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Re: Skype and Screen Readers

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From: Don Mauck
Date: Jan 19, 2010 4:36PM

There are scripts for JAWS and scripts for Window-eyes. Of course, the Window-eyes scripts only work for 7.0 and above. There are no NVDA scripts or settings.

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From: D Hubbard [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:20 PM
To: WebAIM Discussion List
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Skype and Screen Readers

Thanks Mike.

Diane
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From: "Moore,Michael (DARS)" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 5:09 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Skype and Screen Readers


> You may want to consider joining and posting to the JAWS users list, and
> to user lists for NVDA and WindowEyes as well. I remember a while back
> there was quite a bit of discussion on the JAWS user list regarding Skype.
>
> Mike Moore
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of D Hubbard
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List
> Subject: [WebAIM] Skype and Screen Readers
>
> Hi,
>
> I've been thinking about trying Skype but have a couple questions. I'm
> running JAWS 9.0 on my desktop computer and trying NVDA on my netbook for
> now. I also have a friend who wonders about Skype with WindowEyes but I'm
> not sure which version she's using. I'd be interested in hearing about
> anyone's experiences with Skype. If it's more appropriate to discuss this
> offlist, please feel free to e-mail me as I may have other questions as
> well.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Diane Hubard
>