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The midas documentation has moved. See [https://midas.triumf.ca/docs/develop/features/monitoring_and_control/chat/ Chat] and [https://midas.triumf.ca/docs/develop/reference/reference/web_pages/#chat-page Chat page] in Built-in web pages for the new documentation about the Chat web page.
 
 
= Purpose =
The purpose of [[mhttpd]] Chat Page is to provide a simple mean of communication between multiple users under the same Midas experiment. This communication is done via the Midas web application. Additional speaking (Text-to-Speech) of the message can be enabled (see below).
 
= Access to the Chat Page =
The Chat Page is displayed by clicking on the  {{Button|name=Chat}}  button on the mhttpd [[Status Page]] or other mhttpd web page.
 
;Note
: If the Chat button is not present on the Status Page
:* it may have been [[Status Page#page-switch-buttons|suppressed]].
 
 
= Features of the Chat page =
The Chat page is composed of 4 areas:
# the message box
# the use name box
# a Speech enable button in the case the web browser is compatible with the Google TTS engine. Check http://caniuse.com/#search=SpeechSynthesisUtterance for compatibility.
 
 
* The Chat page provides 2 fields:
** User message, User name, Speech enable tag
* In the case of the "CHROME" web browser use, it is possible to enable the "Text-To-Speech" synthesizer to "speak the message. Only collaborators sentences will be spoken. The enabling for this feature is done by setting the "Text-to-Speech Enable" to 1 under the "CONFIG" button on the status page.
 
[[Category: CHAT]] [[Category:mhttpd Pages]]

Latest revision as of 22:00, 30 October 2026

The midas documentation has moved. See Chat and Chat page in Built-in web pages for the new documentation about the Chat web page.