[jawsscripts] Re: Version 1.5 of JAWS scripts for Thunderbird

  • From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:02:17 -0000

Hi Jamal,

  I haven't seen your code, but I know that the JAWS Run function can be 
quite picky.  I find that if the path is passed to Run as a named variable, 
it may be necessary to include escaped quotes around the path string.

  hth

Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:43 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Version 1.5 of JAWS scripts for Thunderbird


> Hi Greg,
> Thanks for confirming that the extra speech problem in the folder list
> seems to be fixed now.  Regarding the help file, I suspect this is an IE8
> and/or Vista security problem, though don't know how to fix it.  With IE7
> and Vista, Insert+H does open the help file for me.  At the end of running
> the installer, however, the help file is opened but unreadable.  There is
> no virtual cursor and the status line says "protect mode."  Thus, I think
> Windows/IE is sometimes not giving JAWS the MSAA or other info it needs to
> open an HTML file, depending on how that file is opened.
>
> The scripts do use a standard technique for opening an HTML file in the
> default browser.  The complete path and file name of the script, enclosed
> in quotes, is passed to the JAWS Run function, which is equivalent to
> passing it to the Windows Start/Run dialog.  Perhaps try changing your
> default browser to Firefox and see if that makes a difference.
>
> Jamal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Greg
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 10:05 AM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Version 1.5 of JAWS scripts for Thunderbird
>
> Hello Jamal,
> This version seems to have fixed my problems with the double speaking in
> the folder tree.  Now I just have to figure out why I cant get the help
> file to open in Internet Explorer Eight.  Every time I try to open it it
> tells me navigation was cancelled.  If I go to the file by going to
> explore my settings and open it with firefox it works fine.  I have two
> pc's running the TB scripts and the problem only occurs on my Vista
> machine.
> Thanks,
> Greg Wocher
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blind-mozilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 9:07 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Version 1.5 of JAWS scripts for Thunderbird
>
>
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tb_scr.exe
>
> or .zip (manual install currently necessary on 64-bit Windows)
>
> Recent changes:
>
> Made Alt+A, Alt+D, or Alt+S spell attachments, date, or size data when
> pressed twice quickly in message list mode.  Fixed Control+Shift+Letter
> commands not being available when first opening Thunderbird (and no
> treeview or list is in focus).  Tried to fix double speaking and other
> extraneous speech when navigating among folder items was occurring with
> JAWS 11 though not 10).  Added about 200 help topics from MozillaZine.org
> to the Thunderbird documentation that follows the script documentation.
> As far as I know, this is now the most comprehensive collection of
> Thunderbird help topics in a single file!
>
> Jamal
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