[Reader-users] KNFB Reader Comes Through

[Mike Freeman]

Laura:

To keep this on-topic, the KNFB Reader doesn't read displays yet. 
However, this isn't as bad as it sounds. Many (though not all) VHF/UHF 
rigs such as handhelds allow direct frequency entry so you can go to a 
given frequency and some of the rigs have predictable menus so you can 
store frequencies in memory. The Icom T-90A reads your frequency out in 
Morse code.

For HF rigs, if you're using current technology, it's best to go for a 
transceiver that has voice synthesis to read your frequency out to you. 
Some of these also have direct entry of frequencies on a keypad just as 
the VHF/UHF units do.

I'd encourage you to get back into the hobby!

Mike

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Laura Eaves
  To: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
  Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:20 AM
  Subject: Re: [Reader-users] KNFB Reader Comes Through


  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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Laura:
 
To keep this on-topic, the KNFB Reader doesn't read displays yet. However, this isn't as bad as it sounds. Many (though not all) VHF/UHF rigs such as handhelds allow direct frequency entry so you can go to a given frequency and some of the rigs have predictable menus so you can store frequencies in memory. The Icom T-90A reads your frequency out in Morse code.
 
For HF rigs, if you're using current technology, it's best to go for a transceiver that has voice synthesis to read your frequency out to you. Some of these also have direct entry of frequencies on a keypad just as the VHF/UHF units do.
 
I'd encourage you to get back into the hobby!
 
Mike
 
----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:leaves1 at carolina.rr.com Laura Eaves
To:
mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list
Sent:
Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:20 AM
Subject:
Re: [Reader-users] KNFB Reader Comes Through
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" < mailto:k7uij at panix.com k7uij at panix.com
>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader users list"
< mailto:reader-users at nfbnet.org 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 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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