Not sure how deeply we are to go into things on this list, however in the interest of analysis, I lowered my resolution to the lowest I could, 1024 by 768. I have no idea what it looks like. Now, if I use arrows in the messages as I type, JAWS speaks the text as I navigate, but it still doesn't show up on my braille display. FYI, this doesn't feel like a tablet because it is hooked to an external keyboard and a braille display--seems just like my desktop which is not where I am currently. I prefer this to its own keyboard, which I also have and is fabulous for portability.
Diana -----Original Message----- From: Sarah k Alawami via Skypeenglish [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: September 13, 2014 10:09 PM To: Skype English list Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Text invisible in messages As I Type: New to list and to Skype I'm stabing at straws or how ever the saying goes. Can yu lower the resolution of your screen on your tablet? I would not know as I dispise and refuse to use a tablit of any kind or ht enew fangled fabulets now Take care. On Sep 13, 2014, at 9:43 PM, Diana Brent via Skypeenglish <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, if I have focused a contact and think I am in the message field > to type a message, if I accidentally press uparrow, I get a message > that says "Unknown field" and if I press Tab, I get into an > advertisement section. I have discovered that if I press Esc. I can > get back into the selected person's message area. Apologize if I > should be changing topics, not sure what to change it to. > > Diana > > -----Original Message----- > From: Diana Brent via Skypeenglish > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: September 13, 2014 2:28 PM > To: 'screen readers' access to skype and its interface.' > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Text invisible in messages As I Type: New > to list 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 > 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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 > > > > > 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > 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://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
