I don't know if this will help or just add confusion, but here is some explanations from AppleVis: Re: Direct Touch Submitted by Squirrel on Tuesday, February 2, 2021
For those unfamiliar with Direct Touch, it's a way in which developers can tell VoiceOver to ignore touch events in part or all of an app's screen so that the app can handle those touch events directly. Examples include virtual instruments, exploring a map by touch, interpreting touches and gestures in a game, and so on. Not exactly a new feature Submitted by dvdmth on Wednesday, February 3, 2021 Club AppleVis Member Apps have been able to utilize the direct touch feature for years now. As described above, an app can designate a portion of the screen as having direct interaction, which tells VoiceOver to ignore gestures made in that section of the screen, allowing the app to interpret the gestures directly. What's changed is that you can now enable or disable the direct touch feature on an app by app basis. If you disable direct touch for an app, then VoiceOver will always interpret gestures made within the app, regardless of whether or not the app has designated any part of the screen for direct interaction. You may want to do this if an app abuses the direct touch feature, enabling it in a portion of the screen that interferes with how you intend to use the app. I have not encountered any apps where this would be a problem, but if such an app were to show up, then this provides a way to work around the app's behavior and hopefully make it more usable. * My summary, If yu are using anything like games, virtual instruments, etc, if they are self-voicing, turn off VoiceOver so the app can behave as it is designed and VoiceOver won't intercept the gestures. * Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.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/MW4PR17MB4513EF95BC782FEACFB69C33B7779%40MW4PR17MB4513.namprd17.prod.outlook.com.
