touch sensitivity

I have hyper hydrosis which means i have sweaty palms. i have to use linen gloves. in this way my ipad pro 11 does not recognize my touch. why anyone from apple recognize our problem. i did tons of thnig and none of them worked

iPad Pro, iOS 13

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 1:17 PM

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Posted on Feb 18, 2020 1:37 PM

It's not a question of "touch sensitivity". The screens are not pressure sensitive. The touch screen on iPads and iPhones is capacitive. It requires direct contact with either your skin or specially made gloves or the Apple Pencil.


https://scienceline.org/2012/01/okay-but-how-do-touch-screens-actually-work/


It sounds like the Pencil might be a function option for you.

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Feb 18, 2020 1:37 PM in response to 1esi1

It's not a question of "touch sensitivity". The screens are not pressure sensitive. The touch screen on iPads and iPhones is capacitive. It requires direct contact with either your skin or specially made gloves or the Apple Pencil.


https://scienceline.org/2012/01/okay-but-how-do-touch-screens-actually-work/


It sounds like the Pencil might be a function option for you.

Feb 18, 2020 2:17 PM in response to 1esi1

Telling us that Apple needs to work on something isn't going to help you. This is a user to user support forum and Apple does not participate here. To get feedback to Apple for them to see and read, you need to use their feedback link. See this, Feedback - iPad - Apple


And I'm sorry, but it isn't heat as you thought, it is what Idris told you, capacitive. While your hand and sweat may be warm, it is the touch of your skin, or as she further explained, special gloves to make the contact.

Feb 18, 2020 3:02 PM in response to 1esi1

No.

iPads work the way IdrisSeabright posted in her post to you.

With anything that generates an electrical impulse to the iPad’s screen.

An Apple Pencil or other third party, Bluetooth. “smart” stylii and another type of stylii so-called “Active”, battery powered, fine tipped, capacitive stylii, of which, the best examples of these types of stylii are from a stylus company, called Adonit.


https://www.adonit.net/stylus-for-ios/

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