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From: Maxability Accessibility for all
Date: Oct 8, 2016 1:08AM

Hi Nawaz,

I don't think vibration of the phone is an identifiable error pattern for
screen reader users. Having it the only notification will harm them.


On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 2:52 PM, Maraikayar Prem Nawaz < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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