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