[nfbcs] ssh client for jwas 13

John Heim jheim at math.wisc.edu
Wed Sep 19 13:14:07 UTC 2012


Well, I don't really need advice on how to be courteous.  I happen to have 
my own office but often people look over my shoulder while I show them how 
to do things. For example, I often have to show people how to log in and 
change their password.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nicole B. Torcolini Home" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] ssh client for jwas 13


>I don't have a solution for JAWS speaking passwords, but I have found that
> Cygwin  works once you get past the slightly inaccessible installation.
> JMHO, if you are in an environment with others, it is courteous to wear
> headphones, especially if the others are sighted and not used to hearing a
> screen reader. That is my solution to the password problem.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Denise Robinson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:28 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] ssh client for jwas 13
>
> Turn your jaws to advanced mode and he will only speak when u want him to
>
> Denise M Robinson
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 18, 2012, at 9:37 AM, "John Heim" <jheim at math.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if anyone has a recommendation for an ssh client that works well
> with jaws 13.
>>
>> I've been using openssh for Windows for years and it has served me well
> except for a couple of things. There has always been a problem in that 
> jaws
> speaks the keys as you enter your password. Anybody nearby can hear your
> password. A problem with jaws 13 is that as you type something at the
> command prompt after connecting, jaws reads the entire line with each
> keystroke.  Older versions of jaws didn't do that. There is probably some
> way to fix it but I don't know enough about jaws scripting to know.
>>
>> I tried putty but the jaws scripts I've found won't compile. I'm guessing
> they're not compatible with jaws 13.
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for
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