[Reader-users] KNFB Reader Comes Through

[Laura Eaves]

Hey Mike -- I used to be a novice ham way back a while ago, but am seriously 
considering going back and getting a better license.  My question to you is, 
how do you tune the frequencies on the various equipment? Since so many 
blind persons are hams it must be possible--i confess i had some vision when 
I was a novice but never got around to getting myself a radio, and now i 
can't see much at all--so (I'm getting on topic, I promise!) -- can you use 
the reader to scan the displays of the radio? or do the controls talk? or 
are they tactile?
Just wondering.
TIA
--le


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:30 AM
Subject: [Reader-users] KNFB Reader Comes Through


As many of you know, I'm an amateur radio (ham) operator; my call is K 7
U I J. I recently purchased one of those all-mode-all-band-do-everything
transceivers, the Kenwood TS-2000. I also purchased the Kenwood SP31
external speaker. While an e-version of the TS-2000 manual is available
from http://www.icanworkthisthing.com, manuals for the TS-2000
accessories aren't available in electronic form. So when I unpacked the
external speaker, I wasn't sure what the controls were. out came the
KNFB Reader and I took a picture of the one-page instruction sheet that
came with the speaker. Although it obviously didn't read the little
diagram of the terminal connections, it did read the labels and read the
instructions themselves flawlessly. So I was able to connect the cord so
the speaker could be connected to the TS-2000 transceiver and I was able
to figure out the front-panel controls.

Bravo for the KNFB Reader.

Mike Freeman



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