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# UIAccessibility.DirectTouchOptions

Constants that configure how VoiceOver produces audio for direct touch areas.

```
struct DirectTouchOptions
```

## Overview

*Direct touch areas* are regions of the screen where VoiceOver passes gestures directly to the app instead of interpreting them as VoiceOver commands.

Examples of direct touch areas include:

- A keyboard in a music-creation app
- A player view in a game that produces sounds
- An area where you sign your name in a document

If an element doesn’t use `UIAccessibility.DirectTouchOptions`, VoiceOver speaks the element and immediately starts sending touch events to the app.

Specify `DirectTouchOptions` to customize VoiceOver regions using these two constants:

- Use <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/SwiftUI/AccessibilityDirectTouchOptions/silentOnTouch> to ensure VoiceOver is silent when a person touches the direct touch area. In this region, the app produces its own audio feedback without conflicting with VoiceOver audio.
- Use <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/SwiftUI/AccessibilityDirectTouchOptions/requiresActivation> to ensure a person interacts with the user interface element before a touch passes through to the element. This is useful for scenarios where an errant touch may produce undesired input, such as a signature field.

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