hi Doug, when you say Skype paid service, would that include a subscription to make calls or buying Skype credit? I ask because I've never been afflicted by these dreaded ads and I have recently purchased both of the above.
thanks steve On 03/05/2014, SUNRISE DREAMER <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > 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
