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"Howard, W A 9 Y B W" <[log in to unmask]>
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No, I do not have this working, I really don't have an interest in this at 
this time.

I did install the program and it looked like it would work with only a quick 
look.

I was just curious.

73's

Howard #3

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Forst" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: PSK 31


> Howard,
>
> Have you made this work?   Going back a number of years, several of us
> on this list fount that the program would  either not work properly, or
> just plain crash starting with  later versions/updates of XP.    In my
> case, it seemed to fail after   XP servvice pack 2, or some windows
> update that came in around that time.
>
> While the main pc here is Win 7, I do have an XP for backup, and even an
> old 98 kicking around. If you've got it working on  XP SP3, I'll   look
> at it again.
>
> 73, Steve  KW3A
>
> On 3/22/2012 7:48 AM, Howard, W A 9 Y B W wrote:
>> I took a look at DigiTalk and it looks like it will run on XP if you 
>> install
>> the appropriate files.
>>
>> You will need to install the following:
>>
>> 1. DigiTalk
>> 2. TruVoice speech engine
>> 3. Download and install the Microsoft SAPI 4.0 Runtime Support
>>
>> After downloading, run each of the three programs.
>>
>> This application is self-voicing so you will need to unload your screen
>> reader.
>>
>> You might try running it with your screen reader first by not installing 
>> the
>> speech engine or the Microsoft SAPI 4.0 Runtime Support and see what
>> happens.  Then if it doesn't work install the two above mentioned 
>> programs.
>>
>> It looks like the program is expecting you to connect to your computer 
>> via a
>> serial port, so if you don't have one, you will need to use a USB to 
>> serial
>> adaptor which are available for $10 to $30 depending upon where you pick 
>> it
>> up.
>>
>>   You can download the above mentioned programs from the following site:
>>
>> www.qsl.net/kh6ty/digitalk.htm
>>
>> Hope this is helpful.
>>
>> 73's
>>
>> Howard #3
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Forst"<[log in to unmask]>
>> To:<[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: PSK 31
>>
>>
>>> Jesse,
>>> You might want to look at Digipan.  If you use Window Eyes, it should
>>> work well.  I know a fellow using this combo and he is having a blast
>>> with psk.
>>>
>>> I use JAWS, and it just doesn't read the incoming text as well, although
>>> you can use the JAWS cursor and kind of sort of get by.
>>>
>>> There is  some work being done with the fldigi software to make it
>>> accessible, but not sure where that stands right now.
>>>
>>> If you have access to  an old Windows 98 pc, there is still a program
>>> floating around called Digitalk.  Self voicing and designed for the
>>> blind, but won't run on later operating systems.
>>>
>>> 73, Steve KW3A
>>>
>>> On 3/21/2012 1:43 PM, jesse wrote:
>>>> Hi, my name is Jesse call is KB5YC. My question is does anyone know of 
>>>> =
>>>> any accessible psk31 programs?  73s Jesse
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>> 

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