---
title: pauseAssistiveTechnology
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uikit/uiaccessibility/notification/pauseassistivetechnology
---

# pauseAssistiveTechnology

A notification that pauses an assistive app’s operations temporarily.

## Declaration

```swift
nonisolated static let pauseAssistiveTechnology: UIAccessibility.Notification
```

## Discussion

Discussion When posting the notification, specify the assistive app to pause as the parameter. For example, you might want to pause scanning in Switch Control while your app is playing an animation. You must balance this notification by posting a resumeAssistiveTechnology notification to resume the assistive app’s operations. Post this notification using the post(notification:argument:) function.

## See Also

### Assistive apps

- [assistiveTouchStatusDidChangeNotification](uikit/uiaccessibility/assistivetouchstatusdidchangenotification.md)
- [guidedAccessStatusDidChangeNotification](uikit/uiaccessibility/guidedaccessstatusdidchangenotification.md)
- [resumeAssistiveTechnology](uikit/uiaccessibility/notification/resumeassistivetechnology.md)
- [UIAccessibility.AssistiveTechnologyIdentifier](uikit/uiaccessibility/assistivetechnologyidentifier.md)