JAWS, Discord: Revision 90 released with a few major features:
* Usable systray menu.
* Autocomplete popup support for user and channel mentions in a chat edit box.
* Correct reading of system messages and messages containing mentions during chat navigation.
* Means to spell the current message during navigation.
* Locked channels will say "locked."
* No more blank entries in chat navigation in recent Discord updates.
Docs and download at https://www.dlee.org/discord/
* Usable systray menu.
* Autocomplete popup support for user and channel mentions in a chat edit box.
* Correct reading of system messages and messages containing mentions during chat navigation.
* Means to spell the current message during navigation.
* Locked channels will say "locked."
* No more blank entries in chat navigation in recent Discord updates.
Docs and download at https://www.dlee.org/discord/
JAWS, Skype: Script revision 185 released for Skype 8.66:
* Commands for focusing chat entry and history work in current Skype.
* Insert+B works as intended.
* Insert+T again reports when the Skype Home page is showing instead of a chat.
* Tab and Shift+Tab may say less extra stuff sometimes.
* Many behind-the-scenes updates to code that is used to name fields.
https://www.dlee.org/skype/
* Commands for focusing chat entry and history work in current Skype.
* Insert+B works as intended.
* Insert+T again reports when the Skype Home page is showing instead of a chat.
* Tab and Shift+Tab may say less extra stuff sometimes.
* Many behind-the-scenes updates to code that is used to name fields.
https://www.dlee.org/skype/
JAWS, Skype: The script revision 185 update is live now; it did not upload the first time and I failed to notice this on my way to bed. Sorry for any confusion.
JAWS, Discord: Script revision 92 posted to address two mention autocomplete support issues:
* Works with the December 7 Discord update.
* No longer interferes with virtual cursor navigation, for those who want to do mentions that way.
https://www.dlee.org/discord/
* Works with the December 7 Discord update.
* No longer interferes with virtual cursor navigation, for those who want to do mentions that way.
https://www.dlee.org/discord/
JAWS, TeamSpeak: Script revision 266 posted at https://www.dlee.org/teamspeak/ (see Revision History for more details):
* Major update to the chat navigation system, documented in its own User Guide section.
* Better identification of menu items with submenus.
* Arrowing over a user in the channel tree will again read the client device type and also the description field if present.
* TreeView levels again appear in speech and Braille.
* Major update to the chat navigation system, documented in its own User Guide section.
* Better identification of menu items with submenus.
* Arrowing over a user in the channel tree will again read the client device type and also the description field if present.
* TreeView levels again appear in speech and Braille.
JAWS, BX: Revision 2444 posted with 14 enhancements across several command maps. See the Revision History (last level 2 heading) in this document for details. Docs and download link as usual at https://www.dlee.org/bx/
NVDA, NVDARemote, TTHub, PSA: Simon Jaeger, manager of the TTHub TeamTalk servers, has launched some 16 or so free NVDA Remote relay servers. The idea is to pick the one closest to you to minimize lag during remote sessions. Details at https://nvra.io
This is a public service announcement and is not related to my projects, except that I've written NVDA add-ons now and then.
This is a public service announcement and is not related to my projects, except that I've written NVDA add-ons now and then.
JAWS, Slack: Script revision 88 posted at https://www.dlee.org/slack/ :
* Fixed announcement of large blocks of HTML/CSS code on occasion.
* The sequence [ C copies the current chat message to the clipboard.
* Various bug fixes and updates for recent Slack versions and JAWS 2021, details in Revision History at the above address.
Confession: I thought I released this a while back; sorry for the delay. It was out as a beta for a while.
* Fixed announcement of large blocks of HTML/CSS code on occasion.
* The sequence [ C copies the current chat message to the clipboard.
* Various bug fixes and updates for recent Slack versions and JAWS 2021, details in Revision History at the above address.
Confession: I thought I released this a while back; sorry for the delay. It was out as a beta for a while.
TeamTalk, TTCom: Beta revision 1140 posted at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/ttcom.zip, docs at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/ttcom.htm:
* Support for TeamTalk alpha 5.7 disabled user accounts.
* Means to list accounts grouped by user rights.
* User rights are printed and typed in hex to make identifying differences among rights easier.
* Various other updates listed in Revision History.
This is a beta, and the disabled-account support is written against a TeamTalk alpha version; so needless to say, things can still change from here. But for those bleeding-edgers who are already out there tinkering with TeamTalk 5.7, this may help a bit. See links on the main TeamTalk page, https://bearware.dk, for details on the TeamTalk alpha version.
* Support for TeamTalk alpha 5.7 disabled user accounts.
* Means to list accounts grouped by user rights.
* User rights are printed and typed in hex to make identifying differences among rights easier.
* Various other updates listed in Revision History.
This is a beta, and the disabled-account support is written against a TeamTalk alpha version; so needless to say, things can still change from here. But for those bleeding-edgers who are already out there tinkering with TeamTalk 5.7, this may help a bit. See links on the main TeamTalk page, https://bearware.dk, for details on the TeamTalk alpha version.
Fix to URLs in January 18 announcement, TeamTalk, TTCom: Beta revision 1140 posted at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ttcom.zip, docs at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ttcom.htm:
* Support for TeamTalk alpha 5.7 disabled user accounts.
* Means to list accounts grouped by user rights.
* User rights are printed and typed in hex to make identifying differences among rights easier.
* Various other updates listed in Revision History.
This is a beta, and the disabled-account support is written against a TeamTalk alpha version; so needless to say, things can still change from here. But for those bleeding-edgers who are already out there tinkering with TeamTalk 5.7, this may help a bit. See links on the main TeamTalk page, https://bearware.dk, for details on the TeamTalk alpha version.
This is a revised announcement. On January 18, I announced this beta release but gave the URLs for the non-beta release and didn't catch it. Apologies for this.
* Support for TeamTalk alpha 5.7 disabled user accounts.
* Means to list accounts grouped by user rights.
* User rights are printed and typed in hex to make identifying differences among rights easier.
* Various other updates listed in Revision History.
This is a beta, and the disabled-account support is written against a TeamTalk alpha version; so needless to say, things can still change from here. But for those bleeding-edgers who are already out there tinkering with TeamTalk 5.7, this may help a bit. See links on the main TeamTalk page, https://bearware.dk, for details on the TeamTalk alpha version.
This is a revised announcement. On January 18, I announced this beta release but gave the URLs for the non-beta release and didn't catch it. Apologies for this.
JAWS, Discord: Script revision 96 released:
* Left and Right mouse button click JAWS commands will click at the current PC or virtual PC cursor position when one of those cursors is active. Try this if the Application key doesn't work well enough for something.
* The [ Space sequence is removed, replaced by the above feature.
* Special systray menu support is removed because Discord natively supports arrows and Enter there now.
* No more beeps while arrowing through Discord context menus.
* Other minor updates listed in Revision History.
Docs and download link at https://www.dlee.org/discord/
* Left and Right mouse button click JAWS commands will click at the current PC or virtual PC cursor position when one of those cursors is active. Try this if the Application key doesn't work well enough for something.
* The [ Space sequence is removed, replaced by the above feature.
* Special systray menu support is removed because Discord natively supports arrows and Enter there now.
* No more beeps while arrowing through Discord context menus.
* Other minor updates listed in Revision History.
Docs and download link at https://www.dlee.org/discord/
JAWS, NVDA, Skype: PSA: If you try to sign in, fail, and can't use the next screen, use Ctrl+Q to unload Skype, launch it again, and sign in. Switching between Store and Desktop Skype clients may cause a sign-out. The inaccessible post-sign-in-failure screen problem has been reported to Microsoft and I posted more details on the SkypeEnglish mailing list, which has a publicly visible message archive. https://skypeenglish.groups.io for the list itself; and for my specific post, https://skypeenglish.groups.io/g/main/topic/skype_sign_in_focus_problem/80159775
skypeenglish.groups.io
main groups.io Group
This is a group for discussing skype and its interface using screen reading technology such as jaws, NVDA, voiceover and talkback.
JAWS, Zello: Script revision 160 posted at https://www.dlee.org/zello/ :
* Scripts tested against Zello 2.6.0.
* Edit and history are included in tab order for text chat windows, so texting is now possible.
* A few updates for JAWS 2021, and the minimum supported JAWS version is now 17.0 rather than 14.0.
I don't know how many JAWS users use Zello by now, but apparently some do.
* Scripts tested against Zello 2.6.0.
* Edit and history are included in tab order for text chat windows, so texting is now possible.
* A few updates for JAWS 2021, and the minimum supported JAWS version is now 17.0 rather than 14.0.
I don't know how many JAWS users use Zello by now, but apparently some do.
JAWS, Audible: Script revision 74 released at https://www.dlee.org/audible/ :
* Combo boxes work again despite Audible sending spurious events while they are in focus.
* Enter is silenced along with Space to minimize disruption during audio playback skimming.
* Several more behind-the-scenes code and documentation updates.
* Combo boxes work again despite Audible sending spurious events while they are in focus.
* Enter is silenced along with Space to minimize disruption during audio playback skimming.
* Several more behind-the-scenes code and documentation updates.
JAWS, Unigram, PSA: If you are unable to read the contents of edit boxes and JAWS says "button unavailable" when Unigram receives focus, make sure the JAWS setting called "Start menu: Access Out-of-Process" is not checked. This setting can be found by typing Insert+6 to open the JAWS Settings Center, then Ctrl+Shift+D for default settings, then typing "start" in the Search box and arrowing down once. This tip comes from Reza Bakhshi Laktasaraei.
JAWS, Skype UWP: If anyone was still trying to use the scripts I wrote specifically for Skype UWP (revision 123), upgrade to the main set of Skype scripts at https://www.dlee.org/skype/ (revision 185), which work for both UWP and Desktop Skypes. Apologies for any confusion; I forgot to take down the old UWP scripts until now. Upgrading should fix problems like Alt+2 saying "control not found."
TeamTalk, TTCom: Revision 1146 is finally released, with several enhancements to improve support for TeamTalk 5.7, a few enhancements with more general aims, and a few bug fixes and documentation improvements; all documented at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom#hist as usual. The download link for TTCom is also on that page as usual.
TeamTalk, PSA: Version 5.7 of TeamTalk appears to make correct Opus .ogg files; so my TeamTalk Audio Fixer (TAFF) utility should not be required in order to make them play in most media players. TAFF will still fix recordings from TeamTalk 5.6 and older. Taff is at https://www.dlee.org/taff/ including some technical explanations of the issues it addresses.
For anyone who likes further technical details: TeamTalk 5.7 fixes the "granule position" issue on the first audio page, third actual page, of the recorded Opus audio stream. It also assigns a recommended value to the pre-skip field whereas older TeamTalks set that to 0. Thanks to Bjoern for fixing these issues.
For anyone who likes further technical details: TeamTalk 5.7 fixes the "granule position" issue on the first audio page, third actual page, of the recorded Opus audio stream. It also assigns a recommended value to the pre-skip field whereas older TeamTalks set that to 0. Thanks to Bjoern for fixing these issues.
TeamTalk, TTCom: TTCom revision 1172 is released, with full support for TeamTalk file transfers (upload, download, and server-side delete). Please read the documentation at https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/ttcom.htm#file to learn how this new system works and how it compares to the file transfer support in standard TeamTalk clients. The TTCom download link is, as usual, in that same document.
TeamTalk, TTCom: four announcements:
1. A small change to revision 1172 went live yesterday that keeps the ttcom.exe file from saying it is loading custom code when it isn't. This only matters if you use the compiled Windows ttcom.exe file.
2. I forgot to mention when posting the TTCom update yesterday that the file management support includes extensions to help server admins manage files across all channels at once.
3. The beta TTCom documentation now includes a section offering server file management tips.
4. Unannounced updates will sometimes appear as beta TTCom posts. I announce releases but not always beta updates. To track beta release notes, check https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ now and then. To download a beta, get https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ttcom.zip; do not use the download link in the beta user guide or you'll get the official release instead.
1. A small change to revision 1172 went live yesterday that keeps the ttcom.exe file from saying it is loading custom code when it isn't. This only matters if you use the compiled Windows ttcom.exe file.
2. I forgot to mention when posting the TTCom update yesterday that the file management support includes extensions to help server admins manage files across all channels at once.
3. The beta TTCom documentation now includes a section offering server file management tips.
4. Unannounced updates will sometimes appear as beta TTCom posts. I announce releases but not always beta updates. To track beta release notes, check https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ now and then. To download a beta, get https://www.dlee.org/ttcom/beta/ttcom.zip; do not use the download link in the beta user guide or you'll get the official release instead.
JAWS, YouTube: Script revision 90 released, to fix the [ T sequence for reading time on a live stream in some cases, improve support for JAWS 2021, and address a few more minor issues. https://www.dlee.org/youtube/ for docs and download.