{"id":58907,"date":"2018-10-31T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=424536"},"modified":"2018-10-31T16:38:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-31T16:38:30","slug":"new-accessibility-improvements-in-skype-8-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/31\/new-accessibility-improvements-in-skype-8-0\/","title":{"rendered":"New accessibility improvements in Skype 8.0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Skype is designed to keep you connected to the people who matter the most and help you do the work you need to do. We take your feedback very seriously and are grateful to our active accessibility community who point us to areas of improvement to live up to our vision. Building on the work we announced earlier this year, we\u2019ve been listening to your feedback<\/a> and have continued to work to make the latest version of Skype (version 8.0) even more accessible.<\/p>\n

Based off your suggestion to make the transition to the new version easier, we created the Accessibility support for Skype<\/a> page with details on how to easily use a screen reader<\/a> to move from Skype version 6 or 7 to Skype version 8.0. The page also demonstrates keyboard shortcuts<\/a> for Skype version 8.0, as well as how to complete key scenarios in Skype with a screen reader, including chat<\/a>, adding expressions<\/a>, and navigating a profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition, since our last update on accessibility<\/a>, we made a few more improvements to the latest version of Skype, including:<\/p>\n