AIM has always been accessible to me with JAWS. I've even used AIM with
Facebook Chat. I've also heard people mention Yahoo Messenger and
Windows Messenger, although I've never used these programs myself.

For now, I mostly use Pidgin in Ubuntu and use IRC and the Google Chat
and Skype plug ins.

On 06/05/12 19:43, Ghost Child wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>      Could anyone please advise me as to where I could find an accessible
> IRC or general chat application which is accessible to screen-readers, but
> which Is for everyone, not just the blind?  Preferrably something which is
> text-only, no having to guess at what graphics and unlabelled icons mean?
> I'm mostly home-bound and have very few opportunities to socialize and make
> friends, and all the sites I've found for socializing either have endless
> forums which I can't keep up with or have chat rooms built into the Web site
> which Jaws can't handle.  Does anybody know of an accessible chat client
> which totally blind people can use easily but which will not limit us to
> only talking to other blind folks?  Thanks so much for any information.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Becky
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