Re: Skype Accessibility Report
- From: Doug Lee <dgl@xxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:50:32 -0500
I've said before, though probably not here: As I know GW Micro was
working with Skype at one point, and as I try to make my accessibility
improvement requests compatible with more than just JAWS, the loss of
Window-Eyes compatibility from 1.4 to 1.5 truly stunned me. I have
heard this from several people, but as yet I don't know just what
caused it to happen. I hope Skype becomes fully accessible to users
of all major screen readers and to JAWS users without scripts. I'm
afraid my expertise is almost exclusively with JAWS though, so that's
all I can test and work with directly.
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 06:25:20PM -0800, Jim Grimsby wrote:
Hi well I agree with the below but must say I highly recommend the skype
scripts for jaws.
With window eyes 5.5 you get no access to the contact list what so ever
so if you are using both stay with 1.4.78
If you are just using jaws go ahead and update. Note the new sounds
suck though. Just my observations.
If you are using the skype api with miranda and jaws you may continue to
do this. This might be a good work around for window eyes users and the
miranda contact list reads just fine using window eyes.
Hth
jim grimsby
msn: jim.grimsby@xxxxxxx
email: jimgrims@xxxxxxxxxxx
skype: jim.grimsby
-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:23 PM
To: Blind Tech List; pc-audio@xxxxxxxxxxxx; jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
jawslite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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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