Yes, as someone recently adjusting to Parkinson's, tremors can cause tons of problems in password fields- multiple characters, wrong characters, etc.. I love the sites with an option to show the password. Yeah for them!
Cher -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 11:58 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the stars in password fields I agree this is my arguement for having an option to speak passwords. Note the word Option. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rebecca Lineberger" <drlineber...@embarqmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 9:04 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the stars in password fields > The decision has been made, but just a final comment from someone who > wrote > VFO about this several months ago ... > I can understand the potential problems of a spoken password in the > workplace, but for those using JAWS For Home Use, rather than the > professional version, I can see no security risk. Many of us who migrated > from Window-Eyes used this feature on our home computers for years without > a > problem. There are several physiological conditions, such as arthritis or > neuropathy that could cause someone to have difficulty typing. In these > cases, as well as for anyone of us who might find typing one thing and > hearing another confusing, the person would benefit from hearing the > characters as they typed, especially in those situations where accuracy > the > first time really mattered. Smile. Certainly, copying and pasting is a > way > around this, but in this case, not only is the password spoken, as it's > typed, but it is displayed on the screen, as it would not have been when > in > a password edit field. > JMO. > Rebecca > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of net bat66 > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 7:44 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the stars in password fields > > i don't see a big deal here. the stars are still there if you hear the > keys > you press or not. > i only want the keys i press to be spoken like window eyes does so i don't > have to keep typeing my passwords in note pad and copying and pasteing > them > into the password edit box every time. > the stars are not being replaced with the password i type in. it just > speaks > the keys as i press them. nothing else. > i can not concentrate on the keys i press while it is saying the stars and > not the keys i press. > if you are working, turn the keys off. if not turn them on in settings. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Damery > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 1:37 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the stars in password fields > > While it may well be possible that we could add such an option that would > allow the true password being typed, it is also very likely that just > adding > this option into our software, would cause security minded organizations > such as IRS, SSA, and many other 3 letter organizations, to block those > versions from being deployed. It is part of the reason we have a > Non-Tandem > build of our software posted also on the web. > > Sorry, but this ability to echo Passwords is risky from security > standpoint > and we will not be adding that one. > > Regards, > Eric > > Eric Damery > VFO(tm) | VP Software Product Management > 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, FL 33716 T 727-299-6110 F > 727-803-8001 edam...@vfogroup.com www.vfogroup.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Rick Justice > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2018 4:20 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] the stars in password fields > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
