You could try hiding offline contacts so as to be able to distinguish who is online, and the when you want to see them again, just unhide them. It's not the best solution but it's something to try, <Smiles.
Hth, Portia. Christina wrote: > Thanks. Yeah, I can't seem to get the labels to "stick". I've > labeled them several times and they still don't want to stay. Oh > well. Well, at least I know there seems to be no easy way to find out > someone's status. I thought I was missing something. but I guess I'm > not. > > Thanks, > Christina > On Oct 17, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > > >> Hello Christina, >> >> Unfortunately, there does not seem to be an easy way to determine >> the status >> of your contacts. >> >> As far as the labeling of buttons goes, I have had the same >> experience, i.e. >> I have had to relabel them a second time. >> >> Sorry for not being more helpful and best regards, >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christina >> Sent: Wednesday, 14 October, 2009 23:06 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: skype and voiceover >> >> >> Thanks everyone. Is there a way to get vo to read the status of my >> contacts. The thing I've been doing is just making the call and >> seeing what happens. It would be nice to know the status of >> people. One strange thing is that I have labeled some buttons in >> skype twice because every time I go back the buttons are not labeled >> anymore. It's weird. >> >> I did not know I could have VO auto read the help tags on buttons and >> such. I had been using vo plus shift plus h to get vo to read the >> help tags. Those were the buttons I was able to label. Otherwise, I >> would not have known what the buttons were. So, do I use VO utility >> to set VO to automatically read the help tags? >> >> Thanks, >> Christina >> On Oct 13, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Chantel Cuddemi wrote: >> >> >>> Christian, get the new version of skype which is 2.8.722. >>> It's very accessible with vo. >>> On Oct 13, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Christina wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hello List, >>>> >>>> How accessible is Skype? I am running version 2.7.0.330. I need to >>>> be able to video chat with someone in Germany. I have had this >>>> version for well over a year and I know how to make a call by moving >>>> to the table then interacting with it and then pressing return on >>>> the >>>> name of the person I want to "call". I also labeled a couple of the >>>> buttons on the window that opens for the call I am on. I labeled >>>> the >>>> video button. I've been wondering if other versions are more >>>> accessible. This version has a ton of buttons and images that I >>>> have >>>> no idea what they are. I am often afraid to upgrade when I'm used >>>> to >>>> something and then find out later that the new version isn't >>>> accessible. DH told me that the newest skype is very different than >>>> the version I am using. One of the things I would like to be able >>>> to >>>> do is to have voiceover tell me the status of the person I want to >>>> call? Is this possible? I also cannot figure out how to use the >>>> chat >>>> portion of skype, the part where you type directly back and forth >>>> with >>>> someone. Is that impossible with skype and voiceover. >>>> >>>> Wow, I hope my questions make sense. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much, >>>> Christina >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
