[NFBCS] easy to learn Windows applications for having an accessible chat

[John]

Hello,
> I am blind and use a refreshable braille display.
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> My sighted son is in middle school and I wish to check the accuracy of some intermediate steps he is doing in his math problems.
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> One example might be working out a multi-digit multiplication problem.
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> I am thinking that rather than listening to what he says, writing it down, echoing it bak to him, and then reviewing what was written that he and I should try out sending text messages back and forth or use some kind of chat application.
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> One idea is to use a Windows application on two PC's and send simple chat messages back and forth.
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> I understand we could e-mail back and forth and that would be perfectly accessible but the time for the e-mail to come through might be too slow to be worthwhile.
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> We could of course share one computer and take turns writing in notepad.
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> However two people sharing one computer can get frustrating at times.
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> Would you recommend that I learn how to send and read chats in the Windows Zoom application?
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> Sending a text with my iPhone could work but I am not particularly comfortable with all the braille symbols for slash and so-on that I might have to get used to.
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> Between 2005-2008 I found Windows Live Messenger pretty easy to use for Windows chat.
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> I do not think it is supported any longer.
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> Are there other applications such as Skype that are pretty accessible for sending short messages?
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> Best Regards,
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> John
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