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# allowsAccessibilityKeyboard

A Boolean value that indicates whether to allow the Accessibility Keyboard during an assessment.

```
var allowsAccessibilityKeyboard: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Users can enable the Accessibility Keyboard in the Settings app (Accessibility > Keyboard > Accessibility Keyboard) to access an on-screen keyboard. An assessment session **does not** disable the Accessibility Keyboard by default, but you can disable it by setting [`allowsAccessibilityKeyboard`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration/allowsAccessibilityKeyboard) to `NO` in the [`AEAssessmentConfiguration`](/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration) instance that you use to initialize a session.

> Note: To allow the full Accessibility Keyboard with alternative input methods (such as Dwell Control), you must also set ``doc://com.apple.automaticassessmentconfiguration/documentation/AutomaticAssessmentConfiguration/AEAssessmentConfiguration/allowsAccessibilityAlternativeInputMethods`` to `YES`.

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