He finds it to be a distinctly different experience from a video teleconference or a computer chat system.

他发现，这是与视频会议或计算机聊天系统明显不同的经历。

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In what is being described as the first inter-species computer chat, Koko will use her skills to answer questions from curious humans through the Internet provider America Online (AOL).

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The organization launched phone and computer-based chat in 2007, and chat quickly grew to the more heavily used method of contact.

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Until now Google offered computer-to-computer voice and video chat services.

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