Post by @JessDail@caneandable.social

2026-07-17 20:28 UTC

I’m a current @1password@1password.social subscriber, but given my recent difficulties using the application with the #JAWS screen-reader, I thought I’d give @bitwarden@fosstodon.org another shot, but that experience was even worse, due to the number of unlabeled buttons contained within the computer application. To that end, my question is: What’s everyone’s favorite?#Accessible #Cross-platform #PasswordManager that works across #Apple, #Windows & #Linux, specifically #Slint?

Replies (5)

@emassey0135@caneandable.social 2026-07-17 20:47

@JessDail@caneandable.social @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @1password@1password.social @bitwarden@fosstodon.org I use Bitwarden on Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS, and Android, and I use the Edge, Safari, and Firefox browser extensions. I haven't really had issues with it. In the desktop application, I can search my items and copy passwords and those buttons are labeled. I think the add item button is labeled too although the interface could have changed recently. Sometimes they seem to have accessibility regressions in the UI that show up randomly but then they are usually fixed pretty soon.

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@brian@leaseysocial.com 2026-07-17 20:39

@JessDail@caneandable.social @DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @1password@1password.social @bitwarden@fosstodon.org I don't think using 1Password with JAWS is all that bad, to be completely honest with you. It's pretty good at doing what it was designed initially for, which is, maintaining passwords. I do use it every single day for that and I don't regret my purchase of it. Where it falls down is in some of the other things it has meant to be able to do, such as working with secure notes and other data. I ended up creating an app for that purpose because 1Password most definitely isn't up to the job there. But for password management, I am very satisfied.

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@clv1@mementomori.social 2026-07-17 21:08

@DavidGoldfield@allovertheplace.ca @JessDail@caneandable.social KeePass. In Linux, there is KeePass XC, which is compatible with KeePass, which is better on Windows.

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@blake@1password.social 2026-07-18 22:12

@JessDail@caneandable.social Hey Jessica! I’d really love to learn more about the issues you’ve been running into with JAWS and 1Password! If you’re open to it, could you send me an email at support+social@1password.com with a few more details about where things are breaking down? I’d love to get that in front of our team as soon as possible.

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@andrew@social.hodgson.io 2026-07-20 10:43

@JessDail@caneandable.social @1password@1password.social @bitwarden@fosstodon.org I'm a Bitwarden user with Jaws, but I only use the browser extension and the web client. For what I use it for it works fine with these. I don't use the desktop app at all, though I might use the Cli at some point.

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