Hi! I couldn't agree more that Skype's interface is not accessible since version 1.0 because developers wanted their app to look shiny and fancy. There's a bunch of applications which uses normal windows and objects set by Windows Classic standard with which you are able to work by tabbing and arrowing and which don't need any additional scripting. Skype could be designed that way and only script intervention would be chat recognizing and automation of reading incoming chat, maybe few more things for reading actual history with Alt + numbers etc. Unfortunately for all of us, it is not, hardly it will ever be and there's nothing we can do but accept the situation for what it is and be grateful to Doug for script developing. Or... We can install Miranda and use the Skype API plugin and try to find out what can we do with it. I used it few years ago for chatting because it was more accessible than scripts in that time, I think that was somewhere about Skype 2.0 or 2.5. I know that Hrvoje still uses this workaround from time to time, maybe he could shed some light on it. I doubt that Miranda can replace all of the Skype functions and that it's hard to configure, but...
----- Original Message ----- From: "alex wallis" <[email protected]> To: "screen access software with skype" <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:27 AM Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] I don't like Skype 4.1 > oh sorry and just to add to my previous message, I guess I look like a > dinosaur already, so might as well complete the picture. > I use internet explorer 6, I don't feel like going near 7 or 8 because I > don't like the tab interface for getting between diferent web pages. also > I have found for some reason there are links which you can press enter on > fine in i e 6, but with i e 7 and 8 if you press enter on them you get a > weird click sound the only way to open them is to do a jaws left click on > them. > > before anyone says anything its not the information bar as that's a kind > of chime it was a solid kind of click. > > so anyway I still run i e 6, though I know eventually I will soon be > forced to upgrade. I am also running firefox for web visum, but I only use > that when I have to. lol sorry I just thought you would all want to know I > am quite conservative when it comes to technology. > > I also refused to use windows live messenger til recently til I found out > about the hacks you can do to its interface to get rid of all the rubbish > on the screen. now if only someone would do something similar for skype. > > 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 > > > to download a tool that will help install skypewatch for jaws users, go to > this link. > http://free-zg.t-com.hr/hkatic/SWSetup.zip > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
