Yes, very odd indeed. In fact, if you look on skype.com, and try to find the desktop version you are not able to download it and you are advised that Skype is now part of Windows 10.
From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2018 11:36 AM To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: I've Abandoned Skype Thanks for mentioning this and I’ll take another look but I cannot install Skype For Desktop on my machine. Now don’t get me wrong because I believe I may have perhaps hit on an explanation, I’m subscribed to Office 365 so I wonder if that has any baring on what version of Skype I’m getting? On 27 Jan 2018, at 3:26 am, Rick Alfaro <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Interesting, I’m really scratching my head on this one. I’m running one of the latest fast ring Windows versions and Skype for Desktop which was just updated when I just opened it. I’m not seeing much difference in accessibility including the hot keys branch under tools>options. My hotkeys for answer and end calls are set to alt page down and alt page up respectively. From: Gordon Smith [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2018 2:19 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: I've Abandoned Skype Interesting. When I try to execute it on the Mac, I get a totally blank window. Using the menu bar, all the functions are greyed out. Ah well, time for a little exercise for “TrashMe”. Great little app that is, if you remove an app from your /applications folder, it takes with it all the preferences for that app, unless you override it. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: Twitter: @maciosaccess • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0)7804 983849 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 ---------------------------------------- On 25 Jan 2018, at 18:23, Dane Trethowan < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: Perhaps I'd best explain things a little better. Skype for Mac and Windows is accessible it seems on the whole accept for critical and very basic fuctions such as the answering of calls and I've found no way to actually perform this function with a screen reader. With the Mac it seems that one can still click on the Answer button from within Skype but with the Windows version there doesn't even seem to be an answer button anywhere within Skype. With the older Skype Desktop client one could set up a global hotkey to answer calls, with the latest Skype for Windows 10 that function has been removed it seems. On 26/01/2018 4:53 AM, The wolf wrote: is the mac skype still accessible? or did they break that as well? On 1/25/2018 3:08 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Indeed but having said thaqt I never rule anything in or out so its very possible that Microsoft may add some accessibility to the product in the future. The Mac version of Skype has also changed. On 25/01/2018 9:02 PM, Gordon Smith wrote: That is correct. The Windows 10 version, (as of the Fall Creator’s Update) is now a very different animal. I too have dumped it. I don’t see it as a viable option any longer. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! Contact: Twitter: @maciosaccess • UK Free Phone: 0800 8620538 • UK Geographic / Global: +44(0) 1642 688095 • UK Mobile/SMS: +44 (0)7804 983849 • Vic. Australia: +61 38 82059300 • US/Canada: +1 646 9151493 ---------------------------------------- On 23 Jan 2018, at 17:56, Dane Trethowan < <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]> wrote: You cannot use Skype For Desktop under Windows 10 any longer as far as I know, I was using Skype For Desktop but the software was updated overnight to Skype For Windows 10. On 24/01/2018 2:54 AM, Rick Alfaro wrote: Which Skype are you using under Windows, the modern windows app or the desktop version? The desktop version has a ton of hotkeys and they are all redefinable under tools>options. It sounds like you are using the modern app which is a nightmare to use. -----Original Message----- From: Dane Trethowan [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 10:46 PM To: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] Subject: [Techno-Chat]: I've Abandoned Skype After 10 years of continuous use I've been forced to abandon Skype as the operation of the Windows 10 and Mac versions have become incredibly complex in my view to the point that the very basics seem to have been forgotten by Microsoft, this point is driven home when you discover that there seems to be no keyboard shortcut or global hotkey anywhere to answer incoming calls. I've looked at the keyboard shorcut/hotkey chart on the Microsoft Skype Support site but no joy there. Now the decision I made is only from a personal point of view and I would like to be proven wrong on my assessment so if anyone knows what I don't then please speak up. I'm looking at alternatives to Skype to suit my audio and video needs, one of those alternatives is Facetime which a whole swag of people probably have but don't realise it. If you're on a Mac computer then you'll find Facetime as part of Mac OSX. If you're on an iPhone or iPad then you've probably seen Facetime on the first page of Apps. The Facetime App on the Mac is very easy to use with only a few options appearing on the screen, likewise with Facetime For IOS. I also have two other utilities which are going to help enormously in handling my communication needs. The excellent Handsfree 2 App for the Mac will allow access to my mobile phone using Bluetooth paring. Handsfree 2 will allow me to dial out and receive incoming calls via my mobile directly and settings can be configured in such a way that the audio of a call is transmitted to the Mac to be output through the Sound Device of your choice - say a headset or similar -. Unfortunately I don't know of an alternative to Handsfree 2 for Windows. I have the very nice Express Talk App from NCH Software for both Mac and Windows which allows the management of multiple VOIP lines from your computer and the feature set is extensive to say the least, everything from making/receiving calls to recording and transferring of calls with on-hold music should you want it, all fully customisable. And finally my Sony xPeria X-Performance phone offers VOIP management facilities so not only do I have a mobile number but I can define VOIP numbers so that when they're called the call goes straight to the mobile which I think is truly amazing. This is all food for thought so I'd be interested in any comments or suggestions. -- ********** "A dog is a good thing to have around a house and so is a fence" ------------------------------ This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned by our server-side antivirus/malware solution. 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