[Trainer-Talk] From Doug Lee: Scripts for Slack Now Available

[David Goldfield]

In recognition of the sudden increase in importance of telecommunication 
software, I present this in hopes it is useful to someone:

The offerings mentioned below are without charge.

I have scripted the text chat portion of Slack for JAWS. This is an 
ongoing project but is solid enough for use now. The scripts and 
documentation can
be had from
https://www.dlee.org/slack/
  (the installer download link is
included in the users guide you get at that address).

Script features include
* Significant simplification of how messages are read, with a means for 
users to revert to the native presentation format.
* Commands to read individual portions of a message (date, time, sender, 
content, flags like reply and reaction counts, attachment info, reaction 
types,
etc.).
* Commands to simulate F6 and Shift+F6 (for switching among screen 
areas) for those with keyboards that don't allow convenient function key 
access.
* Better reading of some fields and control types. This includes 
announcement of the values of menu options on Settings pages.
* No truncation of very long messages.

I additionally have JAWS scripts for the Unigram client for Telegram, 
which is the most accessible Windows Telegram client of which I am 
aware. Details
and scripts for that are at
https://www.dlee.org/unigram/


I am also working on enhancements to Teams for JAWS, but those are not 
as far along yet.

Anyone wanting a list of my public projects can find it at
https://www.dlee.org


Finally, anyone wishing to follow my progress on the public software 
projects I run may do so by one of these means:
* Watch with a browser the Telegram channel at
https://t.me/s/dlee_code
  for announcements of project updates.
* Join that channel in a Telegram client, including Unigram for Windows, 
from
https://t.me/dlee_code

* To type at me about projects, join the discussion group paired with 
that channel. The address for that group is
https://t.me/joinchat/OUU9GRieXgkcDYYdSXeGGQ

* Follow dlee_code on Twitter, where I have the Telegram channel (but 
not discussion group) posts automatically copied, at least for now.

I wish everyone the best in these trying times.

-- 
Doug Lee
dgl at dlee.org
http://www.dlee.org

Level Access
doug.lee at LevelAccess.com
http://www.LevelAccess.com

-- 
David Goldfield,
Blindness Assistive Technology Specialist
JAWS Certified, 2019

WWW.DavidGoldfield.org