[gui-talk] Windows Live accessibility analysis

[Mike Freeman]

Try JAWS 13 on your laptop. 40-minute mode should work. 

Mike Freeman
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On Feb 3, 2012, at 18:34, "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello to all:
> 
> I just want to see what your thoughts and ideas are regarding the
> accessibility of windows Live in both Windows XP and Windows 7 operating
> systems.  
> 
> I installed Windows Live Messenger in both my desktop computer which runs
> windows xp service pack 3, and on my laptop which runs windows 7 home
> premium, 64-bit. It seems to me that JAWS is more capable of reading all
> areas of the screen and windows under windows Live for windows xp, than it
> does on Windows Live for windows 7. for example, in my xp machine, when I
> launch the application, I go directly into my contacts area, and I can just
> interact with that area, right click to get the menu of options, or just tab
> off to read the rest of the window. when I tried this on my laptop computer
> with win7, all I get are 2 buttons, "social Highlights" button and "msn"
> button. Nothing else. I have tried routing the JAWS cursor and using all the
> screen reader's mouse keystrokes, but I get nothing, and whenever I try to
> arrow up and down, all I see is, "windows Live Messenger." where is my
> contact list, I don't know. JFW does not read where my contacts are, and
> even when I press the right click button to get a context menu, I see
> nothing, or sometimes I see things like "exit messenger," "sign out," "sign
> in," ETC. I have to press Alt+A to get into the actions menu in the menu bar
> and then go to the send submenu in order to interact better, like sending
> messages ETC. And you know what is strange? I don't see anything like "Send
> an instant message" or something similar when I go to that menu. All I see
> is something like Send email, Send message to a mobile phone, Call, but not
> Instant message. Did Microsoft drop support for Instant messaging in windows
> Live for windows 7?
> 
> I believe the latest version of Windows Live for XP is version 14, and in
> windows 7, is version 15.0. 
> 
> 
> I am running JAWS 13.0 on my desktop computer with XP, and I am running JAWS
> 12.0.1170 on my Windows 7 Laptop. Perhaps this isn't a direct accessibility
> issue, but my JAWS version on my laptop? or, did Microsoft made windows live
> for windows 7 less accessible? has any of you run into this problem? any
> suggestions and work arounds? 
> 
> thanks,
> Humberto
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