What' odd was when I tried to do the conference tutorial I noticed that there were 2 lists and I could not keep track of them. Tey were after I created a chat group and clled the whole thing. I saw 2 lists there and then it got confusing. Ok I'm confused writing about this. Lol.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 10:30 AM To: screen access software with skype Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Conferencingwith Skype4.2.0.141andrunningJaws11.0.756 with Scripts 42A Actually I think the 4.1 and 4.2 interface is fine, though admittedly quite different than 3. In particular, it is very nice that in Skype 4, a person whose connection to a conference drops can dial back in and rejoin without the host having to answer the call. This works as long as the voice conference remains active. If the host doesn't want someone reconnecting, the host can kick that person out; so there is not a security problem, just a lot of convenience for people with flaky Internet connections. It is also easy to redial an entire group with one click in Skype 4. Regarding the re-adding of dropped people, once you realize there's a Call button beside each disconnected participant's name, it isn't that hard to understand intuitively how to manage the conference. Skctl, by the way, is becoming able to manage conferences also. The version I'm currently testing before release can join incoming calls to make a conference, create a conference from scratch, add Skype contacts and even phone numbers to a conference, and should be able to take a held call and add it to a conference without requiring a disconnect first. All of this is done with three commands: Join, Call, and Add. Additionally, you can hang up, and even hold and resume, individual conference members. I don't know if Skype itself allows you to hold/resume individual participants. Ironically though, Skctl currently does not provide a way to put the whole conference on hold with one command. I may get to fix that before the next release, time will tell. For anyone who doesn't already know, Skctl is a command-line Skype interface, and as such, is probably mostly of interest to those among us that are accustomed to command lines. On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:03:56AM -0800, Sarah alawami wrote: All in all that interface is terrible ! Those who remember em tryingto do the tutorial on conferenceing might remember that I had loads of trouble inviting someone back in. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michele Barbi Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:14 AM To: screen access software with skype Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] Conferencing with Skype4.2.0.141andrunningJaws11.0.756 with Scripts 42A Hello all, I will re-paste a message which Doug posted some time ago and which I saved on a secure position because it surely could be useful and not only for me from what I am seeing. It's referred to Skype 4.1 which I am currently using, and procedures work ok for me. Skype 4.2 beta users, test these. Bye! Barbuz ****************** Ok, I have finally gotten round to testing conferencing in Skype 4.1, and I have not encountered any problems, though I'm not sure how many people know how to do everything related to conferencing in Skype 4.1. For reference, and for anyone to add to, improve upon, or just learn from, here are the ways I manage conferences in Skype 4.1: To create a conference by adding an outgoing call to an existing call: Use Invite To Conference instead of Call when calling the second person. To add an incoming call to a conference (directions courtesy of Roger Cusson): Press Ctrl+3 for the Live Conversations List, then Home for the incoming call, then Applications, then choose Invite To Conference. To drop a specific member from a conference, or to re-add one who has dropped: Find the participant list, which I do with a double Ctrl+6 and then a few tabs until I hit a listItem. Then use arrows to select the contact you want, and tab until you hit End Call if you're dropping, or Call if you're adding. Hit Space to activate the button. Note that depending on your profile layout, you may need to use up/down arrows or left/right arrows to move among contacts in the participant list. To eject someone from the conference, which is different than just dropping the call to that person: Same process of finding the participant, but then instead of tabbing to find Call or End Call, RouteJAWSToPC and right click for a Context menu. The last option, quickly reachable with an UpArrow, is Remove from Conversation. This will remove the person from both the call and the text chat, and also from the participant list. If you know the person's Skype ID by heart, a very quick alternative is to go to the chat input window for the conference and type /kick <id>, where <id> is the Skype ID. Notice the slash in front of "kick." To hold, resume, or hang up the entire conference, or to mute or unmute your microphone: Select the appropriate item from the Call menu. If anyone has better methods for any of those, or things I left out, or problems with all this, please write back to the list so we can work out a complete system. I'm doing this because so many people have remarked on having trouble conferencing in 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 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. www.hkprojects.tk and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] 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 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. www.hkprojects.tk and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "There are no guarantees. From a standpoint of fear, none are strong enough. From a standpoint of love, none are necessary." - from Emmanuel's Book II 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 contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. www.hkprojects.tk and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] 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 To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. www.hkprojects.tk and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
