just a thought, why not run a private ircd on your lan. don't open it up to the internet and allow your work mates to communicate that way. just a thought, Thus spake A. R. Vener, > John, > > You might be able to use the talk command over the LAN. Otherwise they can > telnet to your machine and use the write command. > > > Also, I was deaf blind and used the same system as you > have described for many years, but received a cochlear implant > which lets me use speech with my computer and hear > people very clearly, including over the telephone. If you haven't > looked into cochlear implants yet, it might be worth your while to do so. > > Rudy > On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 11:32:21AM -0500, John J. Boyer wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am deaf-blind and use my computer to communicate with others in my > > organization. Normally, people can type on the computer keyboard while I > > am running a text editor such as nano and what they type appears > > immediately on my braille display through brltty. I can also type on my > > braille Lite and it appears immediately on the screen. However, my office > > is on the second floor and we have some people in wheelchairs. It would be > > very nice if they could communicate in the same way from their computers > > over our LAN. I could set up an account on my machine and they could > > telnet to it, but how would I know what they are typing, and how would > > they receive what I type? Is there a program that root can use to see a > > user's screen and type onto it? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > > > -- > > Computers to Help People, Inc. > > http://www.chpi.org > > 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Shaun Oliver "Becareful of the toes u step on today, they maybe connected to the ass you have to kiss tomorrow!" EMAIL: shaun_oliver@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ICQ: 76958435 YAHOO: blindman01_2000 MSN: blindman_2001@xxxxxxxxxxx AIM: captain nemo 200 IRC: irc.awesomechat.net:6666 IRCNICK: blindman CHANNELS: #awesomeradio #mircpopup-magic #linux #help #ourworld #audiofile #mauisun _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list