Re: Focus preservation with VoiceOver on iOS after continuous reading
Re: Focus preservation with VoiceOver on iOS after continuous reading
- Subject: Re: Focus preservation with VoiceOver on iOS after continuous reading
- From: Jamal Mazrui <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 11:43:08 -0700
Checking again whether anyone can help answer this question.
On 8/17/2017 7:49 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
With VoiceOver on iOS, is there a built-in control for multi-line text
that allows the following to occur? I would like accessibility focus
to be preserved for the user after a continuous read (e.g., after a
two finger downward swipe for continuous reading, followed by a two
finger single tap to pause).
For comparison, when using a screen reader in a desktop app with
built-in controls, the expectation of the user is that focus will be
preserved on the last word heard after a continuous read. This
enables the user to examine in detail, for meaning or spelling, text
in the immediate vicinity of what was last heard before the continuous
read was paused.
For example, the user might perform granular reading by character,
word, or line after pausing the continuous read. Although the option
is available, the user typically does not want to have to re-read much
text that has already been heard before performing such granular reading.
With various article or book reading apps that I have tried on iOS,
however, focus is never preserved at the granular level of the word
last heard in a continuous read. Most apps seem to preserve focus at
the level of a paragraph or even larger unit of the text last heard,
thus requiring significant re-reading to return to the point of
intended scrutiny. This leads me to wonder whether the iOS
accessibility API even permits focus preservation at the word level.
In iOS, what combination of text-based control and event monitoring
would facilitate the most granular level of focus preservation after
continuous reading?
Jamal
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