The problem with touch screen is, if you are an unfortunate person wwho has hands that shake a bit for whatever reason, a mouse is easy to use, jut touching a screen is iffier----I can write, draw with my hands, but not control simple "touches" ---!

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The problem with touch screen is, if you are an unfortunate person wwho has hands that shake a bit for whatever reason, a mouse is easy to use, jut touching a screen is iffier----I can write, draw with my hands, but not control simple "touches" ---!

The problem with a touch screen is, that if you are unfortunate like me to have hands that shake a bit, simple touches on a screen can be iffy. I can write cursive with my right hand, I can draw rather well, but simple 'touches' are more difficult. A mouse is much easier to control than poking my finger forward. Why can't Apple take special physical needs into account like mine - which has no diagnosis - and all those with parkinsons, cerebral palsy, and any other movement problem and allow them to use a mouse with an ipad and enjoy it as well?

Posted on Nov 30, 2018 6:47 PM

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Skydiver119

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Dec 1, 2018 1:06 PM in response to annefrommidland

I could only imagine your frustration.

There are some accessibility settings that may help you.

Settings, general, accessibility and then touch accommodations. You can reduce the sensitivity and other things. You can experiment to find something that may help you

There is also the possibility of using a stylus. And it doesn’t have to be an expensive bluetooth one, a simple rubber tipped one can work too. May or may not be helpful.

The manual has some in depth explanations of the accessibility features

https://help.apple.com/ipad/12/

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Dec 1, 2018 1:13 PM in response to Skydiver119

Thank you so much for the very thoughtful and detailed response. It is quite helpful and I am going to copy it down so I can commit it to memory. (It may not help those with the very severe problems, but I think it will suffice for me.) It won't change the fact that I much prefer a mouse, but it will make things better, and that is good. 🙂

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MichelPM

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Dec 3, 2018 7:28 PM in response to annefrommidland

My mom is older and has a long-term form a scleraderma and her hands have some mild shaking and she a very little electrical impulses in her fingertips.

She uses both a common metal, rubber tip capacitive stylus and a battery powered “active” capacitive stylus which provide its own electrical impulses to a finer tipped stylus that takes the place of electrical impulse issues from my mom’s fingers, instead.

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The problem with touch screen is, if you are an unfortunate person wwho has hands that shake a bit for whatever reason, a mouse is easy to use, jut touching a screen is iffier----I can write, draw with my hands, but not control simple "touches" ---!

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