A few people on this list, over a long period of time, have reported an issue whereby my Skype scripts suddenly start saying "These scripts do not support this Skype version" even for supported Skype versions. After a fair amount of probing, research, and work with Freedom Scientific, I have arrived at both a conclusion of what's causing the problem and a couple of ways to handle it.
The first way I've told people to handle the issue is to install or reinstall Mathplayer. Removing Mathplayer appears to cause this issue in all tests I have observed, and reinstalling Mathplayer fixes the issue. This fix will work for any screen reader affected by the problem, not just JAWS. However, I have also seen the issue begin after a reboot for Windows updates and subsequently vanish after another such restart. Mathplayer would not have been involved in these instances. So I have finally managed to prepare and release a set of scripts that can work around the issue while it is present on any system running JAWS. The workaround applies only to JAWS of course as the workaround is itself a set of JAWS scripts. For documentation and an installer for the scripts, which are called MRW for MSAA Registration issue Workaround, go to http://www.dlee.org/mrw/ There is also an audio explanation, pretty much redundant in content to the above documentation, at http://www.dlee.org/mrw/mrw.m4a, for anyone who prefers an audio description over a written account. I hope this set of scripts, and/or this message, are helpful to anyone still encountering this pesky MSAA issue. -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com There is more freedom in knowing how to handle pain than in knowing how to avoid it. (4/29/01) 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. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] to modify yoru subscription visit the list info link at the bottom of this email, or click the link in the email you receive with your list password each month. thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://lists.tffppodcast.com/listinfo.cgi/skypeenglish-tffppodcast.com
