I'd love to have the ARRL Operating Manual in Braille either on paper or
readable by a refreshable Braille display.

Now what would be *reallY* cool would be to have the Handbook in Braille
with W2JIO-style descriptions of the diagrams!

And there's a bridge across the East River ...

Mike Freeman <[log in to unmask]>
Amateur Radio: < K 7 U I J >

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Barbara Lombardi wrote:

> yes it is on a cd-rom.
> Barb [log in to unmask]
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Heiser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:19 PM
> Subject: Re: brailling arrl handbook
>
>
> > At 04:06 PM 4/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hi Gary and others on the list.
> > I think transcribing the hand book to braille would be a large project.
> > I would think there would be a large number of volumes.
> > Why not produce the hand book as a txt file.
> > Much more efficient
> > I think it is available on a C D Rom.
> > I could see having some of the smaller A R R L publications being
> > reproduced in braille.
> > Bob Heiser
> > K9BOB
> >
> > Ok folks.  How many of you would be interested (and willing to pay for) a
> > >braille copy of the arrl 2002 handbook?  I am starting to scout around
> > >transcription services.  Looks like a pretty salty fee.  However, I am
> also
> > >starting to check into alternate funding sources.
> > >
> > >Before I get too far in, I need to know if there is sufficient interest.
> > >If this works, then the next projects are the antenna book, and the
> > >operating manual.
> > >I figure the license manuals change too much, but things like traffic
> > >handling procedures, and other procedural things don't change that much.
> > >
> > >I'm shooting for the availability of a good ham technical library in
> > >braille.
> > >
> > >Any takers?
> > >Gary Lee
> > >Ball State University
> > >765-285-1310
> > >
> > >
> >
>