this is really weird. whether it is happening only with windows8? Or only
with 64Bit?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Brent via Skypeenglish" <[email protected]>
To: "'screen readers' access to skype and its interface.'"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2014 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Text invisible in messages As I Type: New tolist
and to Skype
Thanks much. Only for the sake of confirmation, yes, I have a Microsoft
Surface tablet/laptop, whatever, Windows 8.1, which does have a high
resolution screen. And I never see any of the messages as I type them,
first
or future.
Diana
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Lee via Skypeenglish
[mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: September 13, 2014 12:27 PM
To: Diana Brent via Skypeenglish
Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Text invisible in messages As I Type: New to
list and to Skype
You might be encountering the problem I have with Skype, JAWS, and Windows
8.1 on a high-resolution laptop. I've been surprised that I have not heard
of others with the following problem by now.
On my machine, for at least the first message I send someone in a Skype
chat, I can not see any characters I am typing. I'm not sure
Ctrl+A works to select what I've typed, either. Sometimes, on
subsequent messages to the same person, things work normally.
Sometimes though, JAWS starts using "Type a message here" for the field
name
instead of saying the person's name as I scripted it to do.
At such a time, JAWS also considers the field a "document" instead of an
edit box.
I have discussed this issue extensively with Freedom Scientific and have
also performed numerous experiments relating to this. My conclusions from
all this are as follows:
1. The first-message problem occurs with or without my scripts.
2. It only happens on Windows 8.1 as far as I know.
3. It may also be restricted to high-resolution laptops with above-average
DPI settings.
4. The occasional non-first-message problem is caused by a Skype anomaly
whereby the edit control first says to JAWS that it is a RichEdit control
but later says it is a UIA document instead. This may not be related to
the
first-message problem.
I have not found a reliable way to fix this problem via scripting, though
since I can sometimes get the box to work better after the first message
by
disabling my scripts, I suspect scripts can at least impact the second
issue.
On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:57:23AM -0400, Diana Brent via Skypeenglish
wrote:
I am not new to computers, but this is new to me. I have JAWS 15, and
latest
version of Skype on Windows 8, but am running Classic Shell on top. Have
checked Accessible mod, and compact view. When I type into a message text
field, JAWS speaks the text, and my husband says it is on the screen, but
it
does not appear on my braille display or when I use arrows to navigate in
it. I can highlight and cut or delete, but can't tell what I am doing.
When
I read my messages back after sending I do see the text.
Diana
Diana Brent
Sent from my BrailleSense OnHand
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Thanks for posting to the skype english list.
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[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
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http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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