I am going to look at Twitter myself. I listened to about 25 minutes of a podcast I found. I am impressed so far.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] twitter aps Hi all, I'd like to re-join Twitter after closing my account due to lack of interest. The problem is that they say my e-mail address has already been taken and I'd rather use this e-mail instead of my Hotmail one, or should I use that anyway and just ignore the e-mail notifications. Please advise as I'd like to try this Qwitter client. Thanks. -- Chris Hallsworth E-mail: [email protected] MSN: [email protected] Skype: chrishallsworth7266 -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bruce Toews" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:53 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] twitter aps > At the moment there are three main popular applications blind people are > using to access Twitter, aside from the Websites. TWInbox is an add-on > that interfaces with Microsoft Outlook. If you use Outlook and always > keep it open, you may well find this program to your liking. Another > very popular applicaiton is McTwit, which was written from the ground up > with accessibility in mind. In addition, though they are not necessary > for the full functionality of the program, there are some very > excellently-written scripts for both JAWS and Window-Eyes which add to > the convenience of this program's use. > > The third application, which is my application of choice, is Qwitter. > Its interface is based on the old Jawter scripts. So if you use Jawter, > you might want to give Qwitter a serious look because it offers > virtually all of the benefits of Jawter without the screen-reader lag > associated with the scripts going out and looking for new tweets. It > also works with multiple screen readers and even as a self-voicing > application with SAPI speech if one prefers. The nice thing about the > qwitter interface is that it is global. It doesn't appear in the > alt+tabbing order, so it's out of the way, but you can use its > keystrokes from within any application, you don't have to switch in and > out of any windows to make full use of it. > > All of these solutions are excellent. Qwitter is my solution of choice, > but I don't think any of these solutions is universally better than any > of the others, it's a matter of which solution one prefers. > > bruce > > > On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:41:50 -0500, "Desiree Sturdevant" > <[email protected]> said: >> Hi there: >> I really like jawter, I have tried several others but this is my fave. >> You >> can find it at http://randylaptop.com/software/jawter-2/ >> Of course you can only use it if you are a jaws user. It is also a >> little >> tricky to install, but the readme file is fantastic and will take you >> through step by step. Otherwise, I like www.accessibletwitter.com >> >> Hope that helps. >> Desiree R Sturdevant >> Accessibility Experience Specialist >> Knowbility INC. >> >> Check out our blog at: >> Http://www.universallydesigned.net >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "janet smith" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:09 AM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] twitter aps >> >> >> > hi their am new to twitter has anyone used any of the aps for twitter >> > or >> > have you all just gone on the site to do your updates and such any hel >> > would >> > be appreciated thanks >> > chec out www.95themix.com >> > for great programing and music >> > >> > >> > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.23/2254 - Release Date: >> 07/22/09 >> 05:59:00 >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
