I don't usually do this, but I feel that this explanation from Doug Lee about Skype 4.0 is relevant to this topic. Jack
Early Skype versions were less accessible than 3.x. As far as I know, most of 3.x evolved out of 1.x and 2.x. Accessibility for those versions evolved along with Skype itself and of course became better with time because of this. Skype 4.0, though, is by the company's own statements a complete rewrite. At the time they started writing 4.0, they were beginning to learn about accessibility but had not yet incorporated it into their early development process. They now know enough to do better at this, but of course by now, they are having to add accessibility to 4.0 largely from scratch, since 4.0 itself was written that way as well. So I don't think we can draw a trend from the changes in accessibility from Skype 1.0 through Skype 4.0. I do think, though, that our voices over the years, having in effect taught Skype the means and importance of including accessibility, should set a trend for the future--a trend of including accessibility at design time rather than tacking it on closer to release time. Whether that trend has indeed begun remains to be seen, but I for one think the future holds promise. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] skype 4 This is the kind of information I was after, thank you. I pretty much only use it for voice chatting. I only use the text chatting when somebody else starts it, but I've never liked that especially since my spelling isn't that great. David Ferrin Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] skype 4 David, It all depends on what you intend to use the program for. If it's just live voice chat, then you'll be fine. But the text chat is a bit of a headache. They do have up to date scripts for Skype 4.0 written by Doug Lee. I'm using Skype 4.0 with the current scripts and it's working fine. But when it comes to text live chat, I'll stick with MSN. Skype is more trouble than it's worth. Here's the link to the Skype scripts page. There's lots of documentation about the script revisions. Jack http://users.visi.com/~dgl/skype/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Ferrin" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:59 AM Subject: [JAWS-Users] skype 4 I'm receiving conflicting reports on the program. Some folks are saying it's a night mare, where others are touting it's virtues. I am thinking that more opinions are in order before I subject myself to the inconvenience of trying out something that might not work very well. David Ferrin Life is what happens after you have already made other plans. 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