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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Thank you for your nice suggestion. Can you recommend an easier solution than Skype 8 is? Something as simple as Skype 7 was maybe?
The scripts for JAWS are made exactly for making the life easier, and pressing 2 hotkeys instead of 1 usually means an effort 100% harder.
--Octavian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaun Oliver" <blindman75@gmail.com> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:11 PM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. why do people want something for nothing?
I agree that where possible, life should be made easier, but given that Skype is plenty accessible, what you're wanting is quite frankly a lazy way of doing things. It really isn't rocket science, and if answering a call on skype appears as such to you, then I'd strongly suggest a change of communication platform to something less daunting.
On 4/10/2018 21:02, Octavian Rasnita wrote:
This would involve minimizing all apps for going to the desktop, or using another method that involves even more key presses, then finding the skype icon and opening Skype, then tabbing around until the answer or decline buttons get the focus, which is also complicated.
I think that if it is possible to feed a list of keys to Skype 8 automaticly in a JAWS script, then I guess it is also easy to do the same thing in an NVDA module.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
why do people want something for nothing?
I agree that where possible, life should be made easier, but given that Skype is plenty accessible, what you're wanting is quite frankly a lazy way of doing things. It really isn't rocket science, and if answering a call on skype appears as such to you, then I'd strongly suggest a change of communication platform to something less daunting.
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On 4/10/2018 21:02, Octavian Rasnita wrote: This would involve minimizing all apps for going to the desktop, or using another method that involves even more key presses, then finding the skype icon and opening Skype, then tabbing around until the answer or decline buttons get the focus, which is also complicated.
I think that if it is possible to feed a list of keys to Skype 8 automaticly in a JAWS script, then I guess it is also easy to do the same thing in an NVDA module.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
you can't get blood out of a stone, and given both the API and SDK no longer exist, you'd have god's own job of creating such a thing, not to mention the legal troubles you'd have should you be found out.
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On 4/10/2018 20:14, Joseph Machise wrote: well Clare for a while I was using a modified GW, if I new how to program I would make it work with windows 7 &10 the hell with microsoft from Joseph.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
I don't think GWConnect will ever come back, partly because GWMicro was
taken over as someone else has already mentioned, partly because some
special API which allowed GWConnect to be created no longer exists. So there
are really only two choices now as far as I can tell, either Skype 8 or the
Windows 10 version.
Bye for now, and happy skyping, whatever version you use for it!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Joseph Machise
Sent: jeudi 4 octobre 2018 12:14
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Clare thanks hope they get GW back again under another name from Joseph.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running
anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so
if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can
minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since
I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned
how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp,
and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so
I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and
you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call
arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Joseph, as much as you go on about wanting GWConnect back, it will never happen.
Quite apart from anything else, much of the API that was used to create it is now deprecated, thus, no third party application can be made from the now defunked SDK.
There is little point in wanting something that simply will never be.
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On 4/10/2018 19:44, Joseph Machise wrote: Clare thanks hope they get GW back again under another name from Joseph.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
I do not have plans to add something like Alt+PgUp as a JAWS script or NVDA command, for several reasons. I would consider it if there were an API-based way to answer a call, because that would be more reliable than trying to
script a series of UI actions. Also, making a key to answer calls would require me to add default-level scripts to Skype 8 so the key could work outside of Skype itself.
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On Thu, Oct 04, 2018 at 02:32:01PM +0300, Octavian Rasnita wrote: This would involve minimizing all apps for going to the desktop, or using another method that involves even more key presses, then finding the skype icon and opening Skype, then tabbing around until the answer or decline buttons get the focus, which is also complicated. I think that if it is possible to feed a list of keys to Skype 8 automaticly in a JAWS script, then I guess it is also easy to do the same thing in an NVDA module. --Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running
anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so
if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can
minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since
I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned
how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp,
and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so
I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and
you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call
arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
-- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.orgLevel Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.comWhat is most worth paying for, you buy with the life you live. (11/10/07)
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
This would involve minimizing all apps for going to the desktop, or using another method that involves even more key presses, then finding the skype icon and opening Skype, then tabbing around until the answer or decline buttons get the focus, which is also complicated.
I think that if it is possible to feed a list of keys to Skype 8 automaticly in a JAWS script, then I guess it is also easy to do the same thing in an NVDA module.
--Octavian
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Joseph Machise <josephmachise@...>
well Clare for a while I was using a modified GW, if I new how to program I would make it work with windows 7 &10 the hell with microsoft from Joseph.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi!
I don't think GWConnect will ever come back, partly because GWMicro was
taken over as someone else has already mentioned, partly because some
special API which allowed GWConnect to be created no longer exists. So there
are really only two choices now as far as I can tell, either Skype 8 or the
Windows 10 version.
Bye for now, and happy skyping, whatever version you use for it!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Joseph Machise
Sent: jeudi 4 octobre 2018 12:14
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Clare thanks hope they get GW back again under another name from Joseph.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running
anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so
if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can
minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since
I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned
how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp,
and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so
I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and
you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call
arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Clare Page <clare.page@...>
Hi!
I don't think GWConnect will ever come back, partly because GWMicro was
taken over as someone else has already mentioned, partly because some
special API which allowed GWConnect to be created no longer exists. So there
are really only two choices now as far as I can tell, either Skype 8 or the
Windows 10 version.
Bye for now, and happy skyping, whatever version you use for it!
From Clare
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
-----Original Message----- From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Joseph Machise Sent: jeudi 4 octobre 2018 12:14 To: skypeenglish@groups.io Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Clare thanks hope they get GW back again under another name from Joseph. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:57 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running
anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so
if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can
minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since
I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned
how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp,
and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so
I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and
you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call
arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Joseph Machise <josephmachise@...>
Clare thanks hope they get GW back again under another name from Joseph.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Page" <clare.page@wanadoo.fr> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 4:57 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
-----Original Message-----
From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Octavian Rasnita
Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in
default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and
one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because
that can't be solved.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Clare Page <clare.page@...>
Hi!
It's all very well to say that a keystroke such as alt+page up should be
added to the JAWS scripts of Skype 8, but that won't help users of other
screen-readers. I'm not sure that such a keystroke is necessary anyway.
Doug's way of answering Skype calls seems rather complicated to me ,
although that may make seeing who the caller is a bit easier. I am lucky
that the Skype calls I receive are from people I know, and in most cases I
have warning that I am going to receive a call, so I go into the Skype
window in Skype 8, which I tend to leave open while Skype is running anyway,
and press Tab till I find the Answer button. There's a Decline button too,
which comes before the Answer button while tabbing through the window, so if
you don't want to take the incoming call, you can use that instead.
If you don't want to keep the Skype window open like I do, you can minimise
it with alt+f4 like you did in older versions of Skype, and pressing Enter
on the Skype icon on your desktop will open the Skype window again. Since I
rarely minimize the Skype window while my Skype 8 is running, I don't know
if an incoming call will make that window appear, that's why I mentioned how
to open it while Skype is still running.
I hope this helps!
Bye for now!
From Clare
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
-----Original Message----- From: skypeenglish@groups.io [mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io] On Behalf Of Octavian Rasnita Sent: mercredi 3 octobre 2018 18:01 To: skypeenglish@groups.io Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. Hi Doug, Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in default.jss? If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and one of the problems could be solved. I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because that can't be solved. --Octavian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window.
Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the
Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab
to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to
the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This
situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam
calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but
that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call
arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi Doug,
Can't be made a script that executes these hotkeys, a script stored in default.jss?
If it would be possible, we could assign a hotkey for it, say Alt+PgUp, and one of the problems could be solved.
I hope that it is not a problem that the window uses a web widget, because that can't be solved.
--Octavian
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 4:36 PM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window. Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote:
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's
character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Lino Morales <linomorales001@...>
Hi Steve. You sir said it best. Joseph you are making it too hard on yourself young man. V 8 is not hard to use.
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From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> on behalf of Stephen Troy <stephentroy1961@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 9:09:11 AM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
joseph, I think you may be waiting a long-time for a new version of gw
connect. if memory serves, the company providing that particular
software were bought by AI Squared who were subsequently taken over by
freedom scientific who are in bed with microsoft, so there's not
likely to be an alternative to Skype produced, or marketed, any time
soon.
if Skype 8 is so difficult, and I can't comment because I've not
tried 8 yet, perhaps people should think about switching to using the
phone app with an external keyboard if they don't fancy the double
tapping all the time required to type messages or find dictation a
pain.
receiving and making calls are certainly straightforward.
On 03/10/2018, Joseph Machise <josephmachise@...> wrote:
> well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
> Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@...>
> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
>
>
>> My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that
>>
>> if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
>>
>> typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
>> simply
>> connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
>> illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
>> and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
>> I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives,
>>
>> I
>> only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
>> a
>> call, I tested it sometimes.
>> Bye!
>> Barbuz
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Doug Lee dgl@...
http://www.dlee.org
>> Level Access doug.lee@...
>> http://www.LevelAccess.com
>> "I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
>> forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
The plan for taking an incoming call in Skype 8 is this:
1. Make a shortcut key that immediately puts focus on the Skype 8 window. Do this by assigning a shortcut key, such as Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K, to the Skype 8 Desktop shortcut.
2. When a call comes in, type your shortcut, tab for caller ID, then tab to the Answer button and press Space.
This is more keystrokes than Alt+PgUp was, but it is also less prone to the, "Oh goodness, I did not mean to pick up that call!" situation. This situation would be my description of most calls I get, because of spam calls that
are made to my phone number, which I route through Skype specifically so I can handle such things intelligently.
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 08:36:20AM -0400, Joseph Machise wrote: well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
-- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.orgLevel Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." -Abraham Lincoln
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
joseph, I think you may be waiting a long-time for a new version of gw
connect. if memory serves, the company providing that particular
software were bought by AI Squared who were subsequently taken over by
freedom scientific who are in bed with microsoft, so there's not
likely to be an alternative to Skype produced, or marketed, any time
soon.
if Skype 8 is so difficult, and I can't comment because I've not
tried 8 yet, perhaps people should think about switching to using the
phone app with an external keyboard if they don't fancy the double
tapping all the time required to type messages or find dictation a
pain.
receiving and making calls are certainly straightforward.
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On 03/10/2018, Joseph Machise <josephmachise@comcast.net> wrote: well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with
Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org>
To: <skypeenglish@groups.io>
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that
if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you
typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and
simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the
illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature
and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives,
I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending
a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Joseph Machise <josephmachise@...>
well dug until we get a new version of GW connect, and say the hell with Microsoft do you have a hot key for answering a call
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Lee" <dgl@dlee.org> To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype. My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote:
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives, I
only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending a
call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
--
Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org
Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com
"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember
forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
My experience says Ctrl+Shift+P never answered a call in Skype 8, but that if you happened to be displaying the same contact that called you and you typed Ctrl+Shift+P, Skype tried to initiate a call to that person and simply
connected to the incoming call as a result. This could easily give the illusion that Ctrl+Shift+P answers calls if you are testing the feature and thus are likely to be showing that exact contact when a call arrives.
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On Wed, Oct 03, 2018 at 02:03:13PM +0200, Michele Barbi wrote: I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives, I only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending a call, I tested it sometimes. Bye! Barbuz -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.orgLevel Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com"I forgot, because I wanted to forget, except I don't remember forgetting." --Sarah Alawami
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
I'll try ctrl+shift+p the next time I sign in on Skype and a call arrives, I only used it for starting a call. Anyway I can confirm ctrl+e for ending a call, I tested it sometimes.
Bye!
Barbuz
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Sarah k Alawami
I'll have to try that again as today I think I messed up, but I was not
having a good windows day anyway. Lol! I'm too used to hitting alt for
the skype commands on windows not control. Lol!
On 2 Oct 2018, at 15:36, Michele Barbi wrote:
Sarah, I though they wanted to know the command for Windows which is
ctrl+shift+p as someone else pointed out already. Cmd+shift+r is for
Mac users.
Bye!
Barbuz
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
inam din
Dear friends, whenever call comes to me in Skype 8, I use to take that call with ctrl+shift+p trust me!
With regards from Inamuddin with the Skype ID:
Charlsdarwin1
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From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> on behalf of Shaun Oliver <blindman75@...>
Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2018 8:14:38 AM
To: skypeenglish@groups.io
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
there isn't a command to answer calls, other than to tab to the button and press on it.
do not quote me on this, but I think ending a call is ctrl+e
On 3/10/2018 03:59, Lino Morales wrote:
I don’t remember the URL Sarah or was it Doug Lee gave out for keyboard shortcuts. Sorry.
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do you no the answer call commands and the end call command
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Well be sure and run the latest JAWS 2018 build. I use NVDA and I have no problem updating Skype 8.
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because my jaws has trouble reading every time there is a new version
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Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2018 1:57 PM
Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Now why would you want to turn off updates? I don’t believe their is an option to do that.
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help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi list how can I turn off my updates, and what are the new commands for answering the new skype, tried control k or control p and no luck, also control q still works for quitting the skype. What are the new commands for answering and ending a call from
Joseph.
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Re: help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
there isn't a command to answer calls, other than to tab to the
button and press on it.
do not quote me on this, but I think ending a call is ctrl+e
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On 3/10/2018 03:59, Lino Morales wrote:
I don’t remember the URL Sarah or was it
Doug Lee gave out for keyboard shortcuts. Sorry.
Sent from
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do you no the answer call
commands and the end call command
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October
02, 2018 2:15 PM
Subject: Re:
[skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Well be sure and run the latest JAWS
2018 build. I use NVDA and I have no problem updating
Skype 8.
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because my jaws has trouble
reading every time there is a new version
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday,
October 02, 2018 1:57 PM
Subject: Re:
[skypeenglish] help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Now why would you want to turn off
updates? I don’t believe their is an option to do
that.
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help with the new 8.3 version of skype.
Hi list how can I turn off my updates, and what
are the new commands for answering the new skype,
tried control k or control p and no luck, also
control q still works for quitting the skype. What
are the new commands for answering and ending a
call from Joseph.
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