Ah, VMS PHONE. Where the other party's typing skills (or lack thereof) are on full display. As for the character-at-a-time display, iChat can provide somethin

Ah, VMS PHONE. Where the other party's typing skills (or lack thereof) are on full display. As for the character-at-a-time display, iChat can provide something like that. On Mac OS X circa 10.6, select iChat > Accounts > select an account > and check the Send text as I type checkbox.