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Acomm

AComm is an accessible Java-based Instant Messaging and Whiteboard tool. It has been designed to allow assistive technology users to participate in synchronous Internet-based communication activities that have traditionally been inaccessible to them.

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AComm Features

  • User can login to an existing Jabber account or sign up for a new one.
  • Roster provides "presence" information for contacts.
  • Users can participate in private or group chat/whiteboard sessions
  • Text chat window and optional whiteboard
  • Participant list on demand.
  • A variety of whiteboard drawing tools are available
  • Peer description allows any participant to describe the drawn objects. Anti-collision feature ensures one describer per object.
  • Accessibility options
    • Option to play sound effect when a new message arrives.
    • Keyboard drawing checkbox
    • Manual refresh checkbox
    • Show only new checkbox
    • Newest message first checkbox
  • Keyboard enabled drawing lets users use some features of the whiteboard without a mouse.
  • Save and open palette feature lets users create and describe pictures beforehand.

Requirements

  • AComm is a Java application and requires that a Java Runtime Environment be installed on system it is running on.


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