[nabs-l] aol instant messenger

Sun Jul 23 23:47:24 UTC 2017

Aim is a dieing chat system.

On 7/22/2017 11:37 AM, Katie Wang via NABS-L wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As others have said, the latest version of AIM is unfortunately not
> accessible at all with JAWS. Although very few people use AIM these
> days, I did use AIM 7 to access Gchat on a regular basis so was
> frustrated when AOL blocked all older versions of the software. If
> anyone has suggestions for other accessible instant messengers that
> can integrate with Gchat I would most appreciate it. I have been using
> the instant messenger on my Braille Note Apex, which is not very
> reliable. Thanks!
>
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> On 7/22/17, Kathryn Bottner via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>> I have recently looked into this as well, and found that version 8.0 isn't
>> accessible with JAWS.
>> Thanks,
>> Kat
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Steve Jacobson
>> via NABS-L
>> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2017 10:56 AM
>> To: 'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Steve Jacobson <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] aol instant messenger
>>
>> Michael is right about AIM not being used much, but my experiences were
>> somewhat different.  Older versions of AIM were not always easy to use but
>> were accessible.  However, sometime last spring, AOL made a change that
>> prevented version 7 of AIM to no longer work with the AIM server.  They
>> required an upgrade to a newer version, I believe version 8, and I found
>> that version to not be accessible at that time.  I used AIM very little and
>> gave up on it at that point, and it is possible that there have been newer
>> versions of AIM that corrected the problems I encountered.  However, unless
>> AOL has really backed down, the older versions of AIM won't work on the
>> newer servers.  If someone has more recent experience, though, I would
>> certainly be interested to hear what they have found.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Capelle
>> via NABS-L
>> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 5:38 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>;
>> Performing Arts Division list <perform-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Michael Capelle <mcapelle at charter.net>; Amy Sabo <amylsabo at comcast.net>
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] aol instant messenger
>>
>> AIM is hardly being used these days, last i checked, it was not very
>> accessible at all.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Amy Sabo via NABS-L
>> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 4:17 PM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list ; Performing Arts
>> Division list
>> Cc: Amy Sabo
>> Subject: [nabs-l] aol instant messenger
>>
>> hello all,
>> I hope that you all are doing well and, that your guys summers are going
>> well and, for those of you who were at convention last week I hope that you
>> all have recovered from it! well, I need some advie from you all so, here
>> it
>> goes... a few years ago i downloaded the latest version of aim through the
>> aol web site and, i then installed it onto my laptop. it was unaccessible
>> with jfw and, I'm now using jfw 18 so, i was wondering fi the latest of aim
>> is accessible with jfw18 which I'm suing or not? i would like to know
>> before
>> i download it onto my computer then install it! if it's accessible are any
>> of you are on aim at all? if so you can add me to your contacts at
>> amieelsabo so, we can chat that way too! so, that's all for now take care
>> all and, i will talk to you sall soon!
>>
>>
>>
>> hugs always,
>> amy
>>
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