Imho, using irc is a bugger to use with braille. I use speech. I can at least shut it up and quickly review the screen if need be. I use to be a techadmin on a network so I got farely good at it. Especially when it came to capturing ip addresses for instand g-lines and such. It just takes time to sit there and practice and learn what crap you want to hear and what you can safely ignore. And if in doubt, do what I do from time to time and drop in the occasional rofl or lol just to let people know you're alive. Hth -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:blinux-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Monday, 3 February 2003 5:29 AM To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Using IRC As an additional option for you ... I've been using sirc, a Perl based client without problems for several months. It's all very straight forward. Commands are preceeded by a slash. Everything else you type is broadcast when you press enter. John J. Boyer writes: > From: "John J. Boyer" <director@chpi.org> > > Brian, > > I've been wondering for a long time whether IRC would be practical for > me, > since I use braille. How does one get on IRC using Linux? i assume there > is a command already available. Once on, how does one go about setting > options, etc. > > Thanks for answering dumb questions. > > John > > > -- > Computers to Help People, Inc. > http://www.chpi.org > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list