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Re: Reassign command key not working
Léonie Watson
Thank you Doug. That's sorted it out. Much appreciated.
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On 31/08/2018 15:11, Doug Lee wrote:
I updated the Skype electron scripts at http://www.dlee.org/skype/electron/ to fix this issue. --
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Re: Reassign command key not working
Doug Lee
I updated the Skype electron scripts at http://www.dlee.org/skype/electron/ to fix this issue.
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 01:41:47PM +0100, L??onie Watson wrote:
Thanks Doug. I can confirm your findings. The config was in index.jcf, and copying it to the skypeelectron.jcf file does the trick. Thanks for this workaround. On 31/08/2018 13:35, Doug Lee wrote: I have confirmed your issue. This is an unexpected side effect of changes made to support the latest update to JAWS 2018. In fact the entry for your change is being created, but in the wrong file, probably Index.jcf in your-- @LeonieWatson @tink@toot.cafe Carpe diem -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com "I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum." Bishop Desmond Tutu
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Re: Reassign command key not working
Léonie Watson
Thanks Doug.
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I can confirm your findings. The config was in index.jcf, and copying it to the skypeelectron.jcf file does the trick. Thanks for this workaround.
On 31/08/2018 13:35, Doug Lee wrote:
I have confirmed your issue. This is an unexpected side effect of changes made to support the latest update to JAWS 2018. In fact the entry for your change is being created, but in the wrong file, probably Index.jcf in your --
@LeonieWatson @tink@toot.cafe Carpe diem
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Re: Reassign command key not working
Doug Lee
I have confirmed your issue. This is an unexpected side effect of changes made to support the latest update to JAWS 2018. In fact the entry for your change is being created, but in the wrong file, probably Index.jcf in your
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JAWS user folder. Placing that entry (with its section name if necessary) into skypeelectron.jcf should work until I can fix this.
On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 08:56:54AM +0100, L??onie Watson wrote:
Hello, Using the most recent two versions of the scripts for Electron/Skype 8 (47 and 59), I'm no longer able to reassign the command key. I'm using [ (left bracket) then capslock c (on a laptop), which up until now has worked in all previous versions. To all intents and purposes it appears to work now, Jaws confirms that the reassignment has been made, but it just doesn't actually seem to have happened. My preferred assignment for the command key is the ` (graav/back tick) character, but I've tried several different keys and can't get the reassignment to stick with any of them. Hoping someone can confirm and/or help. Thanks. -- @LeonieWatson @tink@toot.cafe Carpe diem -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com Snowmen fall from heaven, unassembled. --anon
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Reassign command key not working
Léonie Watson
Hello,
Using the most recent two versions of the scripts for Electron/Skype 8 (47 and 59), I'm no longer able to reassign the command key. I'm using [ (left bracket) then capslock c (on a laptop), which up until now has worked in all previous versions. To all intents and purposes it appears to work now, Jaws confirms that the reassignment has been made, but it just doesn't actually seem to have happened. My preferred assignment for the command key is the ` (graav/back tick) character, but I've tried several different keys and can't get the reassignment to stick with any of them. Hoping someone can confirm and/or help. Thanks. -- @LeonieWatson @tink@toot.cafe Carpe diem
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Re: A Very Bad News
Dear friends, until today I have been using Skype 8 but after a tweet from Skype support, I have uninstalled Skype 8 and installed Skype 7 in order to know what will happen with me on September 2018 which will be tomorrow! At the moment I’m on 9 30 am on Friday August 31st 2018. I think that Microsoft will allow us to sign Skype 7 until April 2019. I’m using Skype classic in order to experience the actual policy of Microsoft in this regard! As far rumour is concern, no it is not rumor at least more than one tweet from Skype support confirming that Microsoft will no longer support Skype classic after September first 2018. With regards from Inamuddin with the Skype ID: Charlsdarwin1
You can contact me via gmail: outlook: yahoo: Add my Skype ID: Follow me on my twitter ID: Call me on my cell numbers: +92-334-3348409
From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> on behalf of Mike DeZinno <mike@...>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 8:53:36 AM To: skypeenglish@groups.io Subject: Re: [skypeenglish] A Very Bad News Good evening all,
I thought this topic of Skype 7 going away September 1st was debunked as a roomer, and the April 2019 target date was still in place? But in any case, from the conversations we have seen hear in our group, Skype 8. is workable as a valid upgrade with only a few minor glitches. Either way I've been planning to up grade this weekend since Skype 7 is going away anyhow eventually I don't see the wisdom in putting off the inevitable until April next year when we all would be forced into the change anyway. Between Doug Lee's advice and what we share openly between all our capable members this is just another one of those transitions we go through from time to time until we get to the other side an put all our concerns behind us. If I may share a little personal experience; I first came into the world of screen readers back in 1987 when all we had was external speech boxes running on DOS 2.0. LOL When DOS was going away they were telling all of us in the blind community to buy up all the latest versions of any DOS software we could get because the blind will never be able to use windows with its GuI interface of all pictures and graphics. Well in hind sight we all know what nonsense that turned out to be. I rely upon Skype for earning a living and my global communications and don't look forward to the learning curve and the hours or days of inventing new work-arounds for all the tasks I must accomplish each day; But if change is coming then I must be willing to embrace that change along with the rest of the world. If we all continue to communicate and share our discoveries we will all be ok in the end. For those of us here in the USA, have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend, For our members outside the States, have a blessed weekend also, Mike from SC also At 04:48 PM 8/30/2018, you wrote: This would be a good question for the disability help desk
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Re: A Very Bad News
Mike DeZinno
Good evening all,
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I thought this topic of Skype 7 going away September 1st was debunked as a roomer, and the April 2019 target date was still in place? But in any case, from the conversations we have seen hear in our group, Skype 8. is workable as a valid upgrade with only a few minor glitches. Either way I've been planning to up grade this weekend since Skype 7 is going away anyhow eventually I don't see the wisdom in putting off the inevitable until April next year when we all would be forced into the change anyway. Between Doug Lee's advice and what we share openly between all our capable members this is just another one of those transitions we go through from time to time until we get to the other side an put all our concerns behind us. If I may share a little personal experience; I first came into the world of screen readers back in 1987 when all we had was external speech boxes running on DOS 2.0. LOL When DOS was going away they were telling all of us in the blind community to buy up all the latest versions of any DOS software we could get because the blind will never be able to use windows with its GuI interface of all pictures and graphics. Well in hind sight we all know what nonsense that turned out to be. I rely upon Skype for earning a living and my global communications and don't look forward to the learning curve and the hours or days of inventing new work-arounds for all the tasks I must accomplish each day; But if change is coming then I must be willing to embrace that change along with the rest of the world. If we all continue to communicate and share our discoveries we will all be ok in the end. For those of us here in the USA, have a happy and safe Labor Day Weekend, For our members outside the States, have a blessed weekend also, Mike from SC also At 04:48 PM 8/30/2018, you wrote:
This would be a good question for the disability help desk
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bad news.
Kimmie
Well I’m halfway through September first and have still got skype seven. I don’t think they know where their whatsit is.
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Re: A Very Bad News
James Malone
This would be a good question for the disability help desk
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Re: A Very Bad News
James Malone
I thought Microsoft was going to extend the sky classic. What happened?
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On Aug 30, 2018, at 11:08 AM, inam din <inam092@...> wrote:
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Re: A Very Bad News
Shaun Oliver
this does not surprise me either.
On 31/08/2018 04:01, Sarah k Alawami
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Re: A Very Bad News
Thanks. Yeah I’m very curious as to why they reneged on the statement that they said that it would ot die for some time.
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On 30 Aug 2018, at 11:38, Doug Lee wrote:
This is all coming from a tweet. I tweeted back asking for verification as to whether that tweet represents old and outdated info or an actual policy change. I'll report when I know more.
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Re: A Very Bad News
Doug Lee
This is all coming from a tweet. I tweeted back asking for verification as to whether that tweet represents old and outdated info or an actual policy change. I'll report when I know more.
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 11:31:32AM -0700, Sarah k Alawami wrote:
Wait, I'm now very confused. they said they would not do this and now they back tracked, again? Why am I not surprised! On 30 Aug 2018, at 11:08, inam din wrote: Respected friends, today I'd like to share with you a very bad news specially for those who are using Skype 7. According to Skype support, Skype classic will be retired on September first 2018 here is a tweet from Skype support: Skype Support, @sean_t_ellis Hi. Good day. You are right, Skype Classic (version 7.x) will be retired on 1st of September 2018. Is there anything that you would like to bring up or share? an hour ago, Sprinklr Prod1 With regards from Inamuddin with the Skype ID: Charlsdarwin1 You can contact me via gmail: [1]inamuddin09@gmail.com [2]Inamuddin.ronaque@gmail.com outlook: [3]inam092@outlook.com yahoo: [4]inamuddin2010@yahoo.ca Add my Skype ID: charlsdarwin1 Meet me on facebook: [5]www.facebook.com/inamuddin786 Follow me on my twitter ID: [6]www.twitter.com/charlsdarwin1 Call me on my cell numbers: +92-300-2227598 +92-334-3348409 References 1. mailto:inamuddin09@gmail.com 2. mailto:Inamuddin.ronaque@gmail.com 3. mailto:inam092@outlook.com 4. mailto:inamuddin2010@yahoo.ca 5. http://www.facebook.com/inamuddin786 6. http://www.twitter.com/charlsdarwin1 7. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/message/3085 8. mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20A%20Very%20Bad%20News 9. mailto:marrie12@gmail.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20A%20Very%20Bad%20News 10. https://groups.io/mt/25119667/409874 11. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/post 12. http://www.dlee.org/skype/ 13. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/editsub/409874 14. mailto:skypeenglish+owner@groups.io 15. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/leave/defanged -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com Time is the friend of one who is true, and the enemy of one who isn't. (02/05/2010)
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Re: Microsoft Backtracks, Classic Skype Lives to See Another Day - Thurrott.com
Dear, you have shared something about 15 days old or something but I’m letting you know the news of about an hour a go! With regards from Inamuddin with the Skype ID: Charlsdarwin1
You can contact me via gmail: outlook: yahoo: Add my Skype ID: Follow me on my twitter ID: Call me on my cell numbers: +92-334-3348409
From: skypeenglish@groups.io <skypeenglish@groups.io> on behalf of Josephine Hirsch <animalsloversjh@...>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 11:29:34 PM To: skypeenglish@groups.io Subject: [skypeenglish] Microsoft Backtracks, Classic Skype Lives to See Another Day - Thurrott.com I checked on Skype Classic, and Microsoft backtracked until sometimes in
April 2019 or so. i heard stories that sighted world and those of who uses JAWS, NVDA, System Access To Go, and otehr screenreaders do not the Skype Electron because it is hard to use if you got Windows 7 as your computer OS or earlier https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/microsoft-consumer-services/skype/165295/microsoft-backtracks-classic-skype-lives-see-another-day
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Re: A Very Bad News
Wait, I’m now very confused. they said they would not do this and now they back tracked, again? Why am I not surprised!
On 30 Aug 2018, at 11:08, inam din wrote:
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Microsoft Backtracks, Classic Skype Lives to See Another Day - Thurrott.com
Josephine Hirsch
I checked on Skype Classic, and Microsoft backtracked until sometimes in April 2019 or so. i heard stories that sighted world and those of who uses JAWS, NVDA, System Access To Go, and otehr screenreaders do not the Skype Electron because it is hard to use if you got Windows 7 as your computer OS or earlier
https://www.thurrott.com/cloud/microsoft-consumer-services/skype/165295/microsoft-backtracks-classic-skype-lives-see-another-day
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A Very Bad News
Respected friends, today I’d like to share with you a very bad news specially for those who are using Skype 7. According to Skype support, Skype classic will be retired on September first 2018 here is a tweet from Skype support: Skype Support, @sean_t_ellis Hi. Good day. You are right, Skype Classic (version 7.x) will be retired on 1st of September 2018. Is there anything that you would like to bring up or share? an hour ago, Sprinklr Prod1 With regards from Inamuddin with the Skype ID: Charlsdarwin1
You can contact me via gmail: outlook: yahoo: Add my Skype ID: Follow me on my twitter ID: Call me on my cell numbers: +92-334-3348409
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Re: skype bug
Doug Lee
I did try it myself before writing last time. :-) It took me to the site to edit that information, so I said I think that's just what it does. Not sure why you got signed out though.
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My specific sequence for comparison, both then and now: - Space on my name in main screen. - Space on my location button (the button's name is my current location). - Select "Edit" from the resulting menu. - The website opens for me to edit there.
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 03:52:06PM +0930, Marvin Hunkin via Groups.Io wrote:
Hi. okay, I press on my name, and the settings, when it has the name of my location, and a button, town and country, then hear the menu, and the edit field and the copy link, then I put it in, press enter, the menu comes up, press enter, then either takes me to the site or signs me out. Thanks. Ps: try doing that yourself. Virus-free. [1]www.avast.com References Visible links 1. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&;utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 2. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/message/3081 3. mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 4. mailto:neilmarvin@yahoo.com?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 5. https://groups.io/mt/25071545/409874 6. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/post 7. http://www.dlee.org/skype/ 8. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/editsub/409874 9. mailto:skypeenglish+owner@groups.io 10. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/leave/defanged Hidden links: 12. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&;utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 13. file://localhost/Users/dlee/tmp/neomutt-mini-501-99760-13345447555975177616#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2 -- Doug Lee dgl@dlee.org http://www.dlee.org Level Access doug.lee@LevelAccess.com http://www.LevelAccess.com "The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere." - Anne Morrow Lindbergh {American Author}
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skype bug
Marvin Hunkin <neilmarvin@...>
Hi. okay, I press on my name, and the settings, when it has the name of my location, and a button, town and country, then hear the menu, and the edit field and the copy link, then I put it in, press enter, the menu comes up, press enter, then either takes me to the site or signs me out. Thanks. Ps: try doing that yourself.
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Re: skype bug
Hello Doug, Yes, when I press Alt from within the Skype 8's window, the menubar with the menus appears on the top, right below the titlebar of the window. I can visually see it appear there. Actually, I've now checked and it turns out that the accelerator letters are not underlined in the menus even when Skype 8 is in english, but the commands like Alt+F, Alt+E, etc. do still work. ______ На 29.8.2018 г. в 20:12, Doug Lee
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Hidden by default, you say. Does this mean you know a way to make a menubar surface in Skype 8 for Windows Desktop? I only glanced quickly, but I saw no indication in window, MSAA, or UIA structures that a menubar is present at all in the application; so I assumed that the Alt+F/E/H etc. hotkeys were simply tied directly to functions without there being an associated menubar. When you say File etc. have no underlined letters though, it again sounds like you have seen an actual menubar somehow. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:59:06AM +0300, Kostadin Kolev wrote: Hello Doug, Actually, strangely enough, there is a menubar in Skype 8 Desktop (at least in the one for Windows). The menubar however is hidden by default and it is not visually on the screen. When Alt is pressed though, the focus does not move to it. I've reported this bug to Microsoft via the Feedback Hub in Windows 10, but this hasn't been fixed yet, even in the insider builds of Skype 8 Desktop. And by the way, the people using Skype 8 in english are lucky to be able to use keyboard commands such as Alt+F, Alt+E, etc. When Skype 8 is in bulgarian for example, those commands do not work at all. In most localized to bulgarian applications, pressing Alt+F (that is the equivalent of F for the cyrillic alphabet), opens the "File" menu if available. In Skype 8 however, even that does not work. And no surprise that it does not - there are no accelerators defined for those menus in the bulgarian translation of Skype 8 (there are no letters there underlined). The reason for no accelerators may be automated translation of those menus - who knows... ______ Best wishes, Kostadin Kolev Na 29.8.2018 g. v 10:26, Doug Lee napisa: The Alt+F/E/H etc. commands are probably provided for our convenience. To my kno wledge, there is actually no menu bar in Skype 8; so the Alt key will not go any where by itself. I think you are taken to a website to edit your location, but I don't fully unde rstand your paragraph about that process. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 03:53:48PM +0930, Marvin Hunkin via Groups.Io wrote: Hi. when I go to my profile and then try to change the town I am in, no longer in that town, and if I then type in the edit field for skype 8.29, and then or skype windows 8.28, windows 10 64 bit pro and using jaws 2018. Then if I press on the menu, takes me to the skype site or signs me out. Is there a way to change it, did change it on the site, but not sure if changed in the app. Also with jaws, if I press alt, nothing happens and cannot move left and right arrow, have to press alt f, e, v, t, h etc. Any ideas or work arounds and has any one posted this bug feedback to Microsoft. Thanks. Virus-free. [1]www.avast.com References Visible links 1. [1]https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_ca mpaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 2. [2]https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/message/3076 3. [3]mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype% 20bug 4. [4]mailto:neilmarvin@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D %20skype%20bug 5. [5]https://groups.io/mt/25071545/409874 6. [6]https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/post 7. [7]http://www.dlee.org/skype/ 8. [8]https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/editsub/409874 9. [9]mailto:skypeenglish+owner@groups.io 10. [10]https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/leave/defanged Hidden links: 12. [11]https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_c ampaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 13. [12]file://localhost/Users/dlee/tmp/neomutt-mini-501-99760-716425087197894 7606#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2 References 1. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 2. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/message/3076 3. mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io?subject=Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 4. mailto:neilmarvin@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 5. https://groups.io/mt/25071545/409874 6. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/post 7. http://www.dlee.org/skype/ 8. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/editsub/409874 9. mailto:skypeenglish+owner@groups.io 10. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/leave/defanged 11. https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient 12. file:///Users/dlee/tmp/neomutt-mini-501-99760-7164250871978947606#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2 13. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/message/3078 14. mailto:skypeenglish@groups.io?subject=Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 15. mailto:k.kolev1985@...?subject=Private:%20Re:%20Re%3A%20%5Bskypeenglish%5D%20skype%20bug 16. https://groups.io/mt/25071545/409874 17. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/post 18. http://www.dlee.org/skype/ 19. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/editsub/409874 20. mailto:skypeenglish+owner@groups.io 21. https://groups.io/g/skypeenglish/leave/defanged
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