Touch-free Touch Screens

iOS devices are the pinnacle of touch screen technology. Capacitive multi-touch on the original iPhone was what really set the device apart from anything that had come before and helped make the iPhone the most successful consumer product ever made. But touch isn’t the only way to interact with iOS. Keyboards, Mice, your voice, even moving your eyes, offer your users options to make their device and your apps work for them. And for some people with limb differences or motor disabilities these options are essential. A third of people with a physical disability report they are unable to complete basic digital tasks, more than 3 times that of people without a disability.
So how do people who don’t have the dexterity required to use a touch screen interact with a device where touch is the primary input? And what simple changes can we make as app developers to remove barriers for them? This talk will give you the tools to build and test touch screen apps for non-touch users.