Ah ha, that's a good idea. :) On Oct 17, 2009, at 10:44 PM, Portia wrote:
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
