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New user's Information

This page will take you one step at a time through the Out of Sight registration process and show you how to install and configure the TC Web Conferencing Client.

Signing up for Out of Sight is easy and painless. The entire process consists of filling out a form and installing and configuring our TC client.

Each link on this page will open in a new window or tab so you can follow along with the instructions and not have to re-load this page.

First, go to: Out of Sight main page. When the page loads, you will hear our theme song. Press escape to stop the audio. Feel free to navigate through the site's pages and familiarize yourself with Out of Sight. To register with us, enter on the link Become a Member.

You will then read our policies and decide at that point to either continue or not the registration process.

Once you continue, you will be presented with a form to fill out . This form consists of several fields that must be completed. Please note that all the information you provide is confidential. Only site management and agents of the site may access this information if you choose.

The information you will need to provide is:

* Full Name:

Your full name.

* Email:

The e-mail account that will be associated with your profile. This is the email account that will be used if we need to send you correspondence.

Phone:

Your complete phone number including area code.

* Choose User_name:

That is the name with which you will logon to the site and that others will see when you are in a chat room.

Upload your photo.

You may browse your hard drive and select a picture of yourself to upload if you wish, but this field is not mandatory. You may skip this section.

Interests:

Type one or two lines letting us know of your interests and hobbies.

* Tell us about yourself:

Type in one or two lines telling us about yourself, your family or anything you wish us to know.

Link:

This may be filled out if you have a web page you wish to share.

Submit the form.

Now that you have filled out the form, you may close the Out of Sight page and continue reading here.

NOTES:

• Fields with asterisks are required.
• If you use offensive material and language to fill out this form, your application will automatically be rejected.
• Incomplete or inaccurate information may cause your application to be rejected.
• Please note that this site is not a match making or dating chat site.

Once you submit the form, you will receive an email containing your username and password within 24 hours. follow the instructions in the email in order to access our chat site. The Email will instruct you to go to our logon Page.

This page will present you with two edit fields where you type in the username and password you were provided with in the subscription email you received from us. After you have entered this information, login. You will then be taken to our main chat locator page. This is the page that you will need to load each time you want to access our rooms.

We strongly suggest that you save our locator page in your favorites or bookmarks to access it quickly.

If this is your first time accessing a Talking Communities chat site, you must download and install the TC Chat client. If you have the client installed you may skip this step.

In order to install the chat client to have access to our chat rooms, do the following:

1. Tab to the link First Time users click here to download the plugin. and press Enter and a download dialogue box will appear.
2. This dialogue box offers you the choice of saving or running the client. the client must be run in order to be installed so tab to run and press the spacebar. If you wish to save the client you may do so, but be sure to run it after you have downloaded it. You will not be able to enter any of our rooms if the client is not installed.
3. The Client's setup screen will then be displayed. Follow the prompts. The client will then be installed on your computer. You will be presented with a Finish button. Press the spacebar on it to close the chat client installation program. You are now ready to enter any of our chat rooms.

Note: It is possible that your anti-virus anti-spyware programs flag the chat client as having malware. We have been assured by Talking Communities that there is no harmful component to their software and that this is only a false positive.

The first time you enter a room, you may be asked to update the client. Please do so. You will then be asked to exit the room and come back in for the changes to take effect.

Once you have installed the client, you can configure it by going in our tech rooms and accessing the web page located there.

The tech rooms are:

• Technically Speaking
• Tech Room for 2 Number 1
• Tech Room for 2 Number 2
• Tech Room for 3

Once you have entered the room, pressing f6 will place you in the browser window. Go to the link, configure the client for your needs and enter on it. There you will be presented with a few short tutorials on configuring and setting up the client as well as a list of hot keys to access the client's features.

Jaws users, please note that until you configure the Announce Progress Bar Updates in the User Options in the Jaws Configuration Manager, you will hear percentages being spoken while in the client chat window.

It is strongly recommended that you read and familiarize yourself with the tutorials and tips pertaining to the TC client located in our tech room web pages as it will make your experience on Out of Sight more enjoyable.

If you have any questions you can always contact our help desk, or attend our Tech Talk and Tips sessions held every Tuesday evening at: 8:00Eastern time. Our dedicated and knowledgeable tech team would be happy to assist you in configuring the client as well as in other computer related issues. This session is in Technically Speaking.

Finally, we recommend that you sign up for our What's Happening announcement list on Google groups. This email list will inform you each day of the activities, events and games that are happening on Out of Sight. We have other email lists that may interest you as well. Please feel free to review our Email Lists and subscribe to the ones you are interested in.

All are welcome to participate in any activity without cost.