There may indeed have been improvements. I have successfully exchanged text-based messages with colleagues and participated in a voice call with Skype for Business 2016. The help system includes explanations of how to use Skype for Business with a screen reader. Admittedly, it's a slightly confusing application to navigate (or, at least, it is for me).
Annette Carr <amca...@verizon.net> wrote: > Actually, my list of problems was pretty long. I was thinking since you had > it up and running and were only experiencing issues with focus when a new > message came in, that maybe there had been some significant improvements. > > Annette > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On > Behalf Of Jason White > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 6:56 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Notifications from Skype 2016 for Business under > JAWS 17/Windows 10 > > Thank you - that's interesting. It seems that you're experiencing the same > problem. > > Annette Carr <amca...@verizon.net> wrote: > > My work-a-round has been to not run Skype for Business. They are not > > happy with me at work, but since they are paying me to be productive > > this was the best solution. > > > > Annette > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] > > On Behalf Of Jason White > > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2016 10:38 AM > > To: Jaws-Users > > Subject: [JAWS-Users] Notifications from Skype 2016 for Business under > > JAWS 17/Windows 10 > > > > Whenever the status of a contact changes in Skype 2016 for Business, a > > notification is displayed and it seems to take the focus away from > > whatever application I am using. I need to use Alt-Tab or > > Alt-Shift-Tab to move back to the current application - especially if > > it's a Web browser or other application in the virtual viewer. In > > Microsoft Outlook, for example in the message list, just pressing an > > arrow key is enough to restore focus, but in most situations this is not > the case. > > > > Has anyone else here experienced this issue? Have you reported it? Is > > there a work-around? > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
