Of course, I already know I can change ktyping echo setting by pressing insert+f2. I don't want to have to do that every time I need to enter a password. In fact, you have to press it three times to set it to none and then you have to press it yet again to turn it back on. The cursor is not in a field. This is a command window like the old Hyperterminal program or like the Terminal app on a Mac. Or like the Win7 command window. -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: Friday, October 19, 2012 3:58 PM To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: do not echo passwords in ssh That should be possible just by setting key echo to None. If you want it field-specific, you'll have to write code that figures out what field the cursor is in and adjusts that setting accordingly. Years ago I also put out a "squelch" module that made JAWS say "star" for the characters typed in fields against which the module is applied. I believe that approach used the KeyPressedEvent and speechOff or stopSpeech or something like that to get the job done. Of course turning Key Echo globally off will lose you more key speech than you had in mind, and even if you script a way to make displayed typed characters speak, chances are this combination will cause a sluggish feel - delayed key echo, sometimes echo of several keys at once as part of a pronounced word, etc. So if I were doing this, I would want it to be field-specific, even though that's more work. Hth. On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 02:19:12PM -0500, John Heim wrote: Hi, I would like to write a script for openSsh for Windows that will keep jaws from speaking the characters I type while entering passwords. It should be easy to do because the character will not appear on the screen. If the cursor doesn't move or if the terminal program, openSsh in this case, does not echo the character back to the screen, jaws should not speak it. __________??? View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts -- Doug Lee, Senior Accessibility Programmer SSB BART Group - Accessibility-on-Demand mailto:doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was done." --Helen Keller __________o?= View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________� View the list's information and change your settings at http://www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts