I would find quite useful how to migrate a WE app to Jaws, they don't
even have an auto complete!
On Tue, 30 May 2017 10:52:42 -0400,
Jonathan Cohn via Scripting wrote:
>
> Mr Lee of NVAccess / NVDA proposed on twitter yesterday having a one day
> class on scripting NVDA. I guess it is time to learn Python. Anybody
> interested in doing a set of regular discussions like Chip did way back to
> migrate our common knowledge into NVDA scripting knowledge? I wonder how
> difficult it would be to have an NVDA that emulates the favorite parts of
> WindowEyes. I expect the hardest part considering that NVDA doesn't appear
> to have a virtual mode would be the User Windows functions but then it
> seems that WindowEyes wasn't supporting that very aggressively.
>
> Best Wishes,
>
> Jonathan Cohn
>
> On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 7:01 PM Chip Orange via Scripting <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi David,
> >
> > You could look at the possibility of running your app as a Windows VBScript
> > rather than a Window-Eyes VBScript. You'd have to do without the WE
> > dialogs
> > and all the other WE features of scripting which we all used, but if you
> > don't make use of these features very much, you might be able to get a
> > Windows VBScript version to run. If you could, this would be the easiest
> > way to get some apps converted away from WE.
> >
> > VBScript does have some very basic input and output commands (you can
> > display a dialog and get a string response from the user), this could
> > possibly be enough for your needs. It has no equivalents to MSAA or
> > Windows
> > etc., so nothing which assisted you with accessibility is likely to run.
> >
> > Of course, Window-Eyes will continue to run for some indefinite amount of
> > time ... and I'd be glad to share the source code to Remind Me Where with
> > anyone who'd like to try tinkering with it while it does. If you wanted to
> > keep something big like it is running, I would guess learning VB.net might
> > be the closest to what you're used to.
> >
> > Like Richard, I feel something like the end of Animal Farm as well.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Chip
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Scripting
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On
> > Behalf Of David via Scripting
> > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 11:49 AM
> > To: Aaron Smith; Window-Eyes Scripting List
> > Subject: migrating apps
> >
> > I do understand that an app that has been developed under the great
> > scripting capability of WineEyes, will not be possible to simply plug in
> > under Jaws. At least, it is my understanding, that Jaws has its own
> > dedicated scripting system.
> >
> > Still, a number of apps, both officially released and many that I have
> > developed for my personal usage, would be a great miss when migrating.
> > Whenever the migrating will be. Smile.
> >
> > Now, is there a way for me, to make my apps become stand-alone, in the
> > sense that they could be run under any screen reader? That they still
> > would be using features like the UI capabilities and other functionality
> > of for instance GWToolkit? I do understand, that apps that make great
> > usage of, or directly works with internal features of WinEyes, may not
> > be possible to run under any other screen readers, since they won't have
> > any functionality to hook on to. But an app like for instance the
> > "remind me where", that Chip Orange developed, and which base its main
> > functionality on information from the net, and greatly on the UI
> > environment of WinEyes scripting, sould such a program be possible to
> > make go general? Sure I could have thought of a good number of other
> > apps that I have come to rely on, and which would have been great to see
> > under other screen readers.
> >
> > Guess my basic question is, what would I need to do in my app code, to
> > make it possible to run outside the WinEyes environment, if that is at
> > all possible? And if realistic, does there exist any sample code that I
> > can look at, so as to see it done in practicality?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
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