XMPPVOX: DOSVOX's XMPP chat client

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.

1. What is XMPPVOX?

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.

2. How to use XMPPVOX?

2.1. Create a XMPP account

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.

2.2. Start XMPPVOX

2.3. Talk with your friends

3. Support mailing-list

Support is available through the mailing-list
xmppvox@googlegroups.com.

4. License

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.