Jim, sounds interesting. I just spoke to one of the developers at Flex-Radio and he said that, apart from the pan adapter and waterfall, pretty much all buttons, controls and boxes should be reachable and non-gui items. At any rate, I'd be interested in following this up, either here or, probably better, on another list.
Thanks.
Jerry VE3QSO
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Kutsch
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Flex radios and accessibility
Jerry,
I, too, have been intrigued with SDR ever since attending lots of SDR
seminars at Dayton earlier this year. The PowerSDR software from Flex Radio
is indeed highly graphical. However, it's modular and built on base
software to run the radio. Further it's all open source. So theoretically
it's possible to replace the GUI front end with a text based, command line
type interface. Such an interface is essentially available for Linux but
it's not specific to the Flex Radio.
Go search on the topic "softrock40" and you'll find lots of stuff about a
SDR receiver which is available in kit form for between $20 and $70 US. I
ordered one and a friend is doing the kit building. Once I have that, I
plan to work on the accessible software interface issue. If you or anyone
else is interested in SDR accessibility for blind hams, let's pool our
exploration. I'd be happy to set up a group or at least a mailing list.
73,
Jim
KY2D
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Neufeld" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:05 AM
Subject: Flex radios and accessibility
Good morning folks,
Has anyone looked into the screenreader accessibility of the Flex =
software? Intrigued as I am by the concept of a software-defined radio, =
potentially the ultimate in transceivers, I am a tad concerned about the =
interface to users, highly graphical, I suspect. Any info on this will =
be appreciated.
Regards to all,
Jerry VE3QSO
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