chat revisited.. I seek a volunteer?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,
While I am going to ask again, and need too a better understanding as to 
how one can have both an irc portal and a chat client, this company is 
making its  chat  client itself  accessible.  Not all of their users have 
a vision challenge, and I agree that the IRC solution works for everyone 
even those not using speech.  However I need a better understanding as to
  how  they can package this in a way that allows for both a chat client 
for those who can use this, and  the  IRC option for those regardless of 
their challenge that may want to use this.
In Webcrossing packages hosting/web services for companies.  From what I 
have seen of the chat itself, it looks like it will work fine with a 
screen reader if you can get in the door.  One's ability to process 
information speech wise is a very individual thing.  Just because you have 
never found this, does not mean it cannot e accomplished.
Can you speak to the process of linking an irc portal with a chat client?
Karen

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:

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> When you say they want to make their chat more accessible, what exactly do you
> mean?  As far as accessibility to the masses and in fact accessibility to those
> using braille or speech, nothing is more accessible than IRC.  No chat that uses
> the browser via javascript or applet will come close to the accessibility
> provided by IRC.  There are IRC clients available for every operating system on
> the planet, and those who need speech or braille output will most definitely be
> able to find a fully functional IRC client that works with their screen reader.
> Plus, there are plenty of open source IRC servers available, so this company
> won't have to worry about trying to reinvent the wheel by doing everything they
> can to make a javascript based chat more accessible to people using speech.
> BTW, I have yet to find a javascript based chat, even in Windows, that was even
> anywhere near usable with a screen reader.
>
> HTH,
> Lorenzo
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