The authros of those scripts Doug are GW Micro themselves. FYI. Jared Rimer The Jared Rimer Network, where everything is in one place. http://www.jaredrimer.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:12 AM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] new version of skype
> Lol, quite a thread formed here while I was in the air going from > Tallinn to Amsterdam. :-) > > Answering a few people in one post: > > First, Teddy said: >> Hi Doug, why you not update the scripts for skype 4 beta? > > In fact I do have more up-to-date scripts than I've released, but I > haven't released them yet because I wrote them against betas that are also > not released yet. I doubt they'd work as well with what you have, > compared to the scripts on my web site for Skype 4. > > Bruce then put forth: >> Yeah, Doug is so derelect in his duty. All he does is fly around to talk >> to the Skype people in person about how to make Skype more accessible. >> All >> he does is dedicate all sorts of time and energy to making it accessible >> for all of us. All he does is put in tons of work at no charge to us and >> hardly a word of gratitude from any of us. The nerve! > > Well, to be fair, Skype actually paid me for this particular trip. > This was a contract. They also paid my air fare to Chicago a few > months ago as many here may recall. No one pays me for the scripts, > but I sort of chose Skype as my personal project to keep up with, and > I'm happy with the way that's working. It's always more fun to > maintain scripts for something I use every day anyway. :) > > Jim then presented an analysis of why I haven't released updated beta > scripts, and it's pretty accurate and appears right below these > comments of mine, so I won't copy that up here. As to his suggestion > for me to script Skype for Window-Eyes, I'm not specifically against > doing that, but there are a few things in the way: time is one. The > fact that Window-Eyes doesn't work as well as JAWS at console screens, > where I do much of my work, prevents me from using Window-Eyes except > when I have a specific need; so I would not naturally be testing > Window-Eyes Skype scripts while working on other things as things are > now. Finally, I was under the impression that the current Window-Eyes > Skype scripts were a continuing development effort. Were I to tackle > Skype script development for Window-Eyes, my first move would probably > be to talk to the authors of the current scripts so any direction I > might take would neither uselessly duplicate effort nor upset the > authors of what's already out there. > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 09:31:18PM -0800, jim grimsby Jr. wrote: > Hello, I am not Doug of course, but I believe I can help answer this > question. As you have indicated in your message Skype 4.0 is still in > beta. > This by definition means that it is still a moving target. So therefore, > developing scripts for a beta product takes considerably more time and > effort than any stable release. > Before updating the scripts any further Doug will need to see what > internal > accessibility implementation is made. for a beta product it would be sort > of pointless to implement accessibility only to find that internal > implementation, was made later > also, if any user interfaces are changed. The scripts will necessarily > need > to undergo some sort of adjustment. > Doug is meeting with developers to discuss accessibility implementation I > think we can all rest assured that once Doug knows what accessibility > implementation will be made and what user interface changes will be made > that Skype scripts for 4.0 will be made available for jaws for Windows. > I would also love to see Doug examine window eyes, and perhaps develop > scripts for Skype for that product as well. GW micro has provided scripts > for window eyes, but they are nowhere near as robust as the ones we have > for > jaws. > I hope this information is useful. > Thank you for reading. > > -----Original Message----- > From: skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com > [mailto:skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com] On Behalf Of Teddy Bear > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:12 PM > To: a list for discussing skype and its use with screen accesssoftware. > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] new version of skype > > Hi Doug, why you not update the scripts for skype 4 beta? > Skype : teddybear510 > Windows Live Messenger : toyol_cyber007 at hotmail.com > Yahoo Messenger : puteri_kencana_dewi1 at yahoo.com.my > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:58 PM > To: "a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software." > <skypeenglish at emissives.com> > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] new version of skype > > The Skype 3.x scripts will not work properly with Skype 4. If you > want scripts for Skype 4, get them from > http://www.dlee.org/skype/skype4.php > > These are beta scripts, but they are written for Skype 4. > > > 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 > > > 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 http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." > - Anne Morrow Lindbergh {American Author} > > 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 > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3632 (20081121) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > >
