Title: What 3D Touch could mean for accessibility
Post by: HCK on September 15, 2015, 03:00:19 pm
What 3D Touch could mean for accessibility<article> <section class="page"> <p> In March, I wrote a piece for MacStories (https://www.macstories.net/stories/why-force-touch-matters-for-accessibility/) on the accessibility merit of Force Touch. I said, in part:</p>
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Imagine, for example, iOS 10 or 11. Apple will almost assuredly bring Force Touch to the iPhone and iPad, and they could utilize the technology in a slew of ways. They could effectively solve the problem with buttons in iOS 7 and 8 by using haptic feedback to denote a “button press” everywhere in the system. Thus, visually impaired users like me wouldn’t have to struggle so much in figuring out what’s a button versus a text label. Likewise, Force Touch could save those with motor challenges from the work of extra taps by allowing force-pressing to bring up contextually specific controls. There are lots of possibilities here.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2983642/ios/what-3d-touch-could-mean-for-accessibility.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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