Typing Echo does not just occur in Google Docs. As for passwords, even if the password field is blank, VoiceOver will still report “8 Characters, password secure edit text”.
> On Sep 11, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is this just in Google Docs? My understanding is that Google Docs uses a live > region to speak items including typing echo. In terms of password lengths are > these auto-filled in passwords if so this is probably a security feature. > Knowing the length of a password makes it much easier to guess. When I am > inputting passwords, VO usually tells me the length of the password I > inserted. > > Best wishes, > > Jonathan > > > >> On Sep 11, 2016, at 12:16 PM, Joshua Tubbs <ori...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >> Hello everyone, >> Is there a way to turn off VOiceOver speaking characters as I type them into >> edit boxes and Chrome? >> Also, in password fields, no matter what it is, Voiceover says that it has 8 >> characters. Why is this? >> I am going to have to start creating documents using Google Docs and it is >> going to be very annoying to have every character echoed back to me, >> considering that these will be very lengthy documents. >> On a side note, since Safari doesn’t do this, is there any accessible way to >> use gDocs with Safari? I realize that Docs has a spell checker, but did they >> ever think to put a grammar checker in? This would of course be for things >> like Comma Splices, proper usage of semicolons, similar to MSWord. >> Thanks all. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
