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I am in the computer software business and am interested on the take-up of utilities such a Skype and MSN Messenger amongst deaf people. It seems to me that many deaf people must already enjoy the ability to use email but sometimes in the context of a "conversation" email can be anything but instant. One of the problems is that you cannot see if the person is there to pick up the mail at the time that you send it and another is that quite often people are working across many email addresses and do not see new messages arrive immediately. It is in this space that instant messaging comes int...