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From: D Hubbard
Date: Jan 19, 2010 6:09PM

Thanks, thathelps and I'll check out the discussion lists as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Mauck" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
To: "WebAIM Discussion List" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Skype and Screen Readers


> 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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [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
>>