ok andrew On 8/10/14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Skypeenglish mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Skypeenglish digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 52 (Karen Zeman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:25:54 -0500 > From: Karen Zeman <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 52 > Message-ID: > <caggmz2awavxpbqgk+wme3r3kqruz36cz643sveekea1and-...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > ok > andrew > > On 8/10/14, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Send Skypeenglish mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Skypeenglish digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 51 (Karen Zeman) >> 2. Re: mood message query (Steve Matzura) >> 3. Re: mood message query (Kostadin Kolev) >> 4. Re: mood message query (Doug Lee) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:37:59 -0500 >> From: Karen Zeman <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 51 >> Message-ID: >> <caggmz2bzvvj1a+dsx5jhce06tz8ne+drz1yzp-dpq7bdsra...@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >> ok >> andrew >> >> On 8/10/14, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Send Skypeenglish mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >>> >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Skypeenglish digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 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) >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> 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 >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>> >>> 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 >>>> [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 >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>> URL: >>> <http://lists.tffppodcast.com/private.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com/attachments/20140810/bb06ad47/attachment-0001.htm> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> 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 >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>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 >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> Subject: Digest Footer >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> End of Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 51 >>> ******************************************* >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> 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. >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Skypeenglish mailing list >>>[email protected] >>>http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> 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. >>>>>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 >>> >> 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 >> "A mailing list is a crude but effective cross between a >> chain letter and a shouting match." -Andrew Kantor >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 52 >> ******************************************* >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Skypeenglish Digest, Vol 8, Issue 53 > ******************************************* > 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
