Jaws announces characters when using numpad to populate a password input

[Wildebrew]

When focusing on a password input in forms mode, Jaws will simply announce the word "asterisk" when you type a character into it, as it should.

But it is possible to enter numbers into the password field using the numpad and have Jaws echo the characters you typed.

To do this:

1. Focus on a password input (any <input> with type="password") (you can use the attached basic HTML example)
2. Exit forms mode (e.g. by pressing arrow down or manually)
3. Use the numpad on your keyboard to enter values

Expected result:
Most likely, Jaws will repeat the numbers back to you but they do not get entered into the input, or
second most likely, numbers get entered but Jaws says "asterisk" like it does in forms mode.

What appears to happen, Jaws repeats the numbers back to you and they get entered into the password input.

Browsers and versions

Tested with Jaws 2024 with Chrome and Edge (latest versions)
Brief testing of Jaws 2025 seems to yield same results.

[TPGJRogers]

Created bug documenting this issue.