I don't think skype classic is disappearing in the next couple of months or so. depending on which country you are in, you can get great deals on jaws upgrades during june and early july.

My problem is I am stuck with jaws 17 what can I do if skype 7 is left behind?

Remarkible. Arguing with a woman is reading software license agreement. At the end, you have to ignore everything and clic I agree. You can contact me via

Do a search for the NVDA community add-ons page. If you already have NVDA installed alredey go to preferrences, tools, then arrow to add-ons. Tab over to get more add-ons and it will open said page in

how good is the sound quality of the call on skype 8? -------------------------------------------------- Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:08 AM To: <skypeenglish@groups.io> Subject: Re:

Well yes WIN 7 8 and Vista which the ladder is no longer supported.

I understand that the classic Desktop client, Skype 7, will at some point be left behind. I believe it is being replaced by Skype UWP for Windows 10 and Skype 8 for older Windows versions. You are

Lino, where can the WIN 10 App Essentials be gotten from?

So here are some questions, based on what you have said here, Doug: 1. does this skype 8.2 client work with windows 10, or are we going to be forced eventually to use Skype UPW? 2. Is skype 8.2

Thanks again, Doug. You're doing what you can, when you can, and it's appreciated.

aw thank you my friend, I am a jaws user

Skype UWP, also called Skype for Windows 10, only works on Windows 10. Microsoft wrote a new Skype 8.12 client for use on Windows 7, 8.1, etc. I am not done scripting that one yet.

Of course: Windows 7, 8, XP, Vista; not necessarily in that order.

You mean there are windows older than ten? Wow!

Thanks, Doug for clarifying. The Skype uwp scripts: How well do they work with windows 7? Does Skype uwp work with windows 7?

Answering items in two messages in this thread at once: SkypeWatch: There should be no need for this, because Skype UWP uses the Windows 10 Toast system for displaying alerts, and JAWS already speaks

Go to the following URL. Joseph recorded a basic audio tutorial on how to use it with WIN 10. www.josephsl.net/tutorials.

I shall add that Joseph Lee's WIN 10 App Essentials works great for WIN 10 Skype functionality.

Accessability concerning the new Skype for desktop seems to be questionable. I know sighted people that have problems with it. I fail to see the necessity to update at this point.

If you are not user of windows 10, then the best thing for you is new Skype for desktop because it will give you a brand new environment of using Skype. As far as accessibility is concern, everything