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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jul 7, 2016 2:14AM

On 07/07/2016 08:55, Srinivasu Chakravarthula wrote:
> I think it's still relevant on touch devices too. Imagine user with low
> vision / cognitive who may use screen reader for reading purpose but have
> habit of looking at screen.

When using touch+AT, note that focus/hover is not always triggered (e.g.
no "focus" event is fired when the AT's focus moves to an item, no
:focus CSS pseudo-classes are applied). Currently, it seems that only
VoiceOver/iOS fires focus/applies :focus, while other combinations
(TalkBack/Android, Narrator/Windows 10 Mobile) don't. See
https://patrickhlauke.github.io/touch/tests/results/#mobile-tablet-touchscreen-assistive-technology-events

However, the AT will generate and display its own fairly heavy-weight
focus indication/outline, so this is less of a problem in practice.

Also, don't forget scenarios where an actual keyboard (e.g. external
bluetooth keyboard paired with the phone) is used - see
https://patrickhlauke.github.io/touch/tests/results/#mobile-tablet-keyboard-mouse-events

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