thanks again for all the work you do for us Doug. I'll go and get the scripts now.
Alex klango ID: alex-thynne skype name: grytpype2006 windows live messenger name: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Doug Lee Sent: 27 October 2010 07:09 To: screen access software with skype Subject: [Skypeenglish] JAWS scripts for Skype 5.0b released, and a change in how releases will be done... I have just released version 5.0b of the JAWS scripts for Skype. Please read this and my web site carefully, as there are some significant happenings to observe. First, I have dropped from my site the scripts for Skype versions older than 3.5 in order to simplify the task of finding things on the site. I have also split out the scripts for Skype 5.0 from earlier script versions; they now have their own page, and that is the page you will first see when going to my Skype script site. Skype script version 5.0b is the first script version that will not support older Skypes. Specifically, 5.0b will support only Skype 5.0 Gold and newer Skype versions. It will not support Skype 5.0 beta versions or Skype 4.x versions. This will make it easier for me to update things going forward. The 5.0a scripts remain on my site of course, for anyone wishing to use Skype 5.0 beta or Skype 4.x versions. Finally, to speed release of script updates, I am changing my strategy a bit for posting changes: Until I have to do something major warranting a completely new script release, I will begin simply updating 5.0b "in place" and adding to the list of changes in the scripts on the web site. This means that 5.0b next week may be newer than 5.0b today, but it also means I don't have to package a new release, create a new release web page, update lists of versions valid for each Skype version, etc., for every bug fix. I will plan to announce updates on this mailing list as usual. A list of changes in 5.0b, as compared to 5.0a, follows. To download the scripts, go to my Skype script site, http://www.dlee.org/skype/ JAWSKey+Q will tell you which actual script revision you have, besides saying "5.0b." This is so that if you find a problem, you can still tell us exactly which scripts you are running. Ctrl+4, the command for focusing the typing area of a chat, works again. Ctrl+Shift+D, the command for bringing up the Dial Pad quickly in a live call, works again. Ctrl+8 moves to the Skype Home area of the Skype window from any other part of the window. Note that this is sometimes accomplished by activating a menu option, so sighted JAWS users may see a menu appear and disappear quickly, and JAWS may occasionally say, "Leaving menus," as focus moves to the Skype Home area. Skypewatch no longer reads the buttons that come up on call notifications, making the notifications much easier to understand in time. The Help/About screen now comes up in a JAWS virtual buffer, which makes it possible to review. JAWS should name the "Search contacts, groups, and conversations" edit box correctly. JAWS should again, as in previous Skype and script versions, avoid using an incorrect name for the edit box used to rename a contact. (This box has no name.) When possible, Alt+numbers and arrows for chat reading will include any extra elements of a chat message, like for sent contacts, voicemails, file transfers, etc., if they exist in MSAA. Arrowing through a list of chat messages will read messages in the same way as Alt+numbers/arrows, avoiding a fair amount of redundancy and confusion. The message count announced as you arrow through a chat message list should again be correct. Ctrl+Tab should work again to switch among chat windows in JAWS 11 and 12 and Skype Compact view even when a chat window has automatically popped open due to an incoming chat. The method used to solve this problem requires that your Task Bar icons are not grouped by similarity however, which means this fix will fail unless you have changed that setting in Windows from its default. This fix may also fail for chats with very long names. -- Doug Lee [email protected] http://www.dlee.org SSB BART Group [email protected] http://www.ssbbartgroup.com Freedom is not the ability to have what we want. Freedom is merely the ability to seek it. To be free defines what we can do, not what we can get. (03/28/05) 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. http://www.hrvojekatic.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. http://www.hrvojekatic.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
