Sounds good Doug and where do we stand with skype watch on 4.1 do scripts need to be amended at all Will try new version shortly bravely. Gary. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <[email protected]> To: <SkypeEnglish at emissives.com>; <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 8:23 PM Subject: [Skypeenglish] JAWS scripts for Skype 4.1 posted
> Exciting news here, news I have been waiting to share for months! I > have a fair amount to say, so here's a summary: There is a new and > more accessible Skype 4.1 public beta out, and there are scripts to go > with it. I will first describe the Skype beta, then the scripts for > it. > > Details: > > We have a public beta of Skype 4.1, and there are accessibility > features in it! Accessibility is still an ongoing project, but as you > will see, some of the problems are fixed, and others are promised > before the next full Skype release. > > Notes on Skype 4.1 itself: > > Skype 4.1 beta contains accessibility improvements, including > > - More items in tab order. > > - More items with meaningful names. > > - The Accessibility submenu of Tools again, with Extended Keyboard > Navigation under it. > > As an example, you can now set mood text just by tabbing to the proper > control in the main Skype window, pressing Space, editing your text, > and pressing Enter. > > In addition, I spot the following commitment in the Skype release > notes, which is a publicly accessible document: Under "Known Issues": > > Voicemail and File transfer not accessible: this will be fixed for 4.1 > Gold. > > So although that is not fixed now, we finally have a promise from > Skype that it will be fixed when Skype 4.1, not beta, comes out. > > You can get the beta either by going to http://www.skype.com, then > Download, then "Beta versions of Skype," or by going directly to the > following link: > > http://www.skype.com/intl/en/download/skype/windows/beta/ > >>From that page, no matter how you got there, use the "Download Now" > link to get the program. > > The technical info for this version, from that page: > > Version 4.1.0.130 File size 22 MB. Beta release. Release date: May 27, > 2009. File name: SkypeSetup-Beta.exe > > One warning: After clicking "I agree Install button" in the > installer, another page will appear, probably silently, with a > checkbox asking permission to install Google Chrome. This is much > like the "Install the Google Toolbar" option we've seen in older > Skypes. It may default to checked, so I recommend tabbing around and > unchecking that box if you don't want Google Chrome, which is a > browser whose accessibility is unknown to me. The Skype installer > will remember your setting for that checkbox in future, but it's > always a good idea to watch for it. > > Now, about the scripts: > > There is a new script set posted at > > http://www.dlee.org/skype/ > > for Skype 4.1 beta. It will probably also work with Skype 4.0, though > I have not tried that recently. I am calling this version 4.1a, > meaning the first Skype script release for Skype 4.1. > > NOTE: I recommend restarting JAWS once after installing these > scripts, because the names of a number of global variables have > changed, and the old ones can only be cleared out of memory by a JAWS > restart.. > > The rest of this message will describe new features of the scripts. > > First, user-visible changes: > > A double JAWSKey+F1, the standard command for accessing JAWS > script help documents, will take you to an online page at my web site > describing how to use Skype 4.1 with the scripts. This feature is > long overdue, and though I'm sure the online documentation is in need > of updating, it is at least a central starting point, better than > having to fish for info among all the release notes for the various > Skype script releases. > > F2, typed from within a conversation, will turn on and off JAWS' > announcement of timestamps with text messages, if you have enabled the > display of timestamps in Skype itself. This is similar to how F2 > works in AIM. The virtual display of text messages will also be > affected. > > Alt+Numpad5 will now say the position of the current message in > addition to its contents. > > Users that sometimes heard nothing when backspacing in a text message > input box should now hear characters as usual. This script update > fixes a few possible causes of that problem. > > JAWS 9 no longer beeps on arrows, SayLine, etc., in the History list. > The History list is also more appropriately named (perhaps not in > Braille though). > > JAWS auto-announces questions like the one about holding the current call > to make a new one. Also, Ctrl+Shift+E deals with that window instead > of the Accounts panel when it applies. Controls in such a box can now > be reached with the Tab key, as Skype itself made this possible. > > Double Ctrl+numbers no longer switch to the JAWS cursor and restrict it. > A double Ctrl+6 focuses the profile area, and it also works in more > windows. > > If you leave the new Chrome menus in effect in Skype, the scripts will > try to make them speak. Turning these off is still recommended > though. > > If you open the Help/About box and try to move to another window or > application without first closing it, the scripts will close it for > you to keep it from interfering with other windows and applications. > > Any Braille display users who sometimes heard "Unknown function call > to JCPBrailleHelper" should no longer hear that message. > > Users of JAWSKey+V may have noticed that the clipboard could get > overwritten with a funny-looking string of verbosity option info in > certain situations. This is now fixed. > > The script installer includes some attempts to fix a problem wherein > some users are told they have no valid JAWS language folder. > > Finally, internal changes, visible mostly to coders and curious souls > who look at the code: > > This script version officially ends my use of jsl files in public > projects, which means fewer files in the script set. Any jsl files > from previous scripts will not be deleted when you install this > update, however. > > The names of most functions and global variables used in the Skype > scripts have been changed to make them unique enough not to collide > with other scripts that one might have running alongside the Skype > scripts. This was not a frequent problem but did happen to some > people. > > A number of functions from Skype 3 scripts no longer used in Skype 4 > have been removed. > > > -- > Doug Lee dgl at dlee.org http://www.dlee.org > SSB BART Group doug.lee at ssbbartgroup.com > http://www.ssbbartgroup.com > "Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you > to do in the world. So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is > not in vain." --Helen Keller > > 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
