Hi, haven't run into this one myself but surely, this is one of the few kinds of access that is covered by that laughable piece of legislation known as the DDA; time to start the revolution, perhaps? Amie P.S. I often have the problem with JAWS prompts in Edit boxes on websites, using 5.1 so, if that's the one that works, there must still be quite a bit of sloppy web design going on - I definitely notice it with untagged graphic links, unless that's something 5 doesn't do. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Williams" <jwbr33694@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Reading prompts for edit boxes in web page > Ken and Listers, > > Answering security prompts on many web sites is becoming more of a problem > that is not just limited to what version of screen reader we use. > > Some sites are using what I can only describe as touch pads on screen that > you have to hover the mouse pointer over to fill in a series of numbers. > And as these numbers and their position change every time you enter the > site > you can't develop a technique to accessing them. These type of security > are > being bought in to protect our accounts or so we are told. However one > site has become inaccessible to me I can't get into my account without > sighted assistance. As this is an Internet account which offers better > interest I can't do any transactions over the phone and when I phoned the > bank to point this out I was told it was all in the interest of higher > security. > > If more and more financial institutions bring in this type of access > screen > reader users will be denied access to their own accounts. > > Apologies if this is slightly off topic but I feel we are being > discriminated against via the back door. > > Jim Williams > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ken Reid > Sent: 03 May 2007 22:06 > To: JAWS Users > Subject: [jaws-uk] Reading prompts for edit boxes in web page > > > Martin > No answer I am afraid, but I can confirm I have the same experience, > having > gone from version 7 to 8. So it is either something new in V8 when > handling > variable security prompts, or it is a setting we need to change in v8 that > we have not found yet. > > Hope someone out there can help. > > Ken > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq