[Elecraft] Speech bord for any of the Elecragt rigs?

[Tim Crawford (GI4OPH)]

Hi Scott,

I'm a novice K3s owner here, having taken delivery of the rig around 3 weeks 
ago.  I also purchased the Hampod, refered to in an earlier post.

Again I've only been using the hampod for a matter of days, but first 
impressions are it's an amazing peice of kit, providing  spoken access to 
vertually all of the functions of the K3s.

The Hampod is a stand alone unit which connects to the serial port on the 
rig.

More info can be found at www.hampod.com

Like I said, I'm only beginning to become acquainted with both the K3s and 
hampod, so can't really offer much more information.   However if You're 
thinking of a k3s or kx3, I reckon the hampod is certainly worth 
investagation.

Btw, the JJ radio software I think provides some degree of speech access to 
Elecraft equipment, but of course this requires connection to a PC.

Hope this is of some help.

Best 73,

Tim, (GI4OPH)

Bangor, N. Ireland.

Skype:  tim-crawford
 Twitter:  tim_gi4oph

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gillen ZL1CHM" <zl1chm at gillen.co.nz>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 14, 2015 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Speech bord for any of the Elecragt rigs?


> Thanks Guy.
>
> I'm looking mor for a unit that will speak the radio frequency, mode, 
> menus ect.  This would be quite a help to blind operators. These tasks 
> don't require a computer. Kenwood achieve it with a small plugin board.
>
> 73
> Scott
> ZL1CHM / N0HO
> Auckland New Zealand
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 15/11/2015, at 3:05 AM, Guy Olinger K2AV <k2av.guy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Not that I've ever heard. There were requests on the original feature 
>> lists for the digital voice recorder back at the beginning of the K3. The 
>> voice recorder was available very early.
>>
>> Usually the user wants to use his own voice for synthesized speech, a 
>> rather complex task usually done by logging software running on a PC.
>>
>> This would be a PC that has the software for forming the letter, number 
>> and special message files needed for automatic contest speech in a 
>> contest with serial numbers, etc. The logging program then assembles 
>> those files into sequential speech using directory and file names 
>> specified by the program via a sound card.
>>
>> These tasks require developed software, which will have been developed 
>> for the two common hosts and operating systems.
>>
>> That would make the request suspiciously like inserting a mini PC into 
>> the K3. Interesting idea. Would worry about all the misc RF noise 
>> generated by a PC. And the heat. Still interesting ignoring all the 
>> practical issues to solve.
>>
>> If transportability was in mind and I had to have it tomorrow, I'd get a 
>> Surface Pro 3, load all the requisite software and files, and pack it in 
>> the same case as the K3.
>>
>> 73, Guy K2AV
>>
>> On Friday, November 13, 2015, Scott Gillen ZL1CHM <zl1chm at gillen.co.nz> 
>> wrote:
>>> I'm wondering if Elecraft produces or has considered producing a speech 
>>> synthesiser board for any of there radios?
>>>
>>> 73
>>> Scott
>>>  ZL1CHM / N0HO
>>> Auckland New Zealand
>>>
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