XMPPVOX enables visually impaired computer users to communicate with their friends from Google Talk and Facebook using the chat client PAPOVOX, part of DOSVOX system.
XMPPVOX is a chat client that supports the XMPP protocol. This protocol is used for realtime Internet chat, featuring, among other things, presence information (a user can be available, busy, unavailable, and so on) and contact list.
The XMPP protocol is used worldwide. Two existing services that use XMPP to power their chat systems are Google Talk and Facebook Chat.
XMPPVOX is used through Papovox. Papovox is an existing program, part of DOSVOX, that serves as the frontend user interface, while XMPPVOX translates users interactions with Papovox to suitable XMPP actions.
To use XMPPVOX you first need an account in an XMPP server.
You you have a Google Account/Gmail, then you already have an usable account your_name@gmail.com. If you have an account on Facebook, then your XMPP account is your_facebook_id@chat.facebook.com.
Support is available through the mailing-list xmppvox@googlegroups.com.
XMPPVOX is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See LICENSE.txt for license terms and conditions.
XMPPVOX is also distributed as a self-contained Windows executable, for easy installation and redistribution. The most up-to-date source-code is hosted at github.com/rhcarvalho/xmppvox.