Hope you enjoy your time here. I do.
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