[nfbcs] Need help with Microsoft Communicator 2005 and frequent screen refreshing.

[Jim Barbour]

Hey Doug,

Are your sfb scripts generic enough to work with older versions of the product (i.e. lync or Office Communicator?)

Thanks,

Jim

On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 09:21:58AM -0400, Doug Lee via nfbcs wrote:
> I have already scripted Skype for Business 2015 and publicly released
> the scripts at http://www.dlee.org/sfb/
> 
> I'm sure they are not perfect, and there remains at least one major
> issue that must be fixed by Microsoft; but SfB can be used with JAWS.
> 
> The major remaining issue for Microsoft is that new chat messages
> cause JAWS to think a menu is opening when they arrive. This seems to
> require a couple of Alt+Tabs to fix for each new chat line, regardless
> of which application is focused at the time the line arrives. I have
> directly urged Microsoft accessibility contacts to prioritize this
> issue as recently as last week.
> 
> Btw, the scripts I wrote for Skype will not work with Lync or SfB;
> they are internally very different. Use the SfB scripts with Skype for
> Business and my Skype scripts with Skype. I admit I regard the name
> change from Lync to SfB as unfortunate and confusing, but I'm just one
> guy...
> 
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 08:10:55AM -0400, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> WE have used Office Communicator 2007 and while it wasn't completely
> smooth, it did seem to work with Jaws although it could have been more
> polished with scripts.
> 
> WE now use Skype for Business which does not work as well, I can
> barely use it, but I have not yet tried trying to force the Skype
> scripts in on that application.
> 
> I don't have any experience with Communicator 2005 I thought we were
> old school when we had 2007.
> 
> You may also want to contact Dug Lee, I know he has some experience
> and knowledge about these products, and he could script them for you
> if that is what you needed and if you could hire him.
> 
> Best,
> Mika
> @pyyhkala
> 
> On 10/12/15, Darrell Shandrow via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > We use Microsoft Communicator 2005 for internal instant messaging at
> > work. I am running it with JAWS 15.
> >
> > It seems that, whenever I participate in group instant messaging
> > conversations, the history window frequently refreshes. When this
> > happens, focus jumps to the bottom of the window, and, thus, I have
> > lost my place in the conversation stream.
> >
> > Has anyone else experienced this issue or, better yet, does anyone
> > know of a good solution?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any ideas you may have.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Darrell
> >
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