![]() ![]() It would be easier to double-tap the back of the iPhone with a finger that’s already there than to put a finger in front of the text and swipe to flip pages. Alas, they don’t work for page flipping in Libby, and I suspect most other book reading apps are similar. If you did a lot of reading of very long Web pages, I could see these being useful. Scroll Gestures: These two options scroll a vertically oriented page or screen.I’ve set my triple-tap option to toggle Voice Control, making it easy for me to access its dictation capabilities more quickly and fluidly than via Siri. To my mind, the most compelling to the general public are Magnifier, Speak Screen, and Voice Control. ![]() Accessibility: For anyone who needs these Accessibility options, having them easily accessible via Back Tap will be welcome.(Invoke it again to restart audio at the previous volume.) However, note that Mute controls only the ringer volume to mute the audio playback volume and pause the playback, use this Toggle Audio shortcut I built after a TidBITS Talk reader helped me identify what Mute meant. The most interesting are Mute and Screenshot because they require more interaction than the rest. System: The System choices would seem to be the most useful to everyday users, although most of them merely mimic easy Home screen gestures or button presses.Once there, you can set an action to be executed with a double tap or a triple tap.īack Tap actions fall into four basic categories: System, Accessibility, Scroll Gestures, and Shortcuts, all of which are shown below: Navigate to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Back Tap (it’s at the bottom of the Touch settings). Unfortunately, Back Tap isn’t available in iPadOS 14, and even in iOS 14, its hardware requirements mean that you need an iPhone 8 or newer (I’ve seen slightly conflicting reports on what models are supported, but I can confirm that it’s not present on the iPhone 7). Apple has essentially just given us two new customizable virtual buttons on the iPhone. With it, a double or triple tap on the back of a sufficiently recent iPhone can trigger any one of a variety of actions, including custom Shortcuts. With iOS 14, Apple has introduced another Accessibility feature that could be useful for everyone: Back Tap. Closer to home in the Apple world, I recently wrote about how much better the Accessibility-focused Voice Control dictation is than what’s generally available (see “ How iOS and macOS Dictation Can Learn from Voice Control’s Dictation,” 31 August 2020). For instance, curb cuts make it possible for people in wheelchairs to transition from street to sidewalk, but they’re also welcomed by cyclists, parents with children in strollers, anyone who needs the assistance of a cane or walker, delivery people, and more. However, features that make things easier for people with disabilities often end up benefiting others as well. Many people think of the Accessibility options on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac as existing for people with some sort of disability, and that’s not untrue. IOS 14’s Back Tap Feature Provides Interaction Shortcuts #1663: Exploring the Apple Vision Pro, 12 more OS features coming in 2023, new Apple service features, Apollo shuts down.#1664: Real system requirements for OS 2023, beware Siri creating alarms instead of timers.#1665: Important OS security updates, abusive Web notifications, solve myopia with an iPhone, Self Service Repair.#1666: Air quality websites and apps, The Password Game.#1667: OS Rapid Security Responses, 1Password and 2FA, using Siri to request music. ![]()
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