Hmm. looks like a skype issue then. if you have access to the blog post someone posted for skype for windows ( I have yet to test the profile editing on the mac) leave a comment on their blog and if they approve it it will show up.
Take care. On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Tim Appleby <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, it's doing the same thing for me, it's a skype limitation, the scripts > aren't' able to do anything there. I have to left mouse click in order to use > the profile window. > > Timothy Appleby > > -----Original Message----- From: Doug Lee > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:25 PM > To: screen readers' access with skype. > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Alpha scripts for 6.2 available, for anyone > interested > > The need for the left mouse button to get to profile fields is a > mystery to me. Some have this problem once, and some not at all. By > all reports so far, everyone who has to click once does not have to > click again until Skype is restarted, but then they have to click once > again. I am not able to reproduce this problem in my Skype. I wonder > if it is specific to non-English Skypes, but I am not able to > reproduce the problem if I set Skype to Italian here either, though I > have yet to restart Skype after switching to Italian to test that. > > I can tell you, though, that this is a Skype issue, not a script > issue, because Skype itself decides where the Tab key goes. The > problem here is that the Tab key is doing nothing, even visually, > until you click once. > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:16:20PM +0200, Salih Kunduz wrote: > Hello Doug! > > I have just tested the scripts in my JAWS 14 running machine. > > I have read from your previous posts about how to edit profile. I applied all > the steps you provide but when I click on ???view profile??? button, nothing > appears while I???m moving with Tab key unless I use jaws cursor to read the > content. And items in the edit profile become visible afte clicking left > mouse button to a particular field. > > And this is what I???ve also noticed; when I focus back to Skype from any > other application, JAWS announces my Skype ID twice. > > Regards! > From: Doug Lee > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 5:50 PM > To: inamuddin ; screen readers' access with skype. > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Alpha scripts for 6.2 available, for anyone > interested > I just tested the login screen and fields read fine with JAWS in forms > mode. Remember this is an HTML screen, so the normal rules for web > pages apply: Use forms mode when filling out fields and virtual cursor > for reading the entire page. > > I am curious about the need to left-click to edit profiles though. > Here are the steps I use to edit my profile. Please let me know where > the mouse click is necessary for you: > > 1. Open the Skype menu with Alt+S. > > 2. Open the Profile submenu with p. > > 3. Choose the "Edit Your Profile..." option with e. > > 4. Tab to the beginning of the profile fields, which is the "Change > Picture" link. > > 5. Read and edit fields as I described in an earlier message. > Generally you press Space on text fields like mood text, email, etc. > to open an edit box for them. Combo boxes and button dropdowns work as > they usually do. > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 07:40:06PM +0500, inamuddin wrote: > Another 2 interesting things 1. Profile editing is not working unless > i press left mouse key. 2. Secondly if I signout and quit skype and > try to signin skype, it is not going to edit field for typing skype > name/password. > With regards from Inamuddin with the skype id: charlsdarwin1 > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> > To: "screen readers' access with skype." <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 6:17 PM > Subject: [Skypeenglish] Alpha scripts for 6.2 available,for anyone > interested > > >> This is not a script release for everyone. This is an alpha set of >> scripts designed for Skype 6.2 that should also work with 6.0 and 6.1. >> It is also meant to work with JAWS versions as old as 6.0 and up >> through 14.0. That's a pretty broad claim for me to make without means >> to test, and I've changed several things; so I welcome testers. >> >> For anyone who wants to test these, please read and keep the following >> information handy: >> >> 1. Make sure you have access to the installer for your current scripts >> in case you need them. The latest actual script release is still at >> http://www.dlee.org/skype/ >> >> 2. Download and run, or just run directly if you prefer, the alpha >> script installer, which is at http://www.dlee.org/skype/sk62test.exe >> >> 3. When the alpha scripts are installed, make sure that Insert+Q, when >> typed from within Skype, says "revision 736." If you get a different >> revision number, your alpha scripts are not running yet. >> >> 4. Once you're sure the alpha scripts are running, note any problems >> as you move through Skype. I labeled profile fields, the Options tree, >> Send Contacts fields, and a number of other items in Skype. I had >> labeled many of these before, but over time things changed and stopped >> working as intended. >> >> 5. If you notice any problems, send a message to this list including >> your Skype version, JAWS version, Windows version, what you were doing >> at the time, and what happened and should have happened. >> >> The rest of this message is more for the technically inclined than for >> everyone else: >> >> The biggest change in this alpha script set is in the system I use to >> label fields. I have created sort of a "first match wins" approach and >> then made exceptions where necessary, whereas in past scripts, it was >> more of a "last match wins" situation. This allows me to take >> advantage of some Skype-provided MSAA information that was previously >> ignored while still applying my own names to fields when such >> information is not available in a particular Skype version. Thus, for >> example, the field I've been calling "Search Contacts, groups and >> conversations" is named by Skype itself as "Search" most of the time >> but may change its name based on what the user is doing. The alpha >> scripts will, when finding the actual Skype field name, use that, and >> will otherwise use the name I've been assigning manually. >> >> >> -- >> Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org >> SSB BART Group [email protected] >> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com >> "Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your >> path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on to say, `Why were >> things of this sort ever brought into the world?'" >> --Marcus Aurelius >> >> 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 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 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 > > -- > Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > Freedom is not the ability to have what we want. Freedom is merely the > ability to seek it. To be free defines what we can do, not what we can get. > (03/28/05) > > 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 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 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 > > -- > Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do > what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with > them while they do it."--Theodore Roosevelt > > 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 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 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 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
