[gui-talk] Skype 4.0 Accessibility

[Chris & Doris]

there has been yet another hotfix build released for skype 4.0 as of 
april 22. The "known issues" still list accessibility features as not 
completed in the current version and promise a version that includes 
accessibility restored to be released "in the near future." This 
"near future" has extended over the last three months. Is there any 
indication of when a fully accessible version of skype 4.0 is going 
to be released?

I know that skype 4.0 is considered usable and that usability for 
jaws users is enhanced by Mr.Doug Lee's scripts for the program but 
for those whose screenreaders have no scripts and lack a mouse 
emulation,, like nvda, some of skype 4.0's features remain inaccessible.

I know that the people at skype themselves recommend that 
screenreader users continue to use skype 3.8 until such time when 
accessibility is implemented in skype 4.0. I have no major problem 
with that except that I have always kept up with the latest version 
of skype and hate to miss out on some of the new 
features.Additionally, those on slow and/or capped connections would 
benefit a lot by using skype 4.0 as it is said to consume less 
bandwidth than previous versions. Several of my friends have such 
capped conections and it would be good to be able to switch to skype 
4.0 just to run up less bandwidth for them.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks much.

Doris