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

Sun Jul 24 14:37:58 UTC 2011

Yes.  Sorry bout that.  I did mean control home.  
Temporary lapse in thought.

Jordan

Sent from my iPod

On 23/07/2011, at 18:33, "Humberto Avila" <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do you mean control+home? 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Jordan Richardson
> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 4:32 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Cc: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] [Blindtlk] Facebook's chat system
> 
> 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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