Hello List,
Just thought I post a quick message about this. Skype was updated for me this morning. First of all, Voiceover accessibility is, as far as I can tell, fully there. However, the interface is completely different and will need a bit of getting used to. Having said this, I really like what I have seen so far. For one thing, the app loads super fast and this is something that is mentioned in the What's new. The first time I opened it after the update a video started playing. I let it play and after maybe 15 or 20 seconds it stopped and I had a "Skip Video" button. Once I was in the app I noticed that now there are 2 buttons, one on the top left called the "Skype Home" button and another at the top right called "My Info, Online" button. If I double tap this I have a Back button at the top left and then a nice summary of everything related to my status and account: First my name Then a Change Profile Picture button Next a place where I can enter a mood message. Then the status button where I can change it from Online to Away, Offline and so on. Next is my Skype credit and if I double tap it I can quickly add $4.99 via an in-app purchase. Lastly is a My Account button, a Settings button and a More button. In Settings I can turn on or off push notifications, in-app notifications and in-app sounds. Under More I have buttons for Help, About, Send Feedback and Sign Out. Underneath the top where I find these 2 buttons I have now 3 items in one row: Recents, Favorites and People The order of these 3 items changes, Voiceover doesn't say they are buttons or links, but you can double tap on them and whichever one you double tap on moves to the very left. Favorites is new and for me it's empty since I haven't added any Favorites yet. People gives me all my contacts. If you double tap it you have a search field to look for somebody and there is also a table index on the right. Between the search field and the top of your list starting with "A" is a button which Voiceover announces as "All". This means all your contacts are displayed and if you double tap on this button you can choose between All and Online. Here I have to do some more exploring because in the old Skype you could tap on lists and select from All contacts, Skype Contacts, Online Contacts, Saved Phone Numbers and also bring up your iPhone Contacts. I currently don't see this any more and while "All" contains all you have in Skype including regular Skype contacts whether they are online or offline as well as saved phone numbers, one apparently can't filter by this any more. At the bottom of the screen are a few buttons and they may change depending on where you are. If you are in your People view you have buttons for "DialPad", Message" and "More". One thing which is fantastic is that the DialPad now works in touch typing mode even when you are on a call and bring up the DialPad to enter numbers during your call. In the past only the main DialPad where you would dial your phone number would work in touch typing mode and you still had to double or split tap the DialPad for entering numbers during a call. I think this makes Skype the only Voip app where touch typing on the DialPad is fully supported. OK, that's about it for now. The main thing is that Voiceover accessibility is still as good as ever and it's safe to update. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
