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From: Maraikayar Prem Nawaz
Date: Oct 7, 2016 3:22AM

Thank you team.

Had an argument with the developer, where the developer said, "May be the
screen reader user already know that this an error, and this is an well
recognized error pattern".
Yes vibration was the only way to indicate error.

I didn't think about this scenario "for people who have a tablet mounted on
a stand and can't therefore feel the vibration". Thanks Patrick :-)

Regards
-Nawaz


On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 7:14 PM, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I guess at that point your phone doesn't feel like talking to you. LOL
>
>
> Just kidding.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> Behalf Of Birkir R. Gunnarsson
> Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 8:31 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Vibrating phone on invalid input entry
>
> I have experienced tis on iOS 10 when myfingerprint rader does not detect
> my thumb correctly.
> I just get a vibration not a "try again" message.
> Usually I get both, but there are definite instances where I only got the
> vibration.
>
>
> On 10/6/16, JP Jamous < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > 1. What is the app? I ask because I experienced it with Youtube app.
> > However, voiceover did speak immediately the reason why the vibration
> > took place.
> > 2. Ensure that this is not a setting inside the app itself. Different
> > apps can set their own ways of alerting the user.
> > 3. If you are using iOS 10, keep in mind that it still has lots of
> > bugs as far as accessibility. I have no idea how the heck they
> > released it when aria-describedby and labeledby were not working in
> Safari.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: WebAIM-Forum [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On
> > Behalf Of Maraikayar Prem Nawaz
> > Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 3:15 AM
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Vibrating phone on invalid input entry
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Is this is a correct pattern for invalid input.
> >
> > Read a similar thing in this blog
> > http://babich.biz/how-to-use-animation-to-improve-ux/ ..
> >
> > Thanks
> > -Nawaz
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