Hi Carl, You first go to the for the people site which is also known as the FTP site. The URL is
http://www.ForThePeople.com I can't remember all of the steps but you first have to join the site. For this you need a username and password. You can have two usernames, people often give themselves a sort of nickname, for example Phil Par calls himself Morning Drive, others just use their actual name. You will then have to download a chat client called Chatterbox. Do not confuse Chatterbox with Tim Cummings <GRIN>. There is also a link to scripts you can instal for Jaws if that is your screen reader programme which makes it work better. Once you have all that set-up you can then enter the site. It is broken down into what are known as rooms. This is a list you can arrow down, you will see the name of the room and the number of people in the room followed by a list of the names of the people in that room. You press enter on the room you want to enter and your name will be added and you will hear if anyone is talking. To talk you press the left CONTROL key on your computer and hold it while you talk, release it when you are done. It works like a two way radio in that sense, press to talk, release to listen. You need speakers or head or ear phones and a microphone connected to your computer. I use a notebook computer with speakers and a microphone built in and many people like the little head sets with a microphone mounted on a small boom in front of their face. If you are not too used to setting things up on your computer you might like some help with getting this going but once on there are many people you may enjoy. The room that Phil is talking about is called the Blind Handyman room. Not just us meet there though, we allow anyone in not like we could really stop them, all are made welcome or I think so anyway, they are usually courteous to me which should indicate a fairly high tolerance. Hope this helps. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "carl hickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 6:09 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tonight. > can you tel me how i get in to the room? > you hav'nt stated an http or adress > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Phil Parr > To: blind like me > Cc: list handy > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 9:47 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Tonight. > > > As a general rule some of us gather in the blind handyman room over at > for the people on Friday nights and shoot the breeze for a while. If you > never have attended well, it is kind of like the Houston thing. I > guarantee you won't learn much but you might enjoy the conversation and > general chatter. > > See you tonight, around nine eastern, Phil Parr. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.14.6/536 - Release Date: 16/11/2006 > >
