[NFBCS] IRC Client

Tue Sep 7 21:24:44 UTC 2021

Hello Doug,

I chose the IRC W3C web client
https://irc.w3.org/
because it seemed simple and was straight text.  However, either I am not entering the commands correctly and the commands are not executing, or the output is some place which I have not yet found.

I will be logging a play-by-play description of meetings.  I have seen a comment about a secure server that the W3C uses for its working groups, and I will probably be using that for these minutes.

Thank you for your advice.

Regards
Louis Maher
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doug Lee via NFBCS
Sent: Tuesday, September 7, 2021 2:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] IRC Client

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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Firc.w3.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7C35d566e44e2e48a3de6708d97234571f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637666391396752633%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=AmwWB1M6u%2BMg4R8q7MgLgL9QcWDEj54b8PE6jWzO738%3D&reserved=0".

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
Phone: 713-444-7838
E-mail: ljmaher03 at outlook.com

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