On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Mich Verrier <michv@...> wrote:

Hi all I am running Skype™‎   Version 7.41.0.101 on windows 10 and jaws 2018.is this the version that is not going to work after September? And if so where do I get skype 8? From Mich.

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> On Behalf Of Josephine Hirsch
Sent: July 16, 2018 3:23 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

When I tried Skype 8 on Windows, and it have no option for checking my voicemail.. It is basically for Windows 10, and I have Windows 7 as my computer's OSSo I switched it back to Skype Classic

On 7/16/2018 2:20 PM, Dan Eickmeier via Groups.Io wrote:

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike.  When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version.  Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On
Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic?  What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Josephine Hirsch <animalsloversjh@...> wrote:

When I tried Skype 8 on Windows, and it have no option for checking my voicemail.. It is basically for Windows 10, and I have Windows 7 as my computer's OSSo I switched it back to Skype Classic

On 7/16/2018 2:20 PM, Dan Eickmeier via Groups.Io wrote:

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike. When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:31 PM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

It was me who sent the email with all the messed up characters in it.  I use both Jaws and NVDA and sometimes when I have to switch between them, this little issue happens.  Doesn't happen all the time but when it does it is a real pain.  Again, sorry for the confusion.


Stewart

Hi all I am running Skype™‎ Version 7.41.0.101 on windows 10 and jaws 2018.is this the version that is not going to work after September? And if so where do I get skype 8? From Mich.

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> On Behalf Of Josephine Hirsch
Sent: July 16, 2018 3:23 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

When I tried Skype 8 on Windows, and it have no option for checking my voicemail.. It is basically for Windows 10, and I have Windows 7 as my computer's OSSo I switched it back to Skype Classic

On 7/16/2018 2:20 PM, Dan Eickmeier via Groups.Io wrote:

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike. When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On
Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike. When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On
Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike. When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Josephine Hirsch <animalsloversjh@...> wrote:

That really sucks, and I only have Windows 7 for my computer's OS


On 7/16/2018 2:19 PM, Shaun Oliver wrote:

it did say across all platforms, so that does include mac.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:20 PM, Dan Eickmeier via Groups.Io <va3ets2000@...> wrote:

Yeah I couldn’t agree more Mike.  When i first tried Skype 8 on the mac, I tried it briefly, I decided to totally abandon it, and have switched to zoom.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version.  Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic?  What happens now?

it did say across all platforms, so that does include mac.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 3:02 PM, Mike Bernard via Groups.Io <mbern6516@...> wrote:

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

What concerns me, is the interface. Particularly the contacts list. People I know who are screen reader users, have complained that in Skype 8, they have no way to know when someone is either online, offline, away, Etc. Then of course, there's the confrence call thing, sending ims and command structure as a whole and so forth. I've heard reviews from both the sighted and the blind, and unfortunately, none of them have been good. Basically, many people are saying, "what the heck did microsoft do to this program?" That's not actually the way I wanted to put it, but I didn't want to come out and curse on the list. But trust me when I say, people are hating this new version. Just in case, I'm also looking into another voip program.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sarah k Alawami
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 2:42 PM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] What now?

Basically after September u won’t be able to use it. I would learn the skype 8. It actually is not that bad. Ive ben using it for my job since about maybe July or late June and I am actually loving it.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 12:18 PM, Michele Barbi <barbi.michele@...> wrote:

Hello guys,
I just read the article but I don't know if the information is referring to Windows or also to Mac.
Bye!
Barbuz

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:55 AM, Simon w via Groups.Io <gonws2000@...> wrote:

Hi, what’s with all these weird symbols in this email below.

On Jul 16, 2018, at 1:47 PM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

Okay.� Another dumb question possibly.� Is Skype accessible without� scripts or do I need them.� Also, I'm using Win 7 64-bit and Jaws 2018.� Any accessibility issues I should know about? Thanks

On 7/16/2018 1:43 PM, Lino Morales wrote:

Its simple. Use Skype 8.X on WIN 7 or the UWP app on WIN 10.

Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10

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*From:* skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> on behalf of cecropia64 <cecropia64@...>
*Sent:* Monday, July 16, 2018 1:36:33 PM
*To:* skypeenglish@groups.io
*Subject:* [skypeenglish] What now?
So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic?� What
happens now?

On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:36 AM, cecropia64 <cecropia64@...> wrote:

So what does this mean for those of us using Skype classic? What happens now?