[nabs-l] [Blindtlk] Facebook's chat system

Sat Jul 23 23:31:50 UTC 2011

Hi all,

With the new chat format and JAWS go to the top of the page (CTL+H) and arrow down passed "translations" to list of17 items.

Or just use the app.

Hope this helps,
Jordan
mn-abs president

Sent from my iPod

On 23/07/2011, at 17:50, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm pretty sure facebook just made some more changes to the chat
> system that made it inaccessible at the moment. I was using it only a
> couple of days ago and it worked fine. But now, I can't even find the
> chat area. I think a lot of jaws users are experiencing this problem
> because I've seen quite a few angry statuses. I know this is not a
> solution to the problem but at least you know what's going on. :)
> 
> Minh
> 
> On 7/23/11, Jim <jp100 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Thanks.
>> I definitely should have mentioned that I use JAWS 12.  I apologize for
>> that.
>> 
>> I appreciate the answers to finding alternatives to the regular site.
>> Because you guys are only talking about alternatives rather than answering
>> the direct question, am I to assume that the chat feature is either very
>> challenging or inaccessible?
>> Someone gave me a wonderful explanation of the layout of the chat area, and
>> I appreciate that!  Thank you!
>> 
>> So, let me narrow it down just a bit...mainly so as not to clutter this list
>> with mail.
>> Are other JAWS users using this chat feature, and if so, what are some tips?
>> 
>> I appreciate the answers from others, but now rather than asking the general
>> question, I'll get very specifically and taylor it more to screen reader
>> users (mainly JAWS) who are using the actual Facebook site and not
>> alternative clients or chat programs.  If it is indeed useable, then why not
>> try it before downloading extra clients?
>> Thanks again!
>> 
>> Jim
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Nikki Wunderlich
>> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:01 PM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Facebook's chat system
>> 
>> you can use instant bird for your facebook chat. I do, and it works
>> wonderfully the website to get it is www.instantbird.org
>> Hope that helps!
>> Nikki Wunderlich
>> face book, my space, and MSN as well as email nikki0222 at gmail.com
>> yahoo and AIM nikkiwunderlich
>> skype and twitter nikki022285
>> cell 763-248-0106
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com>
>> To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Facebook's chat system
>> 
>> 
>>> I don't know if the facebook chat system is accessible with screen readers
>>> since I haven't tried it myself, but it might not be. And it is not cool
>>> because the mobile version of facebook, http://m.facebook.com, does not
>>> support chat.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of Jim
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 1:20 AM
>>> To: Jim
>>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Facebook's chat system
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I'm curious if anyone knows how Facebook's chat system works.  I've been
>>> trying it but either am not being successful or don't know how to read
>>> people's responses.
>>> 
>>> I see that someone's on chat, and hit enter on the person's name.  An edit
>>> box comes up and I begin to type, and when I'm done with my message, I hit
>>> enter.
>>> 
>>> Then what?
>>> 
>>> I see that my message comes up, no longer in that edit box.  Below that, I
>>> see a new edit box.
>>> 
>>> Anyone know what happens next?  I tried it with about six different
>>> people.
>>> 
>>> I'm trying the regular
>>> 
>>> www.facebook.com
>>> 
>>> website, and an not sure how to proceed.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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