The "Call" button is not a Skype call but a phone call. When there is no phone number available, the call fails.
All the best, Cearbhall T: +353 (0)1 6364364 m: 08333 23487 E: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Doc Wright Sent: 14 August 2012 15:33 To: screen readers' access with skype. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Adding a phone number to a skype contact question if I choose call on a contact what keeps it from making a skype call? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cearbhall O'Meadhra" <[email protected]> To: "'screen readers' access with skype.'" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Adding a phone number to a skype contact > Hi Beverly, > > Yes, it is possible to add a phone number to an existing Skype > contact. I found one way to do it. > > 1. line up the contact's name in the contact list. > 2. Right mouse click or press the application key (first left of the > rightmost control key). > 3. arrow down until you hear "call" and press enter 4. As you have no > number to call, You will get a response that the "phone was not > answered". That is what you need to hear! > 5. Press tab about five or six times until you hear "previous" and "next" > 6. Press enter on "next" > 7. When the screen settles down, press tab a lot of times until you > hear "Call phones" and press tab once more to hear "More calling Options" > button. > 8. Press enter on More calling options. In this dialog you will find > edit boxes for different types of phone numbers. > > This does the trick although it seems a bit elaborate! In the > instructions in Skype help, there is mention of a visual icon to click > on. I suppose that makes it easier and more direct. However, if you > are using a screen reader I think the above procedure will do the > trick. > > Please let us know what you find works. > > All the best, > > > Cearbhall > > T: +353 (0)1 6364364 m: 08333 23487 E: [email protected] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beverly > Sent: 12 August 2012 03:59 > To: 'screen readers' access with skype.' > Subject: [Skypeenglish] Adding a phone number to a skype contact > > I have a few friends and I want to add their home/mobile number along > with their skype name. Is this possible? > > > > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > > to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account > email [email protected] > > 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://marrie.org/skype1 > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. > > to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account > email [email protected] > > 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://marrie.org/skype1 > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email [email protected] 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://marrie.org/skype1 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support wiht any questions regarding your account email [email protected] 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://marrie.org/skype1 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
