This program enhances instant messaging by providing text-to-speech capabilities for the world's most popular IM software. Jabber Talkie works with AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger Service, Yahoo! Messenger, Netscape Messenger, and ICQ. Jabber Talkie will read all of your incoming text messages without requiring you to lift a finger. The program sits in the system tray and automatically detects your messages. Jabber Talkie is a very simple program, which auto-detects everything, so it's a cinch to use. It includes phrase filtering to intuitively recognize and speak common chat abbreviations, such as BRB. To ensure a safe chat environment, the program also has an option to bypass common swear words. Jabber Talkie can support speech in many different languages.