Since I don't use skype with windows I don't know. Can you start typing the contact's name in the contacts list and find them that way? On Aug 15, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Adrien Collins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sarah > > Is there a hotkey to get to the search box? > > Regards > > Adrien > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Skypeenglish > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 8:59 PM > To: Skype English list > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] searching for contacts > > 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 <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 4:49 AM > To: screen readers' access to skype and its > interface. <mailto:[email protected]> > 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 > <mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 9:06 AM > To: screen readers' access to skype and its > interface. <mailto:[email protected]> > 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-tffpp > odcast.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-tffpp > odcast.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-tffpp > odcast.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-tffpp > odcast.com > > > > I use BullGuard to keep my computer clean. > Try BullGuard for free: www.bullguard.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
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