If you were reading this sentence over AOL’s new instant messenger, each word would be u-n-f-o-l-d-i-n-g letter by letter as it was typed.
Real-time messaging will add emphasis and intonation to text conversations, said Gregg Vanderheiden, professor and director of the Trace Research and Development Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, which also worked on the project. “It’s not there to expose all your little typos,” he said.