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(Narrator) Starting a New Skype Conversation
For this bit of the demo I have deleted Dan and I's conversation. This means he'll no longer show up in my recent conversation history. If I'd like to send Dan another message I could navigate to the tabs area and activate the contacts tab. Then TAB down and use the arrow keys to find him. Your contacts will be shown in alphabetical order so this would be quite a bit of arrowing. First letter navigation won't work here. The good news is there's a really quick way to send someone a new message even when you can't find them in your most recent conversation history. No matter where your focus is within the Skype window as long as the Skype window is in focus you can use CTRL+N, November, to open a new conversation.
(JAWS) CTRL+N. New Chat dialog.
(N) Once JAWS announces that the New Chat dialog is open, simply TAB to the search button.
(J) Search people and bots button.
(N) Search people and bots button. Press SPACEBAR here.
(J) Space.
(N) I'll type in Dan.
(J) D A N
(N) and then DOWN ARROW.
(J) Dan Clark. Recently active. In your favorites button.
(N) All right so I've found Dan's contact. I'll press ENTER.
(J) Type a message here edit. New tab closed.
(N) New message dialog closed and opened a conversation between Dan and I with focus in the edit field once again. These have been the basics of having an instant message conversation with Skype and JAWS.