Switch use and the iPad

[Kristin]

Since there are so few switch accessible apps, I am wondering if anyone has come across something like the CrossScanner software as an App.  I have used crossscanner on the computer...slow, but basically a line scans down vertically-when the switch is pressed, the program starts scanning horizontally... allowing access to programs that are not switch accessible.  Just a thought.  What do people think about a similar app for iPad access for switch users.  Advantages/Limitations/ And is it even available anywhere yet?

[Julie]

I've not seen an app that operates with cross scanning. Really, cross scanning would need to be built into the iPad system itself if it was to work with all apps.

[Kristin]

So apps are not like software? For instance, cross scanning is not built into a Mac or PC, it is software that scans the screen and allows selection based on where the scanning is on the screen.  I am trying to understand how Apps work differently than software.  So it could be a touch anywhere app that selects the portion of the screen that the scanning is on.  I think we should take an apps development class!  And then we could make some great switch accessible apps.