0025 - iOS Gestures Workshop with NCBI

Show-notes. “iOS Gestures Workshop with NCBI”

Podcast 26-02-2021 – 13.00

Title: 0025 – iOS Gestures Workshop with NCBI

Subtitle: A workshop for accessible iPhone use with Miriam Kelly and Sean Doran

Link:

Season: 2

Episode: 25

Hosts: 

Allen Higgins 

Guests: 

Sean Dorn

Miriam Kelly

Post-Production:

Ruth Campion

Allen Higgins

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READY CHECK 

☐ Press the big RED button! [RECORD]

Ask everyone to check their mic is active and sound (headphones) on.

Check audio levels visually for each guest 

[tap the mic, say “test, test, my name is…”]

Is everyone ready?

Visual countdown. 3, 2, 1.

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In this series of talks we will be focusing on inclusive design, designing for access for everyone, because we shouldn’t need to compromise between usability and accessibility.

In today’s workshop Miriam Kelly and Sean Doran introduce us to the iOS VoiceOver gesture interface for iPhone

VoiceOver is the built-in screen reader for iOS devices. Users control VoiceOver with gestures like swipe and tap.

iOS screen gestures with VoiceOver ON

swipe LEFT or RIGHT reads the next app on the screen

2 finger swipe UP reads through the entire home screen

2 finger tap pauses

2 finger tap continues

1 finger swipe UP to change UP the value of a currently active setting

1 finger swipe DOWN to change DOWN the value of a currently active setting

3 finger swipe LEFT/RIGHT changes home screen (note chirp audio feedback before VoiceOver proceeds)

2 finger swipe DOWN continues reading from the current point

1 finger touch as a pointer to read current touch area

ROTOR gesture (like a physical dial motion), twist with thumb and finger, again and again; in combination with 1 finger swipe UP to change UP the value of a currently active setting

touch top of screen status line to + 3 finger swipe UP to activate control centre

2 finger swipe LEFT/RIGHT to move between controls

2 finger scrub gesture LEFT+RIGHT+ to return (go back) to home screen

2 finger double tap toggles VoiceOver speech on/off

3 finger triple tap toggles screen curtain (privacy) on/off

distinction between soft swipe and hard swipe

[Closing comments] 

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[Thank the panel and guests] 

Thank you Miriam and Sean for introducing us to the iOS VoiceOver gesture interface for iPhone.

And thank you for listening.

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And look out for more episodes of Design Talk.

Thanks to Ruth Campion for sound editing

The music used was EzaOne – Supernova, released by the Argofox label under a CC BY license.

Acknowledgements

Music by Argofox (CC-BY license)

https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova

(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)

Title: “Eza One - Supernova”

Artist: “Argofox”

Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”

License: “CC BY”

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