Re: JAWS privacy

I'm assuming you are strictly addressing the issue of audio being heard by 
others. In most situations, a headset is all you need for JAWS users. 
(Since a refreshable Braille arguably decreases privacy less than inform 
being displayed on a screen, I think it can be ignored in this question.)
Speech recognition is unlikely to be addressed by anything less than 
someone having a semi-private environment for entering sensitive personal 
information (SPI). Whether speech recognition decreases privacy is going 
to depend on the environment. In example, a patient medical history that 
involves some SPI such as a patient's DOB and health number is typically 
taken in a public space in emergency rooms. The reception/admission area 
may be somewhat removed from seating areas in an attempt to offer some 
privacy. But realistically, until a patient is put into a private room, 
privacy in a hospital environment is not really afforded with the curtains 
that partition emergency beds and shared rooms.

Michael Gower
IBM Accessibility
Research

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From:   Emily Ogle <emily.ogle27@yahoo.com>
To:     WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Date:   2018-05-14 07:46 AM
Subject:        JAWS privacy



Hello everyone,

I work in Healthcare IT and we've had some questions around how to protect 
patient privacy when someone is using JAWS. What are some strategies 
you've all used? Would headphones be as simple as it needs to be? 
Additionally, what are some ways we can protect patient information when 
using Speech recognition software, such as Dragon?

Appreciate any insights this group has!

Emily Ogle
Cerner Corporation
emily.ogle@cerner.com