Virtualizing the message that contains the Play button for the
voicemail should make a link out of the Play button, which would allow
you to play the voicemail without using the JAWS cursor.  I think I
saw this fail once, but not in weeks.  If it's failing routinely on
your system, that is news of note to me.

As for Alt+1 saying nothing and Alt+2 working though, that is a known
issue that I haven't figured out how to address yet.  I'll explain in
detail for the curious below, but for those who just want the bottom
line, I'll first summarize:  The way typing indicators are done now
causes blank chat messages like that, and in a chat containing several
people, there may be several such blank messages.  I had one where
alt+1 through alt+6 or so said nothing, for example.

The technical details follow, for the curious:

Typing indicators in Skype 4 appear as part of the message list.  When
a typing indicator is visible, JAWS will say the name of the typer if
you ask for that message.  When the person stops typing, the indicator
eventually leaves the screen, but in MSAA, which is what JAWS and the
scripts use to read chat messages, the entry in the list may remain
anyway even though it contains nothing.  Sometimes the entry goes away
though, and then JAWS may say, "1 chat message no longer shown."  I'm
not sure which is worse:  having a few extra blank entries or being
told something that sounds like it means I lost access to something.
<smile>

So this issue remains under consideration.

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 06:07:47PM +0100, Alex Stone wrote:
Over the past day or so, I've noticed that alt+1 doesn't always read the
most recent message in a chat, but when it doesn't, alt+2 usually does.
Also, regarding voicemails, I'm finding that I have to use the jaws cursor
to play a voicemail. I have a feeling Doug may have mentioned this before,
but I can't remember.
Cheers
Alex
Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To  access scripts for the latest 
version of skype go to 
http://www.dlee.org/skype
To access tutorials and other goodies go to
http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html
thanks and have a wonderful day.


_______________________________________________
Skypeenglish mailing list
Skypeenglish at emissives.com
http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com

-- 
Doug Lee                 dgl at dlee.org        
SSB BART Group           doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com   
http://www.ssbbartgroup.com
"While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done, it was
done." --Helen Keller

Reply via email to