Phil,
A couple other notes, ...
Older versions of Skype won't run any longer. So, you need to update to a newer version if you haven't.
The compact view works best, you can find it under the view menu.
Also, tools, Options, under that look for the advanced options. In that treeview, you will see a checkbox to enable accessible mode, you want that checked.
Also, in options, check the hotkeys area. You will want to enable various hotkeys.
Example: alt-pgup to answer a call, I think control-alt-Pgup will answer a call with your camera so it is a video call. I think alt-pgdn hangs up.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Scovell
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: DX using skype
Steve,
Thanks. That is useful information. I'll do some checking.
Phil.
K0NX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: DX using skype
> Phil,
>
> There are two similar apps: TapTapSee which gives you some free =
> pictures, then you pay for the rest per the plan you choose. Here is =
> info from taptapseeapp.com
> TapTapSee is a subscription based service. New users are provided with =
> 100 trial pictures to get started. After those images are exhausted, a =
> message appears requesting the user to select one of the four =
> subscription plans that are offered:
>
> 1.. 50 Picture Pack for $4.99 (no time limit)
> 2.. 100 Picture Pack for $7.99 (no time limit)
> 3.. One Month of Unlimited Pictures for $9.99
> 4.. Three Months of Unlimited Pictures for $24.99
> You can purchase subscription packages through your Apple iTunes =
> account.=20
>
>
>
> The second app is BeMyEyes, which is currently free and relies on =
> volunteers. =20
>
>
>
> The app that started the whole thing was VizWiz. It worked, but I think =
> it has slower response time because it had no funding mechanism to pay =
> people. Without crowd-sourcing, there aren't enough people to make it =
> responsive.
>
>
>
> As for Skype, I don't know what screen-reader you are using. If you are =
> using Jaws, there are Skype scripts at douglee.com, if you are using a =
> newer version (above 7.0 I think), there are scripts in their app store. =
> =20
>
>
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Phil Scovell=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 1:29 AM
> Subject: DX using skype
>
>
> I have a nephew in his late forties who lives in Kazakhstan. I think =
> that=20
> used to be UL7 in the USSR but now is UN through UQ if I read my list=20
> correctly. Anyhow, he and his wife in their early twenties moved to =
> China=20
> and went to a university there so they lived in country for 4 years. =
> Then=20
> they moved over the border into Kazakhstan where they work and live with =
>
> their teenage daughters; one of which is now back in the states enrolled =
> in=20
> college. Anyhow, he is not a ham so we use skype most of the time to=20
> communicate. He's the son of one of my older sisters. So, tonight, I=20
> forgot we had a skype schedule. I was walking through the living room =
> of=20
> our house when through my bluetooth hearing aids, his name pops up on my =
>
> phone with a text message reminding me of our skype chat time. They are =
> 14=20
> hours ahead of mountain time. So, I tried earlier today firing up skype =
> on=20
> my computer but for the life of me, I couldn't find out how to access =
> skype=20
> after logging in. I could get to my account and all but none of the=20
> features to chat or to even locate my list of people with whom I have in =
> my=20
> skype address book. I gave up because I had an appointment with my =
> hearing=20
> doctor today because I felt my hearing aids weren't quite up to snuff. =
> It=20
> turns out they just needed a good internal cleaning and everything was =
> back=20
> to normal. So when I came home, I told my wife I'd just use my iPhone =
> since=20
> it has skype on it but with my luck as often as both the computer skype=20
> software and the iPhone skype app are updated, I might have the same =
> problem=20
> of logging on. My phone, as it turned out, took me 10 minutes to locate =
> the=20
> button to skype connect with my nephew and that button was the only one =
> that=20
> would work was labeled, video call. So, when my nephews says hello, I=20
> explained my problem and why it took me so long to log on. I asked if =
> he=20
> had his camera on and he said know but he turned it on and there I was =
> on=20
> his screen. I was telling him how I got his text notice in my ears and =
> he=20
> asked me all sorts of questions about my hearing aids. Finally he said, =
>
> "Uncle Phil, can you hold your phone up to the side of your head so I =
> can=20
> see what it looks like?" I did and he commented on how small and hidden =
> it=20
> was. So, I pulled out the wire and speaker and held it up to the =
> iPhone.=20
> He gave me a few instructions and when I got the thing center, he could =
> see=20
> it clearly. I showed him which was the almond shaped microphone housing =
>
> with the battery and processor, the thin wire going to the speaker that=20
> drops down inside my ear and hangs just over my eardrum, which he said =
> he=20
> saw clearly, and then I held up the antenna for the bluetooth that curls =
>
> around inside the shell of the ear and he could see even that thin =
> little=20
> wire clearly. So my point is, that app where you login and some =
> volunteer=20
> helps identify what your camera is showing, if someone ever answers that =
> is,=20
> I would think would work and work well. I haven't used that program =
> yet, I=20
> forget it's name, something ending with the word "See," but I'm thinking =
>
> someone tried it using a friend he already knew and it worked well. My=20
> grown kids never write anything down any more; they just snap a picture =
> of=20
> it and off they go.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
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