Hello: I, too, have just updated to OS X 10.9 (Mavericks). I can confirm this bug.
I just tried to pair my BlueTooth Apple keyboard and was told the passcode was 12345678 by VoiceOver, whereas, a different passcode was actually displayed on the screen. Thanks! On 10/25/13, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > There is a major break in the accessibility of pairing blue tooth keyboards > and voice over with 10.9. When the “pair” button is pressed, and the > pairing dialog pops up and asks for the special password to be entered on > the keyboard, Voice Over does not read out the actual password asked for by > the dialog. Instead, Voice Over seems to display the numbers > 12345678 > no matter what the actual password is. The screen does show the asked for > password, but, Voice Over always reads out > 12345678 > and thus the pairing can never be completed. I know the screen shows the > correct password because I had to get a sighted neighbor to read it out to > me. This is not in accord with Apple’s usually high standard of > accessibility. > PLEASE, correct this as soon as possible! > > > Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind > built-in! > > sincerely, > Ray, from Houma Louisiana > > -- > 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.