[jawsscripts] Re: Scripts for TaxAct 2008

Hi David,

You can get the free standard edition of TaxAct by going to

www.taxact.com

choosing the download link and then selecting the Free Edition.

I have already made all of the modifications in the script and various 
associated files that I made in past years, including the proper entry in 
confignames.ini, and my renamed script file and other associated files are 
being loaded.  I have changed all of the references in the header and 
message files to 2008.  I haven't gone very far into the program, but the 
prompts for fields for name, address and social security number still speak 
correctly.  It's the buttons that are not being recognized by JFW.  If you 
look through the TaxAct script, you will see that FS had to do some tricks 
to get the buttons spoken in a meaningful way.  These tricks seem to be 
failing with the buttons in the current version of TaxAct.

Any help you can give will be appreciated.  I know of at least 2 other JAWS 
users who would like to continue using TaxAct.

Gary King
w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "JawsScripts" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts for TaxAct 2008


> Hi Gary:
>
> I do not have this program so I do not know how much help I can
> provide.  However, If you answer these questions I may be able to help a
> little.
>
> 1.  Where did you get this program from?  I did a google search on it
> and saw all sorts of similarly named programs and did not want to risk
> looking at the wrong one.
>
> 2.  What is the name of the executable that is spoken when you press
> insert+q when the application has focus?
> I noticed the following entry in the confignames.ini.
> TaxAct06=TaxAct 2006
>
> I suspect that the executable for this version may be TaxAct08
>
> If so, you could add an entry to confignames.ini as follows:
> TaxAct08=TaxAct 2006
>
> Judging from what I am seeing in the configuration files, It may be
> difficult to get this working again if they have made significant
> changes to the interface.
>
>
>
> David Farough
> Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
> Information Technology Services Directorate /
> Direction des services d'information technologiques
> Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
> Email / Courriel:  David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Tel. / Tél:    (613) 992-2779
>
>>>> "Gary King" <w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 04:51 pm Sunday, February 22,
> 2009 >>>
> Is anyone planning to modify previous TaxAct scripts to work with
> TaxAct
> 2008?  In the past, simple modifications to the various script and
> associated files made previous versions of TaxAct scripts work with the
>
> current version of the program, but this year, 2nd Story Software seems
> to
> have made changes to the program that prevents JFW from speaking the
> controls.  I have used TaxAct for 10 years and hate to abandon it.
> Importing data from the previous year makes it easy to get started on
> this
> year's taxes; at least it would, if the buttons and checkboxes would
> speak.
>
> Gary King
> mailto:w4wkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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