[nabs-l] accessibility of AIM

Sun Jan 22 05:01:34 UTC 2012

Ok, shall try to combine thoughts here:
Yeah, had Miranda, uninstalled it from my laptop for instantbird.
While not perfect it is at least a bit easier to use and set up than
Miranda.
  Secondly, Ashley, yes, I do agree with you on your point, but our
society is rapidly advancing toward a new age of online communication
every day, what with phones that let you check email, browse the web,
and more, as well as just computers and the internet in general.
And, thirdly, Amy, would you happen to know if I could set up my
google talk account in Windows Messenger without having to get an msn
account? Thanks!
Best,
Josh

On 1/21/12, Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello chris and all,
>
> Sorry, for the late notice on this topic but, I will throw in my
> 2 cents worth on this topic. Yes, aim is accessible with jfw. I
> use it with jfw and, it works fine. I have this along with
> windows live messenger both on my computers and, I use both. But,
> as others have said the newest version of windows live messenger
> has an awesome tool that you can use.
>
> If you don't want to download aim if you know of anyone who uses
> aim, google-talk, or yahoo messenger you can chat with all of
> your friends through only using one instant messenger client
> which is windows live messenger.
>
> When you add a contact don't to forget to include all of their
> contact information like for aim screen name or for the other im
> clients like google-talk or yahoo messenger just put in their
> emailaddress/screen name with google or yahoo.com and, then add
> them to your contacts. Then you are ready to go!
>
> Another awesome feature added to the newest version of windows
> live messenger is that you can configure all of your facebook
> friends into your msn messenger client and, then you can chat
> with them by using the facebook chat feature through windows live
> messenger since thee facebook chat feature on the facebook.com
> site isn't accessible with jfw.
>
> Unfortunately, I don't have the link for the newest version of
> windows live messenger but, if you just google it or go to
> msn.com then I'm sure that you will find it!
>
> I hope this information is helpful to you all! Take care and
> happy chatting!
>
>
>
> Hugs,
> amy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Katie Wang
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 11:05 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of AIM
>
> Hi Chris,
> I have heard of Miranda but it appears to be a little tedious to
> set
> up, so given that I still find AIM relatively usable (see my
> previous
> post) I decided that it's not really worth my effort at this
> point. I
> have heard that it works really well with JAWS once it is
> configured
> properly though, so feel free to give it a try if you are feeling
> technologically adventurous!
> To answer your other question, I don't believe that the gchat
> program
> can be configured to connect with AIM. I don't know about your
> circle
> of friends, but from my personal experience I have found that AIM
> has
> somewhat fallen out of favor; most people I know use Google or
> Facebook Chat instead. I mainly use AIM as a way to access the
> other
> IM clients on my PC, which are not as accessible. If you do have
> friends who are AIM users, I would encourage you to give the
> program a
> try-- It's not perfect but really shouldn't disappoint too much!
> Katie
>
>
> On 1/18/12, Chris Nusbaum <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Katie,
>>
>> I have heard of people using AIM with a chat client called
>> Miranda, which apparently makes AIM and other chat services
> more
>> accessible with JAWS.  Also, a question: you said that the
> latest
>> version of AIM enables you to connect to Google or Facebook
> chat.
>> So will this work the other way around; can I chat with
> somebody
>> using AIM by using Google Chat on my BrailleNote?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.
> The
>> real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that
>> exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and
>> opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical
>> nuisance."
>> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>>
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Katie Wang <bunnykatie6 at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:20:24 -0500
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] accessibility of AIM
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>> AIM is pretty accessible with JAWS and has an overall
>> user-friendly,
>> intuitive interface.  Its most recent version (7.5, I believe)
>> also
>> allows you to connect to Google and Facebook Chat, which is a
>> great
>> feature since both of these popular IM  services are not
>> particularly
>> accessible.  While JAWS used to be very reliable with speaking
>> incoming
>> messages in previous versions of AIM, it unfortunately does not
>> work
>> as well now; however, I just work around this by tabbing over
> to
>> the
>> Conversation History field whenever a new message comes in,
> which
>> is a
>> little annoying but not too big of a deal.  Hope this helps!
>> Katie
>>
>>
>> On 1/17/12, Patrick Molloy <ptrck.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>  Hey Guys,
>>  I'm curious to know: How accessible (if at all), is AIM? I'm
>> using
>>  Internet Explorer and JAWS version 12.  Any
>> tips/suggestions/help you
>>  can give me would be great.
>>  Thanks,
>>  Patrick
>>
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