[gui-talk] Skype Version 3.0.0.209 is now Available

[Mike Arrigo]

Screen reader developers can only do so much, the program themselves need to
also do their part I think. Actually, skype works quite well with hal, at
least the parts that I use. I transfer files, and make outbound calls, those
features work fine.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Pattison" <srp at internode.on.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Skype Version 3.0.0.209 is now Available


> While JAWS scripts can add a lot of functionality to Skype and make
> it more accessible as a Window-Eyes user I appreciate efforts to make
> Skype more accessible by passing on the accessibility issues to the
> developers of Skype.  I'm sure Hal users would also appreciate
> this.  If all of the emphasis was placed on developing JAWS scripts
> we could end up with the situation where only JAWS users had very
> good access to all the features of Skype instead of making Skype more
> accessible to users of several screen readers.
>
> At 03:21 AM 26/01/2007, you wrote:
> >The announcement of upcoming scripts still holds true, but the
> >announcer, that's me, sorta got swamped with work-related stuff and
> >has not managed to rear his head back into the Skype scripting arena
> >for a couple weeks now. :)
> >
> >But yes, Skype is becoming more accessible out of the box, and 3.0
> >introduces some options to improve accessibility, such as the
> >menu-based access to mood text setting that Doris mentioned.  I've
> >actually concentrated for several months more on getting Skype
> >developers to make things work for us instead of scripting them to
> >work for JAWS.  I think it's paying off.
> >
> >On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 06:35:41AM +0100, Chipmunks wrote:
> >Basic accessibility in this version of skype is very good. It's menus
> >and the contact list now even read with the free Thunder-home
> >screenreader vrom
> >
> >www.screenreader.net
> >
> >Likewise, Window Eyes and SKREad work well with it. Skype 3.0 even
> >has an accessibility mode for extended keyboard navigation that makes
> >it easier to access the mood mesage text, for example.
> >
> >If you are a jaws user and rely on the jaws scripts for extra
> >functionality, you might want to wait with the upgrade as the skype
> >scripts are somewhat outdated by now and do not fully support skype
> >3.0. The script developer announced a forthcoming version of the
> >scripts to support skype 3.0 but nothing has been released yet as of
> >this date to my knowledge.
> >
> >hth
> >
> >Doris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 09:39 PM 1/24/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> > >What about the accessibility of this version, is it a good version to
> > >upgrade if one is using a screen reader?
> > >
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
> > >Behalf Of Steve Pattison
> > >Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 8:09 PM
> > >To: GUI Talk; Access-L; PC Audio
> > >Subject: [gui-talk] Skype Version 3.0.0.209 is now Available
> > >
> > >Skype version 3.0.0.209 is now available and one place where you can
> > >download it from is at www.skype.com.  Here are the changes in this
version:
> > >
> > >bugfix: Cannot send SMS from contact menu in Chat window
> > >bugfix: Updated Internet Explorer and Firefox plugins
> > >bugfix: ActiveX objects cannot be created in eBay tab
> > >bugfix: SkypeCheck did not work on clean 3.0 install
> > >
> > >
> > >Regards Steve
> > >Email:  srp at internode.on.net
> > >Skype:  steve1963
> > >MSN Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
> >
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> Regards Steve
> Email:  srp at internode.on.net
> Skype:  steve1963
> MSN Messenger:  internetuser383 at hotmail.com
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