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>>    1. Re: searching for contacts (Sarah Alawami)
>>    2. Re: mood message query (Steve Matzura)
>>    3. Re: [Bulk] Re:  mood message query (Shawn Klein)
>>    4. Re: mood message query (Kostadin Kolev)
>>    5. Re: [Bulk] Re:  mood message query (Steve Matzura)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:49:15 -0700
>> From: Sarah Alawami <[email protected]>
>> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] searching for contacts
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>> You never said what screen reader you are running. skype works fine wiht
>> nvda and others outside the box. you just need patience to use it. I can
>> use
>> skype in the mac with voice over after they made some external
>> improvements
>> to the program
>>
>> a around after you hit the search button, or start typing in the contact
>> table list the name you want. From there you should be good to go.
>>
>> Skype is getting more and more stream lined in my opinion. It's a
>> learning
>> curve but if we all take the time, we can all without scripts or with
>> miniminal scripting work use the interface.
>>
>> Tc to all.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Aug 9, 2014, at 16:17, Peter Scanlon <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> We should all write to Microsoft to allow the use of GWConnect again.
>>>
>>> From: ken lawrence
>>> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:06 AM
>>> To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface.
>>> Subject: [Skypeenglish] searching for contacts
>>>
>>> Hi skyp users have enabled the search for contacts but don?t see a
>>> search
>>> button, jst the clear button andwhen I try enter without hitting a
>>> button
>>> nothing happens.  I?m telling you skype is clunkier and clunkier by the
>>> day.  we are going to lose what access we have if we aren?t careful. how
>>> do you search for contacts by name email or skype name.  nothing happens
>>> and there is not search button.  even when I have enabled that hot key.
>>> an idea would some kind of mobile app be more accessible for a blind
>>> user
>>> the same way the mobile facebook sight is used as an alternative to the
>>> standard skype?
>>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list.
>>>
>>> to contact skype support with any questions regarding your account email
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>>>
>>> To  access scripts for the latest version of skype go to
>>> http://www.dlee.org/skype
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:41:47 -0400
>> From: Steve Matzura <[email protected]>
>> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
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>> To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>> will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>> Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>> Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>> or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>> current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>> message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>> setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>> it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>> Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>> topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>> this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>> Skype itself.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 3
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:57:37 -0500
>> From: "Shawn Klein" <[email protected]>
>> To: "'screen readers' access to skype and its interface.'"
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] [Bulk] Re:  mood message query
>> Message-ID: <0BF33A1CD0864A05B9482C5E3F3F1482@ShawnsPC>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Get Skype talking. It works great for this, control+alt+shift+m twice
>> does
>> the trick. Opens the dialogue to edit the mood message. You could use it
>> just for that if you want, and then close it. Until then, today I'll pop
>> in
>> on the account and set the topic an hour early if you want Steve.
>> Shawn Klein
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Skypeenglish [mailto:[email protected]] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Matzura
>> Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:42 AM
>> To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface.
>> Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
>>
>> To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>> will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>> Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>> Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>> or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>> current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>> message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>> setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>> it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>> Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>> topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>> this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>> Skype itself.
>> 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.
>>
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>> Message: 4
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:05:39 +0300
>> From: Kostadin Kolev <[email protected]>
>> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> You can edit your mood message in Skype from within Skype in 2 ways:
>>
>> 1. From the "Edit profile" window. In the current stable release of
>> Skype however, the situation is as you've described it. Actually, there
>> is a TAB stop for the mood message, but the screen readers don't
>> announce it. It's after the "Manage" link in the beginning of the
>> window. In the test version of Skype 6.18.64.106 this issue is fixed.
>> Hope the fix will land in the next stable release of Skype.
>>
>> 2. From the Skype home window. There however, you can only post a new
>> mood message and not edit your old one.
>>
>> ___
>> Best wishes,
>> Kostadin Kolev
>>
>> ?? 10.8.2014 ?. ? 15:41, Steve Matzura ??????:
>>> To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>>> will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>>> Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>>> Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>>> or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>>> current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>>> message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>>> setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>>> it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>>> Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>>> topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>>> this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>>> Skype itself.
>>> 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.
>>>
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:37:03 -0400
>> From: Steve Matzura <[email protected]>
>> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>>      <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] [Bulk] Re:  mood message query
>> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>> No biggie, I got it covered, now that I know how to do it. Re
>> SkypeTalking, does it work with the combination of Skype version 6.9
>> and the Skype scripts?
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 07:57:37 -0500, you wrote:
>>
>>>Get Skype talking. It works great for this, control+alt+shift+m twice
>>> does
>>>the trick. Opens the dialogue to edit the mood message. You could use it
>>>just for that if you want, and then close it. Until then, today I'll pop
>>> in
>>>on the account and set the topic an hour early if you want Steve.
>>>Shawn Klein
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Skypeenglish [mailto:[email protected]] On
>>>Behalf Of Steve Matzura
>>>Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 7:42 AM
>>>To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface.
>>>Subject: [Bulk] Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
>>>
>>>To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>>>will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>>>Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>>>Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>>>or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>>>current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>>>message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>>>setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>>>it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>>>Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>>>topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>>>this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>>>Skype itself.
>>>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.
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
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>>>
>>>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.
>>>
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>>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:38:50 -0400
> From: Steve Matzura <[email protected]>
> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>       <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> Re the fix showing up in the next public release, yes, here's hoping.
>
> Re adding a new mood message  versus editing an old one, I don't
> understand the difference. I thought there was just one, and you edit
> it every time you want it changed.
>
> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:05:39 +0300, you wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>You can edit your mood message in Skype from within Skype in 2 ways:
>>
>>1. From the "Edit profile" window. In the current stable release of
>>Skype however, the situation is as you've described it. Actually, there
>>is a TAB stop for the mood message, but the screen readers don't
>>announce it. It's after the "Manage" link in the beginning of the
>>window. In the test version of Skype 6.18.64.106 this issue is fixed.
>>Hope the fix will land in the next stable release of Skype.
>>
>>2. From the Skype home window. There however, you can only post a new
>>mood message and not edit your old one.
>>
>>___
>>Best wishes,
>>Kostadin Kolev
>>
>>?? 10.8.2014 ?. ? 15:41, Steve Matzura ??????:
>>> To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>>> will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>>> Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>>> Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>>> or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>>> current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>>> message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>>> setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>>> it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>>> Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>>> topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>>> this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>>> Skype itself.
>>> 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.
>>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:50:36 +0300
> From: Kostadin Kolev <[email protected]>
> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>       <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
>
> Hello,
>
>> Re adding a new mood message  versus editing an old one, I don't
>> understand the difference. I thought there was just one, and you edit
>> it every time you want it changed.
>
> The method from the "Edit Profile" window lets you edit the message. But
> you cannot share it to Facebook, even if you've linked Skype and
> Facebook. The method from the Skype home window lets you only enter a
> new mood message and it will replace the old one. Here however, you can
> choose to share the entered mood message to Facebook, if you wish so and
> if you've linked Skype and Facebook.
>
> ___
> Best wishes,
> Kostadin Kolev
>
> ?? 10.8.2014 ?. ? 16:38, Steve Matzura ??????:
>> Re the fix showing up in the next public release, yes, here's hoping.
>>
>> Re adding a new mood message  versus editing an old one, I don't
>> understand the difference. I thought there was just one, and you edit
>> it every time you want it changed.
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:05:39 +0300, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> You can edit your mood message in Skype from within Skype in 2 ways:
>>>
>>> 1. From the "Edit profile" window. In the current stable release of
>>> Skype however, the situation is as you've described it. Actually, there
>>> is a TAB stop for the mood message, but the screen readers don't
>>> announce it. It's after the "Manage" link in the beginning of the
>>> window. In the test version of Skype 6.18.64.106 this issue is fixed.
>>> Hope the fix will land in the next stable release of Skype.
>>>
>>> 2. From the Skype home window. There however, you can only post a new
>>> mood message and not edit your old one.
>>>
>>> ___
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Kostadin Kolev
>>>
>>> ?? 10.8.2014 ?. ? 15:41, Steve Matzura ??????:
>>>> To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>>>> will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>>>> Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>>>> Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>>>> or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>>>> current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>>>> message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>>>> setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>>>> it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>>>> Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>>>> topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>>>> this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>>>> Skype itself.
>>>> 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
>> 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
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:23:28 -0400
> From: Doug Lee <[email protected]>
> To: "screen readers' access to skype and its interface."
>       <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] mood message query
> Message-ID: <[email protected]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>
> The short answer: I coded for the Edit Profile method of editing mood
> text long ago, but it doesn't work on all machines, and Skype doesn't
> give me sufficient means to fix it for every possible case. I confess
> I forgot about the HTML-based method because I personally avoid that
> HTML area at all times. :-) You can still use the Edit Profile method
> by tabbing just one stop past where JAWS says your name and "link
> Manage" and then pressing Space to get the mood text into an edit box.
> JAWS may name that spot correctly or say "Unknown field."
>
> Details follow for anyone curious. I verified the below information
> earlier this week in response to a report against the Edit Profile
> method from another user, and again today as I was writing this
> message:
>
> The Edit Profile approach involves choosing "Edit your Profile" from
> the Profile menu, then tabbing several times and pressing Space on a
> control that opens the mood message in an edit box. The process still
> works, but JAWS varies in its ability to announce the point correctly
> where you are supposed to press Space.
>
> For a long time, there has been code in the Skype scripts to improve
> the announcement of the place where you press Space to open the
> edit box for the mood message. However, focus is not reported to
> JAWS correctly at that point and there is not an indication, even
> sufficient for scripting, of that situation on some machines
> (including mine, incidentally). The only method I found to detect this
> situation uses the PC cursor's actual screen position to figure out
> where focus landed. On some high-resolution machines these days
> though, the PC cursor position is reported incorrectly to JAWS, so
> when a script asks for it, a wrong answer is returned. This same
> problem is what breaks the reporting in my TeamTalk scripts of who is
> transmitting in the channel/participant tree, the same thing that
> makes it impossible to click categories and packages accurately in a
> Cygwin setup window, etc. I have had discussions with Freedom
> Scientific about this, starting in early July. We can hope that a fix
> for this issue will soon appear in JAWS itself.
>
> In the mean time, the method I explained at the top of this message
> will work for editing the Skype mood text. I will have to re-examine
> the HTML area that I've been dodging for so long though. I did not
> realize there was any advantage to editing mood text there instead of
> in the profile area.
>
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 04:50:36PM +0300, Kostadin Kolev wrote:
> Hello,
>
>>Re adding a new mood message  versus editing an old one, I don't
>>understand the difference. I thought there was just one, and you edit
>>it every time you want it changed.
>
> The method from the "Edit Profile" window lets you edit the message. But
> you
> cannot share it to Facebook, even if you've linked Skype and Facebook. The
> method from the Skype home window lets you only enter a new mood message
> and
> it will replace the old one. Here however, you can choose to share the
> entered
> mood message to Facebook, if you wish so and if you've linked Skype and
> Facebook.
>
> ___
> Best wishes,
> Kostadin Kolev
>
> ???? 10.8.2014 ??. ?? 16:38, Steve Matzura ????????????:
>>Re the fix showing up in the next public release, yes, here's hoping.
>>
>>Re adding a new mood message  versus editing an old one, I don't
>>understand the difference. I thought there was just one, and you edit
>>it every time you want it changed.
>>
>>On Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:05:39 +0300, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>You can edit your mood message in Skype from within Skype in 2 ways:
>>>
>>>1. From the "Edit profile" window. In the current stable release of
>>>Skype however, the situation is as you've described it. Actually, there
>>>is a TAB stop for the mood message, but the screen readers don't
>>>announce it. It's after the "Manage" link in the beginning of the
>>>window. In the test version of Skype 6.18.64.106 this issue is fixed.
>>>Hope the fix will land in the next stable release of Skype.
>>>
>>>2. From the Skype home window. There however, you can only post a new
>>>mood message and not edit your old one.
>>>
>>>___
>>>Best wishes,
>>>Kostadin Kolev
>>>
>>>?? 10.8.2014 ?. ? 15:41, Steve Matzura ??????:
>>>>To return this message to its original thread, I'm hoping Master Doug
>>>>will soon give us JAWS users the capability to edit the mood message.
>>>>Of course, it's accessible with the JAWS cursor, but either my own
>>>>Skype window or windows is or are not set up correctly to work right,
>>>>or the instructions for editing the mood text field as given in the
>>>>current scripts documentation need updating. The doc says the mood
>>>>message is edited from the profile screen off the Skype menu. In my
>>>>setup anyway, there are no tab stops for this field, no links to open
>>>>it, and no Save button that I can find without use of the JAWS cursor.
>>>>Since I use the mood message field to indicate to others what the talk
>>>>topic is when the account is in use, I eagerly await either a fix to
>>>>this, or more probably, a correction to my way of using the scripts or
>>>>Skype itself.
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