[TrunkCom] Too Early to Compare?

[Jeff Kenyon]

Hi Steve and the group.  I've been interested in learning more, and still
have my 250.  As for Pro-96 the software for it now is not easy to use
with JAWS, but it looks like we will have some options and please let us
all know how you make out when it becomes available with different
software.





On Mon, 5 Nov 2007, Steve Matzura wrote:

> Hi there, Jeff:
>
> On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 19:45:17 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>
> >I don't know what your visual situation is but have you had a
> >chance to work with any trunking  software or the newer scanners like the
> >396 or 996 and what has your impression been as far as accessibility goes?
>
> You and I have talked on this topic before, and it was definitely
> before the 996 and associated radios came out.
>
> As far as vision is concerned, I don't have any--none at all. I'm both
> a JAWS and Window-Eyes screenreader user, with a marked preference for
> JAWS.
>
> As far as programming and using the 996 and older 250 are concerned,
> unless you're a memory maniac and can remember all the key functions
> and secondary functions and all of that, stick with the software,
> particular the Butel ARC series, which is very nice and accessible.  I
> enjoy the heck out of my 996 when the ARC996 software is controlling
> it.  So, too, did I enjoy the 250 with its accompanying ARC software.
> I recently sold the 250 to help finance the purchase of the new GRE
> radio, for which there will be an ARC release later this year.  I'm
> hoping Gommert does something about some of his floating windows,
> which make automatic speaking of active talkgroups a little
> problematic for JAWS, but as I learn more about JAWS scripting and
> window management, that's seeming to be less and less of an obstacle.
>
> If there's anything specific you'd like to know about the ARC series,
> let me know.  As I said, I've worked a lot with the 250 and 996, and a
> friend of mine on the west coast has done the same with the 396
> version.
>
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