Grabbing it now.  Thanks.

S

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com] On Behalf Of Doug Lee
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:17 PM
To: skypeenglish at emissives.com
Subject: [Skypeenglish] JAWS scripts updated for both Skype 3.x and Skype
4.0

I have posted an update to the JAWS scripts for Skype 3.x.  I don't run 3.x
anymore myself, but I have given these scripts to several people to try, and
I have not heard of any problems.

I have also posted an update for the Skype 4.0 scripts, and the features in
both updates are similar, so I'm announcing them both in one message.

The scripts are available as usual at

http://www.dlee.org/skype/

The Skype 3.x script revision is called 653a, as it is an update of 653.
The Skype 4.0 script revision is called 40b.

Changes in both updates:

        - Skype.jdf, the smilie dictionary, is included with the scripts
now.  This is the same skype.jdf that is separately available on my web
site.

        - New Ctrl+Shift+M command for bringing up a list of emoticons for
selection.

        - Better detection of when to update default_fs.jsb for SkypeWatch.
This should keep SkypeWatch users from experiencing random issues after a
JAWS in-place update.  (SkypeWatch still only works with Skype 3.x though.)

        - Several updates to the code used to name fields.

        - Hopefully a fix to the problem some Vista users were having with
the installer, where it refused to complete the installation for no obvious
reason.  Note that if you get an error during installation now, you may see
a "trace" with a lot of strange info as part of the error box.  This info
would help me figure out the problem if you run into one.  I don't expect
many people to have problems with the installer though.

Changes in the Skype 3.x update only:

        - New skypeupdate.jsm file for translatable messages that might
speak during a default_fs.jsb update.

Changes in the Skype 4.0 update only:

        - Command c m is the Command key equivalent of the new Ctrl+Shift+M
command.

        - Better handling of the Call Phones edit box.

        - A number of situations where JAWS announced the wrong contact list
entry, conversation list entry, etc., should now be fixed.  Examples:  The
first contact reported after switching focus into the list, the conversation
reported as focused after the Delete key is used to delete one, and
occasionally the contact or conversation reported when an arrow key causes
the list to scroll.

        - Cleanup of JAWSKey+H help text.

        - The scripts should now compile under JAWS 6.20, which was not true
in at least one earlier release.

A couple of warnings:

If you currently use Ctrl+Shift+M to mute your mic, it will probably help to
change that to a new hotkey.  I discovered that Ctrl+Shift+M was a popular
mute choice after I did all this.  I decided to leave
Ctrl+Shift+M as the emoticon list command because it's the same in MSN
already.

If you have created your own skype.jdf dictionary file, it will be replaced
by this script update, so you might want to back yours up first.  To date
though, I know of nobody that has done this, except for those who copied the
MSN dictionary over to use with Skype.  The new skype.jdf file in these
scripts will do all that the MSN file did and more, so that shouldn't be a
problem.

Thanks to Maya from Russia, Gordan Radic, and others who helped me with this
update by creating the Skype emoticon dictionary, the emoticon list for the
Ctrl+Shift+M command, and some code from which I drew to create the actual
Ctrl+Shift+M command.

Enjoy, and as always, report to this list if you run into any issues.


-- 
Doug Lee                 dgl at dlee.org                http://www.dlee.org
SSB BART Group           doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com
http://www.ssbbartgroup.com
"If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made
straight when you are dry." {African}

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.


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