ISO/IEC 30113-61:2020

FINAL
INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
DRAFT
STANDARD FDIS
30113-61
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 35
Information technology — Gesture-
Secretariat: AFNOR
based interfaces across devices and
Voting begins on:
2020-09-08 methods —
Voting terminates on:
Part 61:
2020-11-03
Single-point gestures for screen
readers
Technologies de l'information — Interfaces gestuelles entre dispositifs
et méthodes —
Partie 61: Gestes n'utilisant qu'un seul point pour lecteurs d'écran
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Description of single-point gestures for screen readers . 2
5 Descriptions of single-point gestures . 2
5.1 “Left” gesture . 2
5.1.1 General. 2
5.1.2 Specific instance . 2
5.2 “Right” gesture . 3
5.2.1 General. 3
5.2.2 Specific instances . 3
5.3 “Up” gesture . 3
5.3.1 General. 3
5.3.2 Specific instance: Going back to an upper item of a menu . 3
5.4 “Down” gesture . 3
5.4.1 General. 3
5.4.2 Specific instance: Going back to a lower item of a menu . 4
5.5 “Tap” gesture . 4
5.5.1 General. 4
5.5.2 Specific instances . 4
5.6 “Double-tap” gesture . 4
5.6.1 General. 4
5.6.2 Specific instance: Executing a selected application . 4
5.7 “Triple-tap” gesture . 4
5.7.1 General. 4
5.7.2 State description . 5
5.7.3 Specific instances . 5
5.8 “Double-tap and hold” gesture . 5
5.8.1 General. 5
5.8.2 State description . 6
5.8.3 Specific instances . 6
Bibliography . 7
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Foreword
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Introduction
Screen readers are regarded as a default method of accessing ICT devices for people with visual
impairments who are unable to see and understand the screens of these devices. The content on the
screens, such as letters, words, numbers, punctuation, elements and so on, are spoken out loud by screen
readers. Speakers or headphones connected to the ICT device become the main output components.
Single-point gestures are used for screen readers of several commercially available ICT devices
including smart phones, PCs and so on. Potential variety and inconsistency among the single-point
gestures might cause a serious accessibility problem for people with visually impairments. There is
a strong need for international standards to define the single-point gesture so that visually impaired
users do not get
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