Yes, I don't hear any adds, but just the annoying word "advertisement", and I
use Jaws.
--Octavian
- Original Message -
From: Clare Page via Skypeenglish
To: 'screen readers' access to skype and its interface.'
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2015 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Skypeen
Hi clare
I think there may lie the issue. Many people on this list, all jaws users i
think, are not able to disable ads in skype 7.
Ive never upgraded and, like yourself, have never had issues with ads in
version 6. This problem only started to occur with 7.
There was a work-around for
Hi!
I never hear any ads in Skype since I unchecked the Allow Targeted Ads
option, which is something I did several versions back.
It just occurred to me that maybe some screenreaders see the ads and others
dont. NVDA certainly doesnt see them since I unchecked the Allow Targeted
Ads checkbox,
Hi!
In answer to your comment, Steve, they didnt leave that option out of Skype
7: I have Skype 7.1.0.105 here, the latest version of Skype, and that option
is still there. By default the Privacy Setting dialogue shows basic options,
but, as I pointed out before, you need to go into Advanced Opti
If you are referring to the option
"Allow Microsoft targeted ads, including use of Skype profile age and gender"
then it doesn't work because I had that option unchecked but I was still
hearing "advertisement" each time I opened a chat window.
The 5 euro donation for Microsoft solved it though.
Hi clare
I think Microsoft missed that option out of 7.
Steve
From: Skypeenglish [mailto:skypeenglish-boun...@lists.tffppodcast.com] On
Behalf Of Clare Page via Skypeenglish
Sent: 04 February 2015 11:48
To: 'screen readers' access to skype and its interface.'
Subject: Re: [Skypee
Hi!
You dont need Skype credit to get rid of the ads in Skype.
Heres how to get rid of them in Skype 7.1 for Windows, without spending any
money or having to do anything very complicated. Go into the Tools menu in
Skype, then into Options, then arrow down to Privacy Settings. Then tab down
to t
Great! Thank you.
I bought 5 EUR credit and I don't hear "advertisement" anymore (after I
restarted Skype).
I read on Skype page that a minute call cost 0.7 cents and I was curious to try
a call to phone by Skype, but I found that it costs ~ 22 cents, so much more
expensive than a simple phone
