Reviving MSN Messenger’s i-Buddy USB Accessory

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/23/reviving-msn-messengers-i-buddy-usb-accessory/

Here are four very different subreddits that I created.

1.
Old Opera
This is a subreddit for those who love, or are even curious about, opera and its singers from the 1950's and earlier. Feel free to ask questions, share reviews and links, and discuss this wonderful genre of music and the singers and composers who brought it to life. Everyone, from beginners to experts, is welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OldOpera/

2.
Blind and Fine
If you want to join apositive subreddit for the blind, try r/BlindandFine. The subject matter is far less strict than at r/blind, since not everything needs to be related to blindness. This is more of a place where we can get to know each other and have fun. We allow sighted people to join as well, and we welcome questions about blindness if they are genuine, requests for feedback on surveys or technology about/for the blind, etc. However, I do ask that you join only if you are eighteen or older. Please also note that this is not a therapy/support group. If you need that, then r/blind is for you. I am not an administrator there, only of Blind and Fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BlindAndFine/

3.
FrozenDinnerReviews
This is the place to talk about tv dinners and other frozen foods. Share opinions and recipes, ask questions, etc. If you must post pictures, please describe them or write a post containing text so that those of us who cannot see will know what it's about. Even something like "box of X brand pizza) is fine.

https://www.reddit.com/r/FrozenDinnerReviews/

4.
EscargotFamily
This subreddit is for those who use the Escargot client to access Windows Live/MSN Messenger. For now, please disregard the references to other services that Escargot no longer offers. This is a place where we can get to know each other and share contact information strictly for adding each other to Messenger (no real addresses, phone numbers, etc.). Please only join if you're over eighteen.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EscargotFamily/

#accessibility #BelCanto #blind #blindness #composers #Escargot #EscargotChat #food #friendship #FrozenFoods #hobbies #MSNMessenger #music #opera #records #Reddit #singers #subreddits #technology #TVDinners #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger #WindowsXP #Windows7

🗨️ Envoie /𝘸𝘪𝘻𝘻 dans #QChat et fais bouger le #QGIS de tous tes ami/es ! 🫨

-> https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/qchat/

Un effet qui sent bon le MSN messenger du début des années 2000, via une contribution de @lbartoletti 👏

#wizz #MSNmessenger

The All New MSN Teams Logo

#Microsoft #Microsoft365 #MSN #MSNMessenger #escargot #design #FrutigerAero #logo #meme #memes #CorporateBullshit

nostalgia.mp3

#MSN #MSNMessenger

*For Reddit users.*
This is a place where users of Escargot and Nina services (MSn/Windows Live Messenger, AIM/AOL, ICQ, etc.) can share usernames and get to know each other. Please join if over eighteen. Note that this is not an official subreddit by Escargot/Nina. I am including the accessibility tag because this works very well with screen readers such as NVDA.

https://old.reddit.com/r/EscargotFamily

#accessibility #AIM #AOL #chat #Escargot #friends #friendship #ICQ #Narrator #Nina #NVDA #MSN #MSNMessenger #Reddit #technology #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger

the following is a brief description of a subreddit that I created today. I have included the accessibility and blind tags because MSN Messenger is extremely accessible with screen readers and I believe that more blind people should know about this. I believe AIM may work as well, but I haven't tried it. Obviously, it works for the sighted as well.

"Hi, and welcome to Escargot Family! This is a place where users of Escargot and Nina services (MSn/Windows Live Messenger, AIM/AOL, ICQ etc.) can share usernames and get to know each other. Please join if over eighteen. Note that this is not an official subreddit by Escargot/Nina."

https://old.reddit.com/r/EscargotFamily

#accessibility #AIM #AOL #blind #computers #Escargot #friends #ICQ #MSNMessenger #Nina #NVDA #Reddit #technology #Windows #Windows7 #WindowsXP #WindowsLiveMessenger

***Attention! If you miss MSN/Windows Live Messenger, AIM, and/or ICQ, this is for you! If you use a screen reader and want a 100% accessible messenger client, this is also for you.*
This works with Windows XPthrough 11, and I'm logged into it as I write! It's called Escargot, and it revives Windows Live/MSN Messenger. This is the original software, but it has been patched so that it connects to the escargot.chat server and not the Microsoft one. It is 100% free and accessible with NVDA and I'm sure JAWS as well. They also have projects for AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) and ICQ, including for Android and IOS, and are working on a web client for MSN. (I don't know if AIM or ICQ are accessible with screen readers, as I have never tried them). Anyway, if you're over twenty-one (my personal request), have read my profile here, and wish to add me, I am [email protected]. You can find everything here.

http://www.escargot.chat

Note: If you already have Windows Live/MSN Messenger on your system, you will still need to download their version and create an account. Your Microsoft, MSN, or Hotmail one won't work for signing in. Also, remember to click on RUN_AFTER_INSTALL.exe, in order to patch the program to the Escargot server.

#accessibility #AIM #Android #AOL #blind #chat #Escargot #EscargotChat #ICQ #IOS #Messenger #MSN #MsnMessenger #Microsoft #NVDA #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #Windows #WindowsLiveMessenger