Re: Skype Accessibility Report

  • From: "amber" <amberanddottie@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 18:25:23 -0600

    hey Broose can you tell me the address to join the jfw lists,  amber
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: "Blind Tech List" <blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <pc-audio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>;
<jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 6:22 PM
Subject: Skype Accessibility Report


> Below are my findings. I can only speak for my experiences.
>
> I just downloaded the latest release of Skype. This is not a beta, but a
> full release. The contact list works very impressively with JAWS. When you
> launch the program, you are immediately placed into the contact window.
> Hitting the tab key puts you into the edit box for entering a phone
> number, then tab again places you back n the contact list. The contact
> list will give you the status of the person highlighted: online, offline,
> offline with call forwarding, etc. You can hit enter to immediately call
> that person, or you can use your application key for contact-related
> options.
>
> Unfortunately, this version of Skype does not offer the same (or, by my
> findings, any) contact list functionality with Window-Eyes. I should also
> add that I do not have any JAWS scripts installed.
>
> Bruce
>
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