- From: Charles McCathieNevile <chaals@opera.com>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:42:26 -0400
- To: "Al Gilman" <Alfred.S.Gilman@ieee.org>, wai-xtech@w3.org
On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:18:09 +0200, Al Gilman <Alfred.S.Gilman@ieee.org> wrote: > At 10:59 AM -0400 5 07 2007, Wlodkowski, Thomas wrote: >> Al, >> >> The Chevy Chase Bank talking ATMs echo the pin when an earphone is >> connected. > > So there is actual practice along these lines. Thanks. > >> I'm not sure you'd ever want to relax the echo feature when >> dealing with the web however. > > Sometimes "on the web" is on a cell phone, where text entry is a > fiddly, error-prone business. In this case being able to enable > earpiece audio echo and review of what you have entered could spare > users a lot of "account blocked -- too many bad login attempts." > > Bottom line: I think it takes a fresh look; can't guarantee if there > would be sufficient cause to open up the echo to an appropriate audio > channel. But I can't quite rule it out, either. I think this is about right. For what it is worth, when entering passwords on phone browsers with numeric key entry or even handwriting, there is a screen echo of the character, that is replaced (typically with '*') after you start the next character or after a time delay. cheers Chaals -- Charles McCathieNevile, Opera Software: Standards Group hablo español - je parle français - jeg lærer norsk chaals@opera.com Catch up: Speed Dial http://opera.com
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