[Elecraft] Voice Announcement

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft.]

We also have the ' K3voice' PC program on our web page.

73, 
Eric
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"Mike Markowski" <mike.ab3ap at gmail.com> wrote:

>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)
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