Enabling emphasis for mobile devices

[caraya]

I am working on integrating emphasis for use with iPhones and iPads. I can not seem to activate emphasis from my iPad.

Do I need to implement another event that will work on mobile devices? Has anyone already done this?

[donohoe]

Linking and highlights will show up on Mobile and Tablet devices if in the URL.

On Desktop you can toggle Emphasis by double-tapping the SHIFT key on a keyboard.

The question is - what is a suitable way to do this on a touch-based device?

[caraya]

tap and double tap? To me that is the equivalent of a click and double click.