[NFBCS] IRC Client

Tue Sep 7 19:22:00 UTC 2021

I assume you meant Irssi instead of IrcII. I used that and mIRC. I am totally blind.

> On Sep 7, 2021, at 2:18 PM, Doug Lee via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> There are a lot of alternatives, and even a few types of them. mIRC was already suggested and was, in the 90s,
> the most popular IRC client among sighted users to my knowledge, and was also (I think) used by blind users at
> the time. I have no idea how well maintained it has been since.
> 
> There are Windows interfaces like mIRC, web interfaces, text/terminal interfaces like the original IrcII which
> is the one I've always used, and even programs that talk to IRC servers while also serving other needs, one of
> the older of these being Miranda, which could handle a bunch of chat systems at once but, I was told years
> ago, was a bit tricky to set up.
> 
> So I guess my first question would be which interface type you most prefer? mIRC is probably good if you like
> a Windows GUI approach. I'm a text/terminal fan, so I've stuck with IrcII for all these years and have run it
> under FreeBSD, Linux, MacOS, and could probably run it under WSL on Windows.
> 
> My second question, more a curiosity, is this though: I wonder how you'll be using IRC to take minutes.
> If you're logging play-by-play notes into a channel of meeting participants, IRC could work well; and that's
> what I assume you are trying to do. But in case it matters to your situation, I don't consider IRC at all
> private; which means that any minutes or notes you take could theoretically reach people who are not in the
> meeting.
> 
> Best of luck and hope this was helpful.
> 
> On Tue, Sep 07, 2021 at 06:51:04PM +0000, NFBCS mailing list wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In the future, I will use the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) system to take minutes at meetings.  I am new to IRC. I will be using a windows 10 system.
> 
> I have been trying to use the World Wide Web Consortium's public IRC web client at
> "https://irc.w3.org/".
> 
> If I open this client, and go to the channel (#irchelp), and hit enter, I am taken into that channel.  I am in an edit field.  If I type the command (/help who), and hit enter, I do not see any response.  I am using JAWS 2021 and also NVDA.  I have looked around using the JAWS and touch cursors.  I have used the screen review and object review mode with NVDA as well.
> 
> Does anyone know where the command output is?  Do you have a favorite IRC client?
> 
> I have heard of the MIRC client.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Regards
> Louis Maher
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> E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com
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