Re: Proposed new Customizationof shortcut SCs to reduce risk of accidental voice activation

Yes – customizing with modifier keys addresses the critical issue.

More detailed explanation:
A string of keys enables a speech user in a native way – after modifying 
the shortcuts with a string of keys the user could simply say them. 
Customizing a keystroke with modifier keys means either speaking 
keyboard, which is more awkward, or adding another layer of macros to 
fully enable speech in a native way.

So yes, simply being able to modify the keystroke addresses the key 
problem. Being able to modify it with a string of keys is more elegant, 
but not critical. So maybe customizing with a modifier is A and with a 
string of keys is double or triple A.

Cheers,
Kim
On 7/21/2016 12:46 PM, Jonathan Avila wrote:
>
> Ø*SC x.x.x Customized shortcut keys:* Each customizable keyboard 
> shortcut on the web page allows for a string of up to 20 characters to 
> be assigned to the shortcut.
>
> I wonder how technically practical it is to watch for a string of 
> characters for shortcut keystrokes.  Typically a keystroke is a 
> keyDown/keyUp event or perhaps a keyPress with a key code and 
> modifiers.  Checking for a string of characters to be pressed is a 
> different technique.  Is a string really required over keystrokes that 
> are not single characters.  If a site allows the user to customize a 
> keystroke with modifier keys – would that be acceptable or what that 
> fail this SC?__
>
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> *From:*David MacDonald [mailto:david100@sympatico.ca]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:36 PM
> *To:* public-mobile-a11y-tf@w3.org
> *Subject:* Proposed new Customizationof shortcut SCs to reduce risk of 
> accidental voice activation
>
> Today Kim described the situation of end users who depend on speech.
>
> Custom keyboard shortcuts in a web application or web page can collide 
> with voice use. if the user is not in a dedicated text field and the 
> the shortcut is say, "M" Then simply saying "Mary" will cause that 
> shortcut to activate. If there are 4 of 5 shortcut, sometimes the 
> results can be very bad if these shortcuts do significant things and 
> more than one get triggered. Users may feel they have a virus etc... 
> that is causing all of this interference on the web page.
>
> Kim asked that all shortcuts to be customizable and allow up to 20 
> characters and also the ability to assign more than one shortcut for 
> different users of the same account.
>
> Patrick expressed concern that that is a pretty high bar for 
> developers, and may get resistance.
>
> I've thought of two SCs based on Kim's presentation that perhaps we 
> "could" require.
>
> *SC x.x.x Customized shortcut keys:* Each customizable keyboard 
> shortcut on the web page allows for a string of up to 20 characters to 
> be assigned to the shortcut.
>
> *SC x.x.y Turn of shortcuts:* If shortcut keys are used on the web 
> page, a mechanism is available to turn them off.
>
> Perhaps they could be combined into one. For developers who didn't 
> create customization of their shortcuts, there is a way to turn them off.
>
> For developers who did create customization, there is a way to assign 
> a string rather than just a couple of keys to the shortcut.
>
> *I put up a WIKI for them.*
>
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/wiki/Customization_of_keyboard_shortcuts
>
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/mobile-a11y-tf/wiki/Turn_Off_keyboard_shortcuts
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
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