From: Doug Lee d...@dlee.org To: skypeengl...@emissives.com I doubt this happens to very many people, but I have already noticed that it has happened to some, and the problem is serious enough in its effects to warrant the "Important!" subject line attention-getter.
Note that this only applies to users of Skype 4.1 beta, the one released in May of 2009. If you run Skype 3.8 or Skype 4.0, you should not see the problem discussed below. The following information may apply to you if you have ever been running Skype 4.1 beta, released in May of 2009, and encountered any of the following: 1. Inability to arrow through the contact list, the conversation list, or any other Skype list control. 2. JAWS reading huge volumes of information on arrow keys or tab, such as most or all of one of those lists. 3. Alt+numbers and Alt+arrows in a conversation window saying "Not in a chat window" even though you really are in one. 4. For BX users, BX saying "unknown object" for a great many portions of Skype's interface. Causes of the above problems include doing any of the following things while Skype 4.1 beta is running: 1. Unloading and reloading JAWS. (This may cause the problem but does not always do so.) 2. Changing to a different JAWS version by unloading one and then loading another. 3. Running Microsoft Narrator and then closing it while Skype is still running. 4. Playing with another screen reader and shutting it down while Skype is running. If you never do any of those things, you should never run into this problem. I have written up a detailed description of this issue, including what to do about it if you encounter it, at my web site, http://www.dlee.org/skype/ The direct URL to the information page for this issue is http://www.dlee.org/skype/sr_not_detected.php In summary, the above user actions can cause this Skype 4.1 beta to lose track of the fact that a screen reader is running, which in turn causes it to stop providing all accessibility information until it is restarted. Future Skype 4 releases are expected to improve significantly on this situation. The Skype developers and management are aware of this problem. It escaped notice during the testing of the Skype 4.1 beta release because unloading and reloading a screen reader is not a regular enough occurrence to have come to mind as a necessary part of the testing process, either for them or for me. -- Doug Lee d...@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group doug....@ssbbartgroup.com http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like A, as in neighbor and weigh, except for when weird foreign concierges seize neither leisure nor science from the height of society." Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org