[Elecraft] Voice Announcement

[Mike Markowski]

Thomas and everyone,

I wrote a small C program to do basic things that might also be easy to
use for someone without sight.  It could be used with text-to-speech
software.  (The dollar sign below is the command line prompt.)

  $ k2 -A
  VFO A: 14001.900 kHz
  $ k2 -B
  VFO B: 14003.470 kHz

or

  $ k2 -a 14020    tune VFO A to 14.020 MHz
  $ k2 -s 2 14020  sets up a split for "up 2"
  $ k2 -c ab3ap    sends the cw "AB3AP"
  $ k2 -t lo       does a low power ATU tune

I'm not sure, but seems to me a GUI would not be necessary or appealing
for a blind operator?  My software is a quick hack, but with some
thought a better text interface might be created.  Along those lines,
http://hamlib.org has a rigctl command that might be an even more
general solution to the problem.

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 04/18/10 09:58, Thomas Norff wrote:
> Blind person often use a PC with a "reading software" (OT 'to read to
> someone' - no single word for that ?)
> combined with a braille display.
> Creating an application using the available software - simple GUI, readable
> by the reading software, assessable by function/cursor keys - and
> abstracting the K3 to their ability could be a 'solution'.
> 
> Anyone interested to start a conversation about that ?
> 
> 73 de Thomas, DM7TN
> 
> PS: Doesn't have to be limited to the K3 ... one GUI for many TRX ... just
> dreaming  ;o)