I would leave it on as it won't interfere with anything unless you are in an app where the developer has designated all or part of the screen to use direct touch. It is basically what you get when you enable Direct Touch Typing where the keyboard area is designated a direct touch area which interprets commands as if Voiceover was not running. Game developers may use this if they want you to use gestures in their game which are used to play the game and not to navigate with Voiceover, e.g. you may have to swipe right in a game for a particular action so you want this action to happen instead of Voiceover going to the next element on the screen. Here is a link which will help to explain it more fully:
What is direct touch? | AppleVis<https://www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/what-direct-touch#:~:text=For%20those%20unfamiliar%20with%20Direct,handle%20those%20touch%20events%20directly.> From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Fazil M. Sent: November 5, 2021 11:22 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Direct Touch? Hi, list. What does Direct Touch do in VoiceOver? Should it be on/off? Thanks! -- 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<mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/072c01d7d272%2410911fd0%2431b35f70%24%40gmail.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/072c01d7d272%2410911fd0%2431b35f70%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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/SJ0PR06MB7862FD039FBCFF5D88AA48CAC78E9%40SJ0PR06MB7862.namprd06.prod.outlook.com.
