[access-uk] Re: WINDOWS MESSENGER
- From: "John Wilson" <jwjw@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 20:02:12 +0100
Hello Carol,
As far as I know, the up-to-date version of Windows Messenger is
Version 5. However, MSN Messenger 6.2 may be found to be better
supported by scripts. As far as the graphic on the various
Microsoft download sites for Messenger are concerned, they now
usually supply an option to get the graphic spoken out to you by
your computer's default audio player. You then type the
figures/letters you herd into an editfield and they are then
automatically copied into the correct place on the form with the
graphic. The below extract, which was done to assist in
downloading MSN 6.2, from my newly rewritten Internet 2
tutorial should help.
8.2.2. Signing on to the .Net Passport Service
You have to register with the Microsoft .Net Passport service
before you can use MSN Messenger. This is because MSN Messenger
has to sign on to this Passport site and use its information and
connectivity network before it can work. It is possible to
register/sign on with the Net Passport just before you download
the MSN program or you can download it first and then sign on
with Net Passport later. However, if you already have signed on
with Net Passport for some other reason or have set up an
Hotmail
account for yourself, then you are already signed on and do not
have to do this again, as you can use your same username,
password, etc.
To sign on with Passport first and then get the download
immediately:
1. Surf to either:
www.msn.co.uk
(for UK residents)
or
www.msn.com
(for Us residents)
2. you should move well down the home page, which has over 180
links, to the "MSN Messenger 6.2" link and press ENTER or
SPACEBAR. You will get there quicker if you use your
screenreader's find feature or page down twice and then start to
ARROW down from there.
3. On the next page you should TAB around 13 times to a
"Download" link and press ENTER.
4. On the next page, if you already have an Hotmail account or
a MSN.com e-mail address, you are already registered and do not
need to do it again. For new users you should ARROW down to the
second "Go" button where it says "Register your own E-mail
Address" just below it and press ENTER on this "Go" button. A
standard secure server message will come up and you just press
ENTER on the "OK" button.
5. Now the registration page with editfields to complete loads
in. In normal live mode you should ARROW down this page to get
an idea of what personal details you have to supply, because not
all of the editfield labels are likely to be spoken by your
screenreader after you go into forms/editing mode. Then:
A. TAB to the first editfield and go into forms mode and type in
here your e-mail address, e.g. john-willaims27@xxxxxxxxxxx
Depending on the screenreader you are using and its version, you
go into forms/editing mode by pressing the ENTER key (with JAWS
and Window-Eyes) or by pressing SPACEBAR (with HAL 4 and 5) or
by pressing CAPSLOCK ENTER (with HAL 6.03 and later).
B. TAB once to the password field and make a password up you
will
be able to remember of at least six characters.
C. TAB once again and retype this same password in here to
confirm.
D. Another press of TAB takes you to a combobox where you can
ARROW down a list of days to select your day of birth, so ARROW
down to this.
E. TAB again and ARROW down the next list to your month of
birth.
F. TAB once again to another editfield which is where you type
in your year of birth in full, e.g. 1977.
G. When you TAB again, this is where things can get a little
difficult. You are required to see and type into an editfield a
number of digits and letters but these letters are deliberately
made blurred on screen. If you cannot see them, there is an
alternative way to deal with this by getting them spoken out to
you through your computer speakers. You press ENTER on a link
which invites you to do this if you cannot see the digits and
figures, so do this. Next:
i. Now another dialogue or window opens up and in here you TAB
to "Listen to the Characters in the Audio file" and press ENTER
on this. In Windows 98 this audio file would be opened and
spoken
to you straightaway but in Windows XP you will encounter another
dialogue box first to TAB to "Open" and press enter on this
first.
ii. What happens now is that your default audio player, such as
Windows Media Player or Winamp, will open and you will hear the
letters and numbers spoken but not in a very clear voice. If you
mis-hear this and type it in wrongly, you will be given another
chance but with a different set of numbers and figures which,
hopefully, will be easier to decipher than the last ones! You
may
be advised to have a tape recorder to hand to record this spoken
string of letters and numbers.
iii. You should now close your computer's audio player with ALT
F4 to return to the dialogue box you were just in and then TAB
once to an editfield where you have to type these spoken figures
and letters in.
iv. Then TAB to "Continue" and press ENTER to leave this pop-up
window and return to your first dialogue box.
H. The text you typed in above will now have automatically been
inserted into the appropriate editfield in this first dialogue
and you should now TAB to a field just above the "I Agree"
button
and in here you again type your e-mail address in for
confirmation.
I. Lastly, TAB to and press ENTER on the "I Agree" button.
6. The form completion is now over and MSN Messenger 6.2 should
now automatically be downloading to your PC for you and it may
also automatically open and install itself. If it does not start
to download automatically, see the next sub-section for how to
start the download.
7. Shortly after registration and download, you will get a
confirmation message on screen if all is OK. You will before
long
also receive an e-mail from Microsoft confirming your
registration and your submitted details and providing some
advice
and guidance on using the Net Passport service in future if you
want to. You will be invited to use a URL in this message to go
online and confirm your Net Passport registration, where you
just
complete your registration details again and then receive a
successful message. However, it is not essential to reply to
this
e-mail to remain registered and be able to use MSN Messenger.
Note 1: There is an alternative way of approaching this
registration and download sequence. If you like, you can, in
step
4 above, TAB to the third "Go" button, press ENTER and download
MSN Messenger without signing on to the Net Passport at this
stage but, after installing it, you will not be able to use it
without later signing on to the Passport after installing it.
You
could sign on to the Net Passport later as outlined above or you
could go to the:
www.passport.com
site and sign on there instead, it all has the same effect. You
can, in fact, sign on with .Net Passport in many ways and on
many different sites.
Author of From The Keyboard Tutorials
for Visually Impaired Computer Users
To view my tutorials, please visit my Website at:
Website: http://web.onetel.com/~fromthekeyboard
Tel: 0113 2575957
E-mail: jwjw@xxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:45 PM
Subject: [access-uk] WINDOWS MESSENGER
Hi everyone,
It's been some while now since I used Windows Messenger and I
see I'm
still on Version 4. Does anyone know the latest good version
that works
well with JAWS? In addition, when I sign up with a new address
and
password, can I still make my own choice and avoid Hotmail? How
do I
get around that number that's given during sign up? Finally, do
I need
to uninstall Version 4 before installing a new version?
Thanks for any help you can give on this.
--
Carol
carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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