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Re: Good external keyboard only a11y for iOS/UIKit/Swift

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From: Joshue O Connor - InterAccess
Date: May 21, 2018 8:22AM

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From: "Patrick H. Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
>>[...]well known approach (do you find) to enabling keyboard a11y for
>>many users? From the user perspective it seems clunky in that, when
>>using a keyboard in a regular website or application - if elements are
>>links/inputs etc, or via simple tabindex magic then voila. IMO, many
>>people who could benefit from keyboard a11y for apps may not likely
>>have a clue what VO is.
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>As keyboard support in iOS in general (on the home screen, all other
>standard apps, etc) is poor/nonexistent without VO running,
>keyboard-reliant users on iOS would need to know this, or they'd not be
>using iOS and using Android instead.
Yeah, seems less than elegant.

Thanks

Josh
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