Greg, that was not what i meant, as to using anything i meant go anywhere you wish and be able to use speak freely. I am going to post the invitation, or some of it below. the question is would there be a way entirely in Linux, to join this specific chat at this location if i so wished? take note of the specific step by step instructions provided. Karen > From: Paul Edwards [mailto:edwpaul at comcast.net] > Subject: Tuesday Topics: The relationship game > > > This week on Tuesday Topics we return to a subject that was suggested during > our programs on sexuality. We will explore what the pros and cons are of > relationships between blind people and of relationships between blind folks > and sighted folks. Does it matter if the blind person is male or > female? What about the characteristics of each of these four combinations of > relationships? Please join us a little before nine eastern tomorrow for > this intriguing topic. If you cannot come to our recording, tune in to > ACBRADIO's Mainstream on Monday September 19th to hear the edited version. > And now here is some information on how to get to Ourplace and what to do > once you have arrived in the Politics Room. > First open your web browser. Use whatever method you need to to get to the > place where you type in a location where you want to go. Then type or paste: > > http://ourplace.acbradio.org > > When the page comes up: > > Go to the rooms list and press enter. > > Go to the Politics room and press enter. > > Use whatever approach your browser and/or your screen reader uses to allow > you to go directly to a form or edit field that you will find on this page, > > If you need to do something so you can actually type into the form field, go > ahead and do that. You may need to turn on forms mode with Jaws by pressing > enter. If you are a Window Eyes user, press enter on a form field and your > speech should say: > > M S A A off. > > Type your real name and press enter. > > If you are using the chat software for the first time, there will be a short > pause while an application that will enable the Talking Communities software > to work with your computer is downloaded. > > Whether you are a new user or not, after a few seconds, you will be > announced as having joined the session. That's all there is to it! You're I will skip the other room information, as I think the section above should give you an idea if this can be done in Linux?