Hello Nektarios, We looked at a lot of different things and decided on Talking Communities, not only because it was possible to easily speak with large numbers of people, but it was also possible to do several other things as well. If you only want to use the client for talking, there are probably a lot of options. However, we needed a solution that allowed us to easily accomplish more than people talking to one another. We needed the ability for moderators to briefly take people off to the side and have parallel, simultaneous private conversations occurring as well. .
I am indeed on Skype, and this particular list has been very helpful to me in that regard, and it will be my pleasure to call you, chat and just catch up. Best regards, Mike On 31,Mar,2011, at 3:58 PM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: > Hi there! Yes I am the same one! <smile> and I remember you as well. > Are you on Skype? If yes, please call me. I wish to talk about this and other > things. My Skype name is: nmallas > I will look in to this client. > Nektarios. > > On Mar 31, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Michael Busboom wrote: > >> Hello Nektarios, >> >> Are you the same Nektarios who was visiting Larry Campbell in the States at >> the same time I was? If you are, do you remember our bold postulations that >> Graphical User Interfaces would indeed be accessible to blind people soon? >> If you are the same person, that dates you as much as it does me! :) >> >> Now to your question: >> Have you considered the Talking Communities software? While their Mac >> client isn't as far along as their Windows client, it works well enough, and >> their software is indeed accessible. Recently, the European Blind Union >> purchased a Talking Communities server of our own so that we could cut down >> on our long-term expenses and increase our level of real time communication >> amongst members and commissions. We are still in the process of getting >> things set up the way we like them, but we are encouraged that we now have >> (1) something that is accessible and (2) a relationship with a company that >> is eager to work with us and accommodate our accessibility needs. Our >> Technology Commission has tested and used the server for several meetings >> now, and we are very satisfied. >> >> By the way, since you own a Mac, it'd be great if you would be willing to >> consider working with Mac users on improving accessibility on the Mac side >> of things. Accessibility can only improve if Talking Communities gets >> constructive feedback. >> >> Best regards from Austria, >> >> Mike >> >> On 31,Mar,2011, at 5:36 AM, Nektarios Mallas wrote: >> >>> Hi listers. >>> I am trying to set up a voice chat client for some blind users here in >>> Greece and I am looking for a suitable client and hosting server. >>> The client must work on both windows and Mac, and must of course be >>> accessible. >>> Is there such a thing? I am looking in to Ventrilo, and it looks promising. >>> Any help is very much appreciated. >>> >>> Nektarios. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
