Hi all,

I don't have a Kenwood rig that uses this chip, I use a TS-570.  Having said 
this, while there are some things that are irritating with Kenwood's speech 
accessibility, we should commend them for their efforts.

As most of us know, today's modern rigs are difficult to use if not 
impossible without some sort of accessibility added.  Look what has to be 
done to use the K3 for example.

Kenwood has gone further than any other manufacturer.  Has anyone tried 
approaching Kenwood, praising them for their efforts and sought a path for 
improvement?

If I can get it through administration, I would like to pick up a 590.

Just my thoughts.

73's

Howard #3, W A 9 Y B w

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David thurmond" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 6:48 AM
Subject: Correction, VGS-1


> Sorry, I meant the VGS-1.  Nothing on Kenwood's site about which
> models have it.  On the page for it, there's a link to the 480 and
> that's it.
>
> Lots of folks have discussed why the pitch goes up when you increase
> the speed.  I suspect this is because the chip is playing back
> pre-recorded samples when it reads out each character from the
> display.  Since sound is sampled at a particular rate per second, if
> you play back the sample faster, there is a corresponding increase in
> pitch.  It is possible to stop this from happening programatically,
> but it requires additional code, and thus additional hardware in the
> chip.  So I guess the folks at Kenwood figured it was better to have
> someone from the Lollipop Guild announcing frequencies than to do the
> extra work to bring the pitch back down (and charge all of us more for
> it!).
>
> 73,
>
> David Thurmond, KK4ADV