Digital signatures require that you obtain some sort of certificate that validates you are who you say you are. See the link I provided in the first post to this thread. An electronic signature essentially involves a scanned image of your handwritten signature that is copied into a graphic file that you paste into the appropriate place in a document. See my subsequent post, as well as Diana's, explaining the method.
So, I learned something this week, for what it was worth. I see no point to the electronic signature because it was be so easy to fabricate. Meanwhile, the digital signature is too hard to generate to be much practical use in most situations. -----Original Message----- From: Tom Behler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 8:25 PM To: Adrian Spratt; 'The Jaws for Windows support list.' Subject: RE: Digital signature What's the difference between a digital signature and an electronic signature? To me, they sound identical. Dr. Tom Behler from Michigan -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 2:14 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: RE: Digital signature Correction. I'm looking for how to add an electronic signature, not a digital signature, with JAWS. I just discovered the two concepts are different. Anyone have experience with this function? -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt via Jfw Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2014 10:55 PM To: The Jaws for Windows support list. Subject: Digital signature I have no experience with digital signatures, but today I was asked to attach one to a document. I've looked up the subject online to find that applying the concept seems daunting. Any suggestions on digital signatures with JAWS? For anyone interested, this blog page gives what seems like a good explanation of digital signatures and how to execute them in Office 2010: http://blogs.technet.com/b/office2010/archive/2009/12/08/digital-signitures- in-office-2010.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201411 06/6ae9f7c3/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
