RE: Voiceover detection in JavaScript

Ø  Does the hardware keyboard perform differently when voice over is not
running?

Yes, most commands are not available without VoiceOver.  You can’t control
iOS with the keyboard alone without VoiceOver.



Ø  How does the assistive touch menu benefit a hardware keyboard user?

You can create custom multi-point gestures and then activate them for later
use on different areas of the screen.



Jonathan



*From:* David Hilbert Poehlman [mailto:poehlman1@comcast.net]
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:34 AM
*To:* Jonathan Avila
*Cc:* Brian Cragun; Alastair Campbell; Bryan Garaventa; WAI Interest Group
*Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript



Does the hardware keyboard perform differently when voice over is not
running?  How does the assistive touch menu benefit a hardware keyboard
user?



*-- *

*Jonnie Appleseed*

*With His*

*Hands-On Technolog(eye)s*

*touching the internet*

*Reducing Technology's disabilities*

*One Byte At a time*


On Apr 17, 2013, at 9:28 AM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
wrote:

Ø  On my ipod touch 5, it's the battery status, but no matter what it is, I
don't see that as a voiceover user, I'd be using the bluetooth keyboard to
manipulate the assistive touch interface.  I am glad that it is available
though.

A lot of people with motor disabilities end up using VoiceOver as the
keyboard support on iOS is not great without VoiceOver running.  I assume
that there could be some gestures that might be better performed with
assistive touch than with VoiceOver – thus the need to have this icon
accessible.



My recommendation is that there be some sort of global keystroke or that
somehow Apple place access to this icon from the status bar similar to how
the notifications *shade* can be pulled down from the status bar.  The
location of the assistive touch icon is really not relevant to the
functionality – it simply can be moved around to prevent it from obscuring
other items on the screen.



Jonathan





*From:* David Hilbert Poehlman [mailto:poehlman1@comcast.net]
*Sent:* Wednesday, April 17, 2013 9:19 AM
*To:* Jonathan Avila
*Cc:* Brian Cragun; Alastair Campbell; Bryan Garaventa; WAI Interest Group
*Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript



On my ipod touch 5, it's the battery status, but no matter what it is, I
don't see that as a voiceover user, I'd be using the bluetooth keyboard to
manipulate the assistive touch interface.  I am glad that it is available
though.



What would your recommended solution to this "kludge" be since the
assistive touch menu is a screen edge icon that does not act like any other
icon on the home page?



*-- *

*Jonnie Appleseed*

*With His*

*Hands-On Technolog(eye)s*

*touching the internet*

*Reducing Technology's disabilities*

*One Byte At a time*


On Apr 17, 2013, at 8:49 AM, Jonathan Avila <jon.avila@ssbbartgroup.com>
wrote:

It appears the default location for assistive touch is on the status bar in
the middle directly above the time.  Thus, if you perform the command
sequence discussed when the assistive touch icon is in that location it
will “happen” to work.



With the icon located above the time and with a Bluetooth keyboard:

Press control+option+m to get to the status bar

Press right arrow to move over to the time

Press control+option+space to activate the assistive touch icon

Press control+option+space to activate the assistive touch menu

Press left or right arrows to view assistive touch choices



This is definitely a kludge but could be used.



Jonathan



*From:* Brian Cragun [mailto:cragun@us.ibm.com]
*Sent:* Tuesday, April 16, 2013 3:49 PM
*To:* David Hilbert Poehlman
*Cc:* Alastair Campbell; Bryan Garaventa; WAI Interest Group
*Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript



Hi David,

Thanks so much for your reply.  I have tried in vain to verify the
keystrokes you documented.   I can get to the status bar and put focus on
the battery status, but control+option+Space does not move focus to the
Assistive Touch button.    Doesn't matter if QuickNav is on or off.

I agree it would be a fantastic find, but unfortunately, I can't verify it.
  Can you please double check if there is any other aspect of your testing
that may be different than mine?

I am using an iPad 3,1 with 6.1.3 and an Apple Bluetooth wireless keyboard.


Brian Cragun
IBM Master Inventor
IBM AbilityLab Consultant
Human Ability & Accessibility Center*
*



From:        David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
To:        Brian Cragun/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS,
Cc:        Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com>, Bryan Garaventa <
bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:        04/15/2013 06:52 PM
Subject:        Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript
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Hi Brian C,

To get to the assistive touch menu using the hardware keyboard, press
control-option-m to bring focus to the status bar and then press control
option-space while focused on the battery status.  this will focus on the
assistive touch menu.  press control-option space to activate it and then
you can maneuver around it as expected.
This is a good and important find.

Thanks.

*-- *
*Jonnie Appleseed*
*With His*
*Hands-On Technolog(eye)s*
*touching the internet*
*Reducing Technology's disabilities*
*One Byte At a time*

On Apr 15, 2013, at 2:04 PM, Brian Cragun <cragun@us.ibm.com> wrote:

Hi David,

I did a little more checking and I don't actually find hardware keyboard
and Assistive touch are mutually exclusive.  When I have Assistive Touch
enabled, and then add the keyboard (via Bluetooth pairing) and then
activate Voiceover, the Assitive Touch remains active.  It responds to
button presses via touch gesture.   When the Assistive Touch menu is
displayed, I can navigate using the keyboard and select any action.

The only thing I can't do is get focus to the Assistive Touch  icon.  The
keyboard navigation ring just skips over it.  But if I tap it once to give
it focus, I can use the keyboard commands to open it and use the subsequent
menus.

Brian Cragun
IBM AbilityLab Consultant
Human Ability & Accessibility Center*
*www.ibm.com/able





From:        David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@comcast.net>
To:        Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>,
Cc:        Brian Cragun/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS, Alastair Campbell <
alastc@gmail.com>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:        04/08/2013 03:22 PM
Subject:        Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript
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Assistive touch and hardware keyboard are mutually exclusive.  sadly,
assistive touch is not toggled on by the removal of the keyboard, but is
removed by its addition. *
-- 
Jonnie Appleseed* *
With His* *
Hands-On Technolog(eye)s* *
touching the internet* *
Reducing Technology's disabilities* *
One Byte At a time*

On Apr 8, 2013, at 4:04 PM, "Bryan Garaventa" <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>
wrote:

Unfortunately I'm not aware of the keyboard accessibility of the assistive
touch feature, but I can't find any documentation on the web that suggests
it is keyboard accessible. Hopefully others here can share more info on it.




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To:* Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com> *
Cc:* Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com> ; WAI Interest
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Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 12:31 PM *
Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript

Hi Bryan,

I think it was user error on my part.  :-)  A little more testing showed
that the "bounce back" occurs on the time slider when the  horizontal
slider has engaged more than 20%.  In that case, the time slide button is
not visible, and for some reason this causes it to not retain focus.  When
I set the horizontal slider to 0%, the time slider works with the gesture,
or with the keyboard after selecting the link.

Wireless keyboards.   We're requiring teams that develop mobile apps to
test both gesture access and keyboard access using a paired wireless
keyboard.  This is to meet the standards criteria, which still require
keyboard access, and we think the Soft keyboard on iOS not sufficient for
the standard, as we understand it.   Keyboards could benefit navigation by
the blind (although most blind people I know prefer gestures) but also
those with mobility impairment.  I don't have a switch to test with, but
paired keyboard access would be a good indicator of  access without gesture.

BTW.  The only iOS native element I have not been able to access with the
keyboard, so far, is the assistive touch icon.  Any ideas?

Brian Cragun
IBM AbilityLab Consultant
Human Ability & Accessibility Center





From:        "Bryan Garaventa" <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>
To:        Brian Cragun/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS,
Cc:        "Alastair Campbell" <alastc@gmail.com>, "WAI Interest Group" <
w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:        04/08/2013 01:57 PM
Subject:        Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript
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A wireless bluetooth combination, I hadn't thought of that. The hidden link
is provided as a fallback for users with screen readers that don't support
the use of ARIA, but if a keyboard is being used, it should be possible to
set focus to the slider itself, since it is already programmed to be
keyboard accessible, then the arrow keys would move the slider? Then again,
I seem to remember that the arrow keys on Voiceover move focus instead of
passing this through to the control.

I'm not sure why the time slider would bounce focus. It literally uses the
same setup script as the first slider, the only difference is the CSS which
makes it a vertical slider instead of a horizontal one, and
aria-orientation="vertical" is set on the slider.

I tried this using the gestures and didn't have a bounce effect. Which mode
of navigation does this happen on? Also, it's important to move the first
slider to 0% before trying the Time slider, because the image that opens
will obscure the second slider.

The Time slider also has a hidden link fallback that opens a standard
select as well, which is intrinsically bound to the slider.




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To:* Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com> *
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Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 11:01 AM *
Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript

Bryan, that is a fantastic gesture to learn!  Works great for gesture
interaction.  Is there a corresponding bluetooth wireless keyboard key
combination to interact with the slider?
The only thing I can find is to "select" the slider bar brings up a popup
button to set the value.

Also, any idea why on this demo when I navigate to the "time" slider, the
page resets and the focus goes to the top of page?

Brian Cragun
IBM AbilityLab Consultant




From:        "Bryan Garaventa" <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com>
To:        "Alastair Campbell" <alastc@gmail.com>,
Cc:        "WAI Interest Group" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:        04/08/2013 11:31 AM
Subject:        Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript
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This would be the page at *
*http://whatsock.com/modules/aria_slider_module/demo.htm

Voiceover incorrectly says that you should swipe up and down with one
finger to adjust the slider, but David gave the correct sequence earlier,
which is to double tap and hold with one finger, wait for the pass-through
sound, then slide your finger in the direction you want to drag the slider.

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From:* Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com> *
To:* Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com> *
Cc:* WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> *
Sent:* Monday, April 08, 2013 1:42 AM *
Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript

I couldn't get anything to 'slide' in iOS, with or without VoiceOver, I
just used the buttons.

Perhaps we're talking at cross-purposes, which page do you mean?


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 8:45 PM, Bryan Garaventa <
bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com> wrote:
The issue is that I can't get Voiceover to grab the slide, then move it. If
there is a gesture sequence for this though, I definitely want to learn it.

The carousels are fine in Voiceover, I worked on these a while ago. For
some reason Voiceover on iOS isn't paying attention to aria-hidden="true"
when included within a button element. That's a bout it though.


----- Original Message ----- *
From:* Alastair Campbell <alastc@gmail.com> *
To:* Bryan Garaventa <bryan.garaventa@whatsock.com> *
Cc:* WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> *
Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 5:16 AM *
Subject:* Re: Voiceover detection in JavaScript

> Now, if only I could fix the ARIA Sliders that easily.

What was the issue there? I tried the carousel and slidershow, they seemed
ok. Could adjust the ordering a little to make it easier to understand (and
don't rely on having an esc key), but it seemed ok.

-Alastair