Hmph, its obvious that skype 7 is more accessible and usable and less
crappy than skype 8 I do hope they fix it.

In the mean time I may have to get chrome and use hangouts or whats app
or something.




On 7/31/2018 11:16 AM, Cristóbal wrote:
> Hello list,
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> So, some initial feedback after updating to Skype 8.x
>
> Muscle memory issues with the new keystrokes aside which are always going to
> take a bit getting used to, I’m finding certain aspects to be quite
> frustrating. I’ve already written Microsoft about some of this via the
> feedback option in the app as well as on Twitter.
>
> Anyway, the immediate thing is that with this updated version, there doesn’t
> seem to be any means to have the Skype ringer alert go to a separate audio
> source like external or PC speakers. There’s only one option for speakers
> which if you’re using a headset, which I’m pretty sure most if not all of us
> are using is the only viable option. More so for those of us who have a paid
> number. The end result is that when you get an incoming call, the ringer
> quite easily drowns out anything Jaws (in my case) may say. I don’t use the
> audio ducking feature as I find it to be too distracting. One can go into
> the speaker settings in Skype and lower the volume or the speaker settings
> in Windows 10 to lower Skype volume, but all that accomplishes is that in
> addition to the ringer being lowered, the call audio is lowered as well.
> Also, I’ve already twice missed an incoming call because I took my headset
> off for this or that reason and didn’t hear the ringer alert fast enough
> through the headset to put it back on and get to the Skype window in time to
> pick up.
>
> I had mentioned previously that the hotkeys also no longer to appear to be
> universal. Indeed, this is the case. So now, when you get an incoming call,
> you have to scramble to the Skype window since at least for me, I’m not
> taken there automatically and if I’m in a different virtual desktop, the
> taskbar short cut win key plus X, Y or Z won’t work and try to listen to
> figure out if I’m finally in the Skype window which again, as described
> previously, isn’t as easy since the ringer is drowning everything else out.
> The few times I’ve had a chance to take an incoming call and used the
> control plus shift plus P command, Skype actually initiates an outgoing call
> as well as answering the incoming call. This . . . has proven to be
> problematic to say the least.
>
> More than once already, I’ve found myself trying to orientate myself on the
> Skype screen to maybe tab to the answer button instead of using the hotkey
> to avoid this issue with answering/making a duel call, but so far, I haven’t
> been able to access the answer/accept call button in time.
>
> This leads me into the other issue. I so far have not been able to find any
> of the telephone settings for Skype. Settings in Skype appear to be super
> basic. Nothing however for voicemail greeting, managing call forwarding and
> or ringer time. I know I can probably if need be access some of these
> features via the Skype web account, but talk about a needless step
> backwards.
>
> One other thing for Jaws users (I don’t use NVDA enough to know how the
> dictionary manager works), I had a bunch of saved entries for phone numbers
> to speak this or that clinic. It seems that the Skype app is Chrome based
> so, they didn’t port over. I’m sure I can go into my Jaws settings and try
> and play around with changing a dictionary manager file association, but
> again, just another inconvenience.
>
> IN broad terms, the app all in all seems accessible and navigating around
> like a webpage is easy enough, but it lacks some serious functionality.
>
> It is much easier to make calls, but receiving/answering… it’s still rough
> to say the least.
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