[Elecraft] The case against touch screens

[Wayne Burdick]

We've always provided a host API that access to virtually 100% of the controls so voice interfaces can be designed for attached computers. This would be true even if we did a radio with a touch screen.

And as I said earlier, the emphasis should be on hard controls for things used most often. 

Wayne
N6KR



> On Mar 25, 2019, at 9:02 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Touch screens do not provide support for blind amateur operators. Elecraft has always said they will provide support for blind operators.
> I just wonder how touchscreens fit into that commitment.
> 
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
> 
> On 3/25/2019 11:18 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
>> While those are certainly advantages, there are several disadvantages. Number 1 on my personal hit parade: they aren’t tactile. You have to look at them to operate them. Which means, for you, another distraction. For me, it means extra support (think VoiceOver on iOS, Talkback on Android, VoiceView on the Amazon Fire things). So far, none of the ham radio manufacturers has implemented anything like that, and so touch screen interfaces on a lot of stuff are out of my reach, as it were. Of course, knobs and switches and buttons have the advantage of being able to be manipulated without having to see where they are. 
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