Hello, and thanks for the advice and tips. I will let you know if this takes care of the edit field issue. catcha later from Lewis
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 3:42 PM To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] RECENTLY UPDATED SKYPE AND SCRIPTS, BUT HAVE A QUESTION! The short answer is maybe and maybe not, but read on for details. I uncheck two things to reduce or get rid of ads in Skype. Both are in Options: One is in Privacy Settings and is called something like Show Microsoft Targeted Ads. The other is in Alerts and Messages and is called Promotions. But you can still get ads if you do not subscribe to any Skype paid services like SkypeIn or SkypeOut. There is no way I know of to disable these in Skype without purchasing something. I have read several rather techie tricks to disable these, such as adding to a "hosts" file in Windows to trick Skype into failing to find the ads, or editing the Trusted Sites list to interfere with Skype's ability to get them. I believe both of these require administrative privileges and a fair degree of technical confidence and competence. Unfortunately I don't have directions handy for these approaches at my current location, but perhaps someone else on this list does, if you are interested. I did verify that this ad issue occurs with and without scripts; it is Skype itself moving focus to the ad. On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 01:16:03PM -0500, SUNRISE DREAMER wrote: Hello list, I recently updated skype and jaws scripts. Now skype is acting a bit different. when I'm in a text chat window, I keep getting kicked out of the edit field. I get an advertisement, which forces me to tab up and down to locate the edit field again. also, before, skype always came up in the contacts list automatically when skype is turned on, but now I have to do a control 1 to get the contacts list EVERYTIME. these aren't big issues, but is there a way to fix this or optimize skype? Thanks big time! **KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING! Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with 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://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "It's not easy to be crafty and winsome at the same time, and few accomplish it after the age of six." --John W. Gardner and Francesca Gardner Reese Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with 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://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4570 / Virus Database: 3931/7433 - Release Date: 05/02/14 Thanks for posting to the skype english list. to contact skype support with 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://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
