Hmm. try accessing the search from yoru contcts, that is, show on line and then start typing the contact's name.
Hth. On Aug 10, 2014, at 8:00 AM, ken lawrence <[email protected]> wrote: > am using jaws and NVDA am not using a mac therefore not using voiceover. so > there is not a search button. I hit search for contacts the edit field > appears type a name or email then nothing to start the search. it says clear > search input then the does skype power your passion crap which I keep telling > it to hide. there is not a go or a search button to say Okay start search > for who and what I have typed. it used to be before microsoft took over > skype the search feature gave you several edit fields. you could everything > you know about that particular person. it was like that on GW connect you > saw a field that said, skype name. then tabbing over you saw full name. > tabbing over you saw email then the field for results then the search button. > if no results came back nothing appeared. it’s the same issue with pandora. > all of pandoras main commands are centered around arrows, the plus and minus > keys. so since those also are screen reader functions nothing actually > works. this is because pandora apparently had no concept of what a screen > reader is and what it does. when you say screen reader to some sighted > people they say Oh, browser or Oh speech recognition. have been asked by > some sighted what speech recognition I’m using. they honestly don’t know the > differents. it wasn’t until after pandora was launched that someone noticed > that blind couldn’t use it well. it is better with browsers that use HTML 5 > but it still has drawbacks. in my pandora the list of stations reads as a > list. no lingks buttons or anything to change it on the fly. I’ve found a > workaround using NVDA the skip that track command is the right arrow. have > found that on NVDA add the alt key and you can skip. it doesn’t work on all > commands the thumbs down which is the minus key doesn’t work and the alt left > arrow will go back to the previous page you were on not the previous track so > likely it takes you out of pandora back to the start page of the browser. on > searches the workaround is if you search for an artist by typing in that > artist and just hit enter without tabbing over if a result is there it will > automaticly create a new station but only if the artist has a single result. > there is no visible create station showing in the search results. this was > all because screen readers which most of us use are third party programs. > with the mac, the screen reader was built into the operating system so a > pandora for example for the mac takes into account how a screen reader is > designed. this was why GW micro developed GW connect in the first place > because skype when updated gets some change in it’s functionality. this > version the latest is the clunkiest most bulky I’ve seen. You had to tell it > to make itself more accesible. I know of sighted people who don’t know how > to listen to a voicemail in fact, I don’t know how either. also can’t figure > out why on some of my contacts it says unread messages... the other reason > why voiceover references won’t help me much is a lot of what is done on a mac > isn’t the internet. a lot of it is apps. you know that catch phrase, > there’s an app for that. if we aren’t careful we will lose what access we > have because the blind are to small a minority for corporations to care about > or worry about. skype and all others are going to go where the most people > are and most people are sighted. that’s why we need lists like this one. > > From: Sarah Alawami > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 4:49 AM > To: screen readers' access to skype and its interface. > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] searching for contacts > > 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 > > 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
