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Re: Vibrating phone on invalid input entry

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From: Maxability Accessibility for all
Date: Oct 6, 2016 4:35AM

+1 to Patric, how would a screen reader user know the vibration is result
of an invalid input. I would fail primarily under 3.3.1 Error
identification. I can support with 1.3.2 sensory characteristics though
vibration is not directly mentioned here (shape, size, visual location and
orientation). May be this is a great input to W3C mobile TF.


Thanks & Regards
Rakesh

On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> On 06/10/2016 09:14, Maraikayar Prem Nawaz wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>> Discovered a error pattern on one of the apps for iPhone where phone would
>> shake on invalid input while nothing is announced by voiceover.
>>
>
> You mean actually shake/vibrate, or just showing an animation or the form
> shaking?
>
> In any case, if that (either the physical vibration, or the
> on-screen/animated vibration) is the only indication of an error, then no
> that's not sufficient (e.g. for people who have a tablet mounted on a stand
> and can't therefore feel the vibration, for screen reader users who can't
> obviously perceive the animated shake).
>
> P
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