I had heard on another list the 396 is hard to program for someone who can
see, becuuse it is some how different from how others are et up with
regard to channels and banks.





On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, Russ Kiehne wrote:

> This is the scanner I ask about a while back.  No one on this list seemd to
> have much info on it.  I hear it's not easy to program for a blind person.
> I finally ended up getting the pro-97 on sale at Radio Shack.  One of the
> local hams emailed me the p97 file for the programming software win97.  I'm
> very happy with scanner.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 1:08 PM
> Subject: off topic, question about the 396T scanner
>
>
> > Hi everyone, I have a  questioni about the Uniden BC396T scanner.  On
> > another list someone came on who is legally blind and is considering the
> > purchase of a scanner that does digital and trunktracks as he lives in an
> > area with an APCO-25 trunked system that is not encrypted, and he is
> > looking into the Pro-96, but then someone suggested the BCD396T scanner.
> > I asked about programming and this person then said that it is different
> > from other scanners and is flash upgradeable when upgrades come to
> > things.
> > I'm just curious if anyone has used one with no  vision, and how well does
> > the software work with JAWS, and how easy is it to program?
> >
>