This article announces the availability of a new VoiceOver accessible instant messaging solution for Apple’s iOS devices. Finish Reading Accessible Instant Messaging iPhone App Hits the iTunes Store
Doug Lee, creator and maintainer of the popular JAWS scripts for Skype, reports that there appear to be some significant accessibility concerns with the Skype 4.0 beta in its early form: This is a bit long, but I have a lot to say… As has already been announced here, Skype 4.0 Beta has been made… Finish Reading Warning: Blind Screen Reader Users Urged to Avoid Early Skype 4.0 Beta
This morning I received a call from a fellow blind Skype user asking for help with one of the program’s few significant accessibility quirks. He had installed a new program for automatically voicing Skype events, yet he could not figure out how to access the automatic prompt for allowing the utility to use Skype. This… Finish Reading An Accessible Way to Manage Permission of the Programs on Your Computer to Use Skype
From the better-late-than-never department… On April 11, Netralia released an update to CallBurner resolving the half speed recording issue in Skype 3.8. A small number of additional enhancements have also been included. All customers are urged to apply this latest version now and to hold off on major Skype updates until a corresponding CallBurner update… Finish Reading CallBurner Update Resolves Issues with Broken Recordings in Skype 3.8
Users of Netralia’s CallBurner are urged to avoid upgrading Skype to the latest beta version 3.8. The audio in the CallBurner end of all recordings sounds like a cassette recorder playing at half speed. Netralia is continuing to work the problem, but no resolution is available at this time. It may be possible to restore… Finish Reading CallBurner Recordings Broken After Upgrade to Skype 3.8 Beta
Netralia has just released version 1.0.0.39 of the CallBurner Skype call recording application. The enhancements and fixes in this release are listed as follows: Hang up shortcut now works (ALT-G). Unpause shortcut now works (ALT-E). Show Notes – JAWS now announces the “Notes” box. There is also a new feature that allows you to hear… Finish Reading CallBurner Updated to Version 1.0.0.39 With Minor Enhancements and Fixes
Netralia has come out with Version 1.0.0.35 of CallBurner, including some accessibility enhancements and minor bug fixes. It is recommended that all CallBurner owners review the change history information and install the update. Once again, we thank the people at Netralia for their willingness to include accessibility in CallBurner.
As of Monday, July 9, 2007, the CallBurner team has released version 1.0.0.31 of CallBurner to the public, incorporating the Screen Reader Compatibility functionality along with some minor bug fixes. We strongly encourage those of you who downloaded version 1.0.0.30 to get the latest public release from the CallBurner web site at this time.
It appears the CallBurner team has not yet made their accessible version available to the public. Since many of you have asked how you can get started right away, please feel free to download a copy of the accessible version. Since this version of CallBurner is not currently provided on the company’s web site, this… Finish Reading Update: Accessible Version of CallBurner
The people at Netralia, developers of the Skylook Skype call management and recording application for Microsoft Outlook, have recently released a new Skype call recording product that does not depend on Outlook. The new CallBurner application enables annotation and recording of all Skype calls while providing a clean, simple user interface. After learning of the… Finish Reading CallBurner: Finally, Fully Accessible Skype Call Recording is Here at Last!