---
title: silentOnTouch
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uikit/uiaccessibility/directtouchoptions/silentontouch
---

# silentOnTouch

Allows a direct touch area to immediately receive touch events without triggering VoiceOver audio.

## Declaration

```swift
static var silentOnTouch: UIAccessibility.DirectTouchOptions { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You may want a user interface element that, when a person interacts with it, provides audio feedback that would conflict with VoiceOver. In a music creation app, for example, you can designate the keyboard as “silent on touch,” so that VoiceOver doesn’t compete with the keyboard sounds.