[Trainer-Talk] Teaching Unlock/Swipe Gesture on newer iPhones

[Raul Gallegos (NFB)]

Hello, the best way to teach this is to drag instead of flick. many times 
people use the wrong term for the iPhone gestures. For example they will 
say a swipe left or swipe right or swipe up etc. The real term is flicking. 
I describe the flicking gesture as if you need to quickly push something 
off of the screen, such as a crumb of cookie. Swiping and dragging is a 
little different in that to me it sounds like the gesture is slightly 
slower. So when I described how to activate the home button on an iPhone 
10, I described it as swiping up from the bottom center of the phone. When 
you do this, think of it like there is a small tag that you are bringing up 
from the bottom center and you are bringing it to the point where you feel 
that first vibration. This will activate the home button. When I teach, I 
use a lot of analogies and so this one may or may not work.

---
Raul A. Gallegos
Vice President: National Association of Guide Dog Users
Vice President: National Federation of the Blind Houston Chapter
Treasurer: Texas Association of Guide Dog Users

E: rgallegos at nagdu.org        H: raul at raulgallegos.com
M: 832.554.7285               O: 832.639.4477

"Blindness is a characteristic, not a handicap." - Kenneth Jernigan



On September 10, 2019 6:52:59 AM Greg Aikens via Trainer-Talk 
<trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I have a client with a brand new iPhone XR and he is struggling to master 
> the gesture used to unlock the phone or go home. This is my first time 
> working with a client with a newer iPhone and was wondering if anyone has 
> any tips they use for teaching this technique that they can recommend.
>
> Apple accessibility suggested that we could put a virtual home button on 
> the screen using assistive touch. Has anyone tried this? What are the down 
> sides?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
>
> Greg Aikens
> Senior Assistive Technology Instructor
> Center for the Visually Impaired<http://www.cviga.org/>
> 739 West Peachtree Street NW
> Atlanta, GA 30308
> 404-602-4285
>
> [Title: CVI Logo - Description: CVI Logo]<http://www.cviga.org/>
>
> CVI<http://www.cviga.org/> empowers those with vision loss to live with 
> independence and dignity.
>
>
>
>
> ----------
> _______________________________________________
> Trainer-Talk mailing list
> Trainer-Talk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> Trainer-Talk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/trainer-talk_nfbnet.org/rgallegos%40nagdu.org
>