Skype on Mac: what should I know?

2013-04-26 Thread Alex Hall
Hi all, I am about to put Skype on my Mac for the first time. I know the program, but have used it only on my iOS devices for a couple years, and on Windows before that. Are there accessibility concerns regarding this application on the Mac? Is there anything VO-related I need to know? Any

Re: Skype on Mac: what should I know?

2013-04-26 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
I use Skype on the Mac all the time. While there are no accessibility concerns, I would say that some of the command patterns are a little lugubrious, involving many keystrokes to accomplish seemingly simple action. Other than that, however, it is perfectly accessible in music, and as I said, I

Re: Skype on Mac: what should I know?

2013-04-26 Thread Alex Hall
Great, thanks. Hopefully the options I use will be in the menus, so I can assign my own keyboard shortcuts to them. Well, I'll find out soon. Still, I'm glad there are no major problems; I see Skype come up on here every so often, but never followed the conversations because I never used it

Re: Skype on Mac: what should I know?

2013-04-26 Thread Chris H
I actually think Skype is much better accessibility wise on the mac however I do admit to using the client on the other platform but require third party software in order for it to be fully accessible. not so on the mac. One nice feature in the mac client is the ability to use the system voice

Re: Skype on Mac: what should I know?

2013-04-26 Thread Rachel Feinberg
Vo+J is your friend when accessing chat history and when going from table to table. Also, keep in mind that when you're sitting in a chat window on skype, it won't make the sound to let you know a new message has come in. So you'll probably want to command+tab away from the application while