Thank you Doug. You do exelent job with the scripts, and now with the sollution to this problem. I followed the steps you give on the site, and oh, what a miracle, this anoying babbling went away. Thank you very much. Negoslav
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:00 AM Subject: [Skypeenglish] Explanation of Windows calculator and Skype statusproblem > As promised earlier in this thread, I have written a description > of the SkypeWatch status announcement problem. The description > includes a workaround and a solution. I am not posting the whole > thing here because it is long and written in HTML, but the direct > URL to this is > > http://www.dlee.org/skype/faq_calc.php > > In summary, there is a function called StringCompare that is built into > JAWS as of JAWS 6.1 or so, but there is also a StringCompare function > in the Windows Calculator scripts if you are using a JAWS version older > than JAWS 9.0. These two functions do not return the same result, so > when SkypeWatch calls StringCompare expecting one thing, it gets the > opposite result--in effect, "yes" becomes "no" and "no" becomes "yes" > while the Windows Calculator is in focus. The workaround is to disable > the automatic announcements of status changes. The actual solution > requires editing the scripts for the Windows Calculator. Steps for > these operations, along with more details, are posted at the above site. > That page is also accessible from the Frequently Asked Questions page > on my site now. > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that itwill never begin. > -- Grace Hansen > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
