Hi again Esther. Thanks for the reply.
Actually just worked out my a o l messenger account works in i chat. Wonder if someone using an aim screen name and say a i chat account will let you talk via audio? Is the audio in i chat really as good as skype or better? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:48 PM Subject: Re: creating an i chat account > > Hi Scott, > > You're right, there's now a capcha on the page you get directed to. I > went through the process of checking the page before I posted the > first time to the list just because this was such a pain. There would > have been little point in giving this information if I knew there > would be a problem at the end. This is really a bummer; there have > been several reports to Apple about this. > > If you read the TidBITS article, you know that this was an alternative > means of getting a non-expiring iChat account for someone who had > tried the trial MobileMe subscription, so it wasn't pointing to the > same page for trial subscriptions -- at least not at the end of > February. > > I don't know how to get around this. In the past some people who have > AppleCare have called in to the main Apple Support number to get help, > after first trying the signup page. You can get the dot Mac trial > account set up along with other account configuration when you buy a > new machine at an Apple Store, so I didn't initially realize there was > a general problem about trying this service out. > > Sorry not to have more helpful suggestions. > > Esther > > > > On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:15 PM, Scott Rutkowski wrote: > >> >> HI Esther. >> >> I actually did go to the page under the account menu in i chat and >> clicked >> the get an i chat account button. >> >> Right near the bottom of the page there was a capcha you had to fill >> in. >> >> I'm sure i did this correctly. >> The page must have changed now. >> >> can you take another look and see if the capcha appears for you? >> It's on the first page after you fill in your date of birth and >> confirm your >> email address. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Esther" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 6:05 PM >> Subject: Re: creating an i chat account >> >> >>> >>> Hi Scott, >>> >>> You wrote: >>> SR: can one create an i chat account without sighted assistance or >>> has >>> this now changed and you have to fill in the security question on the >>> i chat account creation page? >>> >>> Esther: I think you're talking about my post of a TidBITS article >>> that >>> tells about how to get a free, non-expiring iChat account by using >>> the >>> preferences menu under the iChat app. Google groups is searchable, >>> but it's nowhere near as convenient as doing a simple search in the >>> text box on the Mail Archive pages for this list at: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ >>> >>> which works for posts after February 28, 2009. And it certainly >>> doesn't have support for access keys that make it easy to read down a >>> thread with Control-N. Unfortunately, that archiving start date >>> drops >>> posts in the first 4 weeks after this group got moved. Here's the >>> relevant excerpt from the post: >>> >>> <begin excerpt> >>> I came across a TidBITS article describing how to get a free .Mac >>> address to use for iChat at: >>> >>> http://db.tidbits.com/article/10084 >>> >>> You can get a free, non-expiring .Mac address to use for iChat >>> without >>> subscribing to MobileMe. If you already have a .Mac or MobileMe >>> membership, you can use it to set up another iChat user address -- if >>> you want to keep separate user addresses for work and personal use, >>> for example. >>> >>> The process is accessible and uses the preferences menu (Command- >>> comma) under the iChat app. You select (VO-space) the accounts button >>> on the toolbar, and then tab to the "Add account" button, or find it >>> with item chooser, and press (VO-space). In the "Account Setup" >>> window >>> that appears, navigate to the "Get an iChat Account" button and press >>> it (VO-space). >>> >>> This brings up a web page in Safari that you fill out to select an >>> account name and password. Unlike the dot Mac trial account web page >>> signups, the process is accessible and there are no captchas, etc. >>> >>> <end excerpt> >>> >>> I only tried this up through the step just before creating a new >>> account, since I already have a dot Mac account, but all those stages >>> were accessible, while the older dot Mac trial account web page was >>> not. Check the TidBITS link for more explicit details. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
