There are keyboard commands for navigating an iOS device. I’d recommend setting the Voiceover modifier to Capslock, and maybe teaching him Quick navigation with the arrow keys first, for less finger use. You can set things in Settings > accessibility > keyboard to help too. Note that you don’t /have/ to have a Magic keyboard.
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-voiceover-with-magic-keyboard-iph6c494dc6/ios <https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-voiceover-with-magic-keyboard-iph6c494dc6/ios> Devin Prater r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com Https://devinprater.github.io > On Jun 17, 2020, at 2:45 AM, Joe Paton <patonpl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello. > first a little background. > > I am working with a person who suffers from ptsd after an injury caused > by an explosion. > apart from the psychological injuries, the physical consequences mainly, > are that his hands shake, and navigating the touch screen is very > dificult. > > so, is it possible, and how can the touch screen be made less sensitive, > or delayed action imposed on the device to allow location and activation > of icons and other app elements on the screen, and within an app. > Flicking is really dificult for him, and of course explore by touch with > hand tremmer causes consequences that develop frustration > We can use a bluetooth keyboard to enter data, so that is not so much of > an issue. were there keyboard commands to navigate programs and home screens > that would be desirable, but I can't find out if this is possible, > so I guess not. Guessing is of course no use at all. > > We can use siri for a number of tasks of course, but the locations where > the device can be used may not always be condusive to dictation. > I have looked on applevis, but in the limited time I have, I haven't > turned up much that is solving these problems. > There are specialised switches, so where to find out about these, there > availability and if they would help, would be useful. > Many thanks. > > Joe > > . > > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/20200617084534.699A.77F7DF48%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/8D96493E-EFB4-4625-A990-6A14A23EED92%40gmail.com.
