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Re: Accessible chat room facility

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From: Emma Jane Hogbin
Date: Oct 31, 2002 10:54AM

On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:56:34AM +0200, Steve Vosloo wrote:
> OK, let me rewrite the question .... Does anyone know of live chat
> software / sites that are accessible?

For what definition of accessible? MOOs, MUDs and MUSHes often have a
text-only version (essentially telnet) with an optional GUI. Unfortunately
they aren't always user-friendly.

You might want to check out: http://lingua.utdallas.edu/

There are LOTS of others out there, but this perhaps the one that has
received the most (edu) media attention. It's the baby of Cynthia Haynes
and Jan Holmevik. Source code is available here:
http://lingua.utdallas.edu/encore/

emma

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