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From: Steve Vosloo
Date: Thu, Oct 31 2002 3:03AM
Subject: RE: Accessible chat room facility
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I deserved that!

OK, let me rewrite the question .... Does anyone know of live chat
software / sites that are accessible?

Steve





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From: Jared Smith
Date: Thu, Oct 31 2002 9:30AM
Subject: Re: Accessible chat room facility
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Steve-

We've got an article on accessible chats at
http://www.webaim.org/articles/chats

We have developed and used a prototype of an HTML chat with
accessibility features in the past at
http://acropolis.usu.edu/webaimchat/. Though not perfect, this does
demonstrate the ability of synchronous chats to be made more
accessible.

WebAIM is currently in the final stages of development of a more
accessible chat program that will be available in PHP. If any of you
have suggestions or ideas for an HTML-based chat program, let me know.


Jared Smith
WebAIM (Web Accessibility In Mind)
Center for Persons with Disabilities
Utah State University


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SV> I deserved that!

SV> OK, let me rewrite the question .... Does anyone know of live chat
SV> software / sites that are accessible?

SV> Steve
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From: philip steven lanier
Date: Thu, Oct 31 2002 10:28AM
Subject: Re: Accessible chat room facility
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What level of accessibility do applications such as ICQ, MSN Messenger,
and AOL Instant Messenger have? Even an application that may be
technically "accessible" - as far as ability for a screen reader to read
text in different parts of the application - may not be functionally
accessible... there must be the ability to read incoming messages even
while typing a message, and at the very least, be able to return to the
messages window/pane without having to start reading all over at the
beginning of them. (I.e. must be able to just read the most recent
messages that have not yet been read.)

-Phil Lanier


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