Hi Ken, my last Uniden scanner is sort of user friendly, but I konw about
the 96's working with jAWS 7.  The BCD396T is much more different to
program and use, so I am not convinced either.  Much of it is easier to do
on the computer.





On Sun, 17 Dec 2006, Kenneth Lee wrote:

> Jeff, the Win96 software works sorta ok with Jaws 7.0, but you need to use
> the Jaws cursor a lot to access some features.  Importing data from
> radioreference is very easy though.  Have you figured out how to easily jump
> to a talk-group with the Pro-96?  I know you press "PGM, Trunk" to get into
> the talk-group list but it seems the only way to get to a particular tg is
> to scroll up and down.  Do you know a more direct method?
>
> A blind friend says the Uniden BC-D396T is much more blind friendly.  But he
> just got the scanner a few days ago and to my knowledge he's only used it a
> few minutes so I'm not yet convinced of how useable this scanner really is.
>
> Thanks, and 73, Ken -N5SWR
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: RS PRO-96 scanner was RE: New to the list.
>
>
> Hi Anthony and the group.  I am back on the list after being away from
> mail for a week, but if you are considering the 96 it is very user
> friendly for someone who is blind.  I haven't checked out the software
> with JAWS 8, but I will try and do that later on this week.  More later.
>