<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">Facebook messenger, or WhatsApp could be good apps that work on pc to look into.</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 3, 2024, at 7:35 PM, John via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hello,<br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am blind and use a refreshable braille display.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My sighted son is in middle school and I wish to check the accuracy of some intermediate steps he is doing in his math problems.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One example might be working out a multi-digit multiplication problem.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am thinking that rather than listening to what he says, writing it down, echoing it bak to him, and then reviewing what was written that he and I should try out sending text messages back and forth or use some kind of chat application.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One idea is to use a Windows application on two PC's and send simple chat messages back and forth.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I understand we could e-mail back and forth and that would be perfectly accessible but the time for the e-mail to come through might be too slow to be worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We could of course share one computer and take turns writing in notepad.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However two people sharing one computer can get frustrating at times.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Would you recommend that I learn how to send and read chats in the Windows Zoom application?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sending a text with my iPhone could work but I am not particularly comfortable with all the braille symbols for slash and so-on that I might have to get used to.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Between 2005-2008 I found Windows Live Messenger pretty easy to use for Windows chat.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I do not think it is supported any longer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Are there other applications such as Skype that are pretty accessible for sending short messages?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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