I finally did see Skype for Business hit my laptop and that of some of my coworkers. It is indeed more like Lync than Skype, so my Skype scripts would not work for this.
I have been working more recently on Skype for Business scripts but am not ready yet to release anything. I would say I'm getting close though. On Mon, May 04, 2015 at 02:03:11PM +0530, Bharat via Skypeenglish wrote: Hi Doug, I really wanted ot take up that experiment, however, couldn't muster the courage, since it is my office laptop & any experiemtn may impact me negatively if it doesn't really work out. please let me know what else can I do to make it work better please? Thank you, -------------------------------------------------- From: "Doug Lee via Skypeenglish" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 6:26 PM To: "Bharat via Skypeenglish" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Skype for business 2015 JAWS Scripts >I delayed answering this because I fully expected to see an >installation of the new Skype for Business at a job site this week. >Unfortunately though, things did not work that way; the remote >collaboration I did used an IE plugin of some sort instead of what I >expected. > >In any case, if the interface looks Skype-like, you could try my >scripts against it; but if the interface looks Lync-like (or very >non-Skype-like), chances are that would not help you and might >complicate things. > >If you want to try the scripts against lync.exe, a quick way would be >to install my scripts normally, then create or modify ConfigNames.ini >in the JAWS user folder to make JAWS load the Skype scripts for Lync. >Do not modify ConfigNames.ini in the JAWS shared folder though. Also >do not just rename Skype script files to Lync, because that will break >things unless you know exactly which of those files to rename and >which to leave alone. > >On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 11:50:35AM +0530, Bharat via Skypeenglish wrote: >Hi Doug, > >here is my observation regarding the current release of Lync / Skype for >business. Recently Microsoft pushed an update to office 365 for business, >as >a result of which Lync was updated to Skype. Since then I have realised that >while JAWS 16 announces it as Skype for business it retains the same >interface >as that of Lync. further more, pressing Insert+q announces: 'Default >Settings >are loaded. the application being used is: Lync.exe. at the time when I read >the release notes,, it said that the Sys admins would be able to decide >whether they want the Skype interface or the Lync interface. & it seems, in >our case our Sys Admin has decided it in favour of the Lync interface. would >you recommend I install the Skype's latest scripts to see if they work with >Lync /Skype? > >-------------------------------------------------- >From: "Doug Lee via Skypeenglish" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 4:40 PM >To: "Michele Barbi via Skypeenglish" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] skype for business 2015 JAWS Scripts > >>What I've for years called "Skype for Business" is a trimmed-down >>version of the Skype we know, long made available as an NSI installer >>instead of an Exe. >> >>Now though, I'm hearing Microsoft Lync 2013 is changing into "Skype >>for Business." >> >>I need to find out exactly what "Skype for Business" now means, in >>this discussion and in practice out there. If anyone can point me to a >>Microsoft page about this, please do so. >> >>Until then, I am assuming my scripts for Skype work with Skype for >>Business, because they have done so for years. >> >>On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 12:46:34PM +0200, Michele Barbi via Skypeenglish >>wrote: >>I don't think... Or at least, I have no knowledge of it. >>Bye! >>Barbuz -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com The very smart may feel they have nothing to learn from anyone; The very wise will find something to learn from everyone. (7/14/01) 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
