Hi. I have been away from the Skype platform for a number of years. I am going to be installing Skype Desktop Version 8.54 on my PC. Are there any settings and options of which I should take special n

Hello all, Starting yesterday skype, version 8.53, stops after logging in and continuously says loading... but never does. The menus aren't available. Checking the script version gives Doug Lee's scri

Ever since the last update to Skype Jaws tells me something like "File sent, message sent, file sent" whenever I send a message. The update to 8.54.0.85 hasn't helped. Anyone else having the same prob

From about 6 to 8 pm pdt groups.io will be down for data base maintainence. You will still be able to sen dmessages but they will be queued for when the servers go back up. If you have any questionsn

Hi all. I just got a years subscription to Office 365, including a 60-minute per month calling on Skype. I'll be calling the UK from Canada. Do I need to type in 44, the country code, or just the actu

When I launched Skype 8.51.0.92 this morning, I heard that I had one notification. I dutifully wandered off to the Notifications tab and found a notification that said "Introducing Split View Mode," o

Is it possible to have the latest version of Skype 8 appear on my task bar automatically upon booting up? If so, how do I set it to do that? Thx Steve

I may not know all there is to know about how Skype chargesand refunds, but in the past when I was paying them for a monthly callingplan if I'm not mistaken the receipt they sent me each month said th

Hello all, Once you cancelling your Skype suscrption, how long does it for Skype refund you once your Skype suscription is cancelled? Thanks, Josephine

Answering a couple questions asked in various places: If you find an slman.jcf file in your JAWS user folder, it is safe and perhaps wise to delete it. The revision 129 shown in the installer and by I

This is my attempt to address several questions and concerns expressed both on and off this list regarding Skype 8.51 and/or my scripts for it. This message covers Skype 8.51, the JAWS scripts for Sky

Well, since this list is of mostly Jaws users, it is yet of essentially Skype based subject. Is there any addon that works better with Skype's latest releases? Thanks and best wishes, Mustafa, Skype i

Hi listers I have from time to time received emails along the lines of “week of august 26th, the top five ask alls from the blind/low vision community. I just now replied to this latest one asking tha

Hello, I have another subscription to Skype that is due on Sept. 25, and my question is, what will happen if I do not pay for this particular subscription that is due on Sept. 25? Thanks, Josephine

When not in split view I have always heard message sent after pressing enter. Now, in split view I no longer get a confirmation message. Any ideas? Also, where can I find the call sound when we reciev

Respected friend, it seams that you have pre-August update of JAWS 2019. If so, then you will have to install Script load manager (slman) For that, please visit: https://www.dlee.org/slman Download Sc

I have released an update to the Skype 8 scripts to make JAWS name the split-view chat windows including online status and/or mood text, as is already done for conversations displayed inside the main

Hi Doug and list. After updating to Skype 8.51.0.6, and modifying the ConfigNames.ini file according to your instructions (I’m using JAWS 2019 June release), and enabling split view mode, here’s what

Hi all, I received a notification for someone we will interview for a future FSCast. When I opened skype it said: you have one notification but that quickly changed to none. I do not see her request t

Dear friends, finally with the help of Doug Lee, I did the following. Actually the file called (Confignames.ini) has two lines above (Domains) and down (domain) Above the line it was written: (Skype:8