[access-uk] Re: GW Connect and updating Skype client

  • From: Doris &Hubby Chris <chipmunks@xxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:46:59 -0400

it is easy enough to use with jaws and should be with window eyes.

Doris

At 03:08 AM 8/6/2014, you wrote:
Hi Kevnin,

No you have to do it by clicking the object in NVDA, because Revo is a pile
of crap where accessibility is concerned.

All the best

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Kevin Cussick
Sent: 05 August 2014 21:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: GW Connect and updating Skype client

OK will try,   do you just hit alt v and go to the what ever you said
view? sorry forgot what you said to do but will read the mail again
thanks.   I have been around computers for quite a while now and still
learning thanks for the tip.

On 05/08/2014 12:12, Doris &Hubby Chris wrote:
> Revo will show all programs that are also listed in windows' native
> add/remove program applet.
>
> Make sure you put revo in detail and not icon view.
>
> hth
>
> Doris
>
> At 06:30 AM 8/5/2014, you wrote:
>> Interesting enough I am not happy with revo,   the reason is because
>> it doesn't seem to show all the programs that are installed on my
>> computer.
>>
>> I have 114 programs and it only shows something like 90!   when I go
>> into programs and features all show up and they can be uninstalled ideas?
>>
>> On 05/08/2014 06:11, Paul Warner wrote:
>>> Glad to report that Revouninstall (freeware version) worked and that I
>>> now have the latest version of Skype working on my system.
>>>
>>> I was aware that the main Skype client was accessible using NVDA as I do
>>> but I persisted in using GW Connect out of habit I suppose.  It's always
>>> better when the mainstream apps are fully accessible since they tend to
>>> provide more features than the ghetto versions.
>>>
>>> Thanks to all who helped.
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/08/2014 21:50, Steve Nutt wrote:
>>>> Hi Paul,
>>>>
>>>> No, never seen this to be honest.  I retired GWC last week and am using
>>>> Skype with the Window-Eyes Skype Enhanced app with no problems.
>>>>
>>>> All the best
>>>>
>>>> Steve
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>>> Behalf Of
>>>> Paul Warner
>>>> Sent: 04 August 2014 17:26
>>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] GW Connect and updating Skype client
>>>>
>>>> Having heard that GW Connect is to be permanently 'disconnected' and
>>>> killed off on account of Microsoft dropping the Skype API, I thought it
>>>> was about time to revert to the usual Skype application.
>>>>
>>>> The version of Skype I have on my Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit machine
>>>> is 6.10.  When I ran it, a message popped up, saying that this version
>>>> could no longer run and I needed to get the latest version of Skype.  A
>>>> few steps later, I was running the Skype installer.
>>>>
>>>> Then I got a message saying that the updating had been aborted since my
>>>> previous version could not be removed.  That was that.  After a reboot,
>>>> I tried to uninstall my existing version of Skype using Control Panel.
>>>> A Windows error message reported that something or other did not match
>>>> the stuff on my system.  Hitting the Browse button in this message box
>>>> showed that the uninstall program was looking for a file called
>>>> skype.msi.  A search for this file using the Start menu yielded no
>>>> results.
>>>>
>>>> This now means that my existing Skype 6.10 will not run, it cannot be
>>>> uninstalled and the new version cannot be installed since it requires
>>>> the old one to go away.  Has anyone else experienced this?
>>>>
>>>> Note that I uninstalled GW Connect before attempting the Skype update.
>>>> I hope that uninstalling GWC did not remove the required information...
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
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