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Jim Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 16 Oct 2006 16:31:54 -0400
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Colin, you cannot have a black background and a black foreground, it will 
think that all the text in that window is highlighted.  It will act similar 
to setting your windows colors to high contrast.
Jim wbr4kmq
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: digipan


> black on black.
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 1:55 PM
> Subject: Re: digipan
>
>
>> it is repeating letters because it may think that it is highlighted.  It
>> could think that everything is highlighted.  With an insert 5, what color
> is
>> the text?
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 3:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: digipan
>>
>>
>> >i think it could very well be scripted.
>> > Wonder if Lu feels like giving it a shot like with HRD.
>> > I found that its pretty difficult to try and peace together what is
> being
>> > said because jaws has a tendancy to repeat letters several times until
> the
>> > next letter comes in.
>> > I am guessing a braille display would come in very very handy in this
>> > case.
>> >
>> > Also, is digipan the same as digitalk where it will just go right to 
>> > the
>> > next signal by pressing the right or left arrows?  and then lock onto
> it?
>> >
>> > I made my first successful contact on 14.070 to wd0hqy in MN using
>> > digitalk....the setup is primitive though, just a line from the
> headphone
>> > out on the rig to the mike in on the soundcard, and then the radio mike
>> > placed close to the laptop speaker and using the send button on the rig
>> > while sending the tones via the computer speaker...the tones are enough
> to
>> > drive both dogs up the wall though using this method.
>> > I will make up a more adequit setup now that i know its going to work.
>> > Perhaps 25w and my little dipole will give me better results on psk31
> then
>> > on voice.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Colin, V A6BKX
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 12:07 PM
>> > Subject: Re: digipan
>> >
>> >
>> >> it reads the info as it comes in, 1 letter at a time, that's why it
> does
>> >> that and the say all, is why it's saying everything else on the 
>> >> screen,
> I
>> >> tend to just read with the jaws curser when I use it. I haven't really
>> > found
>> >> a better way yet, I'd be interested if anyone else has. I don't see 
>> >> why
>> > that
>> >> couldn't be scripted to a point.
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> >> Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 1:55 PM
>> >> Subject: digipan
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > Hello:
>> >> > Can the person who uses digipan for digital modes please email me.
>> >> > I have the program working, but am wondering if there is some way of
>> >> > getting
>> >> > jaws to speak words instead of each character as it comes in and 
>> >> > then
>> > the
>> >> > word.
>> >> > Also, for some reason, jaws is also speaking all the other info on
> the
>> >> > screen from the other frequencies while the current signal is being
>> >> > received.
>> >> >
>> >> > For instance, if i am listening to a q s o on 14.070 at 1096HZ then 
>> >> > I
>> > will
>> >> > hear jaws reading the incoming text as characters and then the words
> as
>> >> > they
>> >> > complete.
>> >> > However, i am also hearing the other garbage characters from the
>> >> > signals
>> >> > on
>> >> > those frequencies I am not tuned to.
>> >> >
>> >> > There must be a way to completely isolate the current signal in the
>> >> > window?
>> >> >
>> >> > I have Jaws set to say all while in digipan and have set fonts to 32
>> >> > and
>> >> > arial regular.
>> >> >
>> >> > I also tried digitalk, but its very propriatarial and doesn't do 
>> >> > well
>> > with
>> >> > jaws on at the same time using elequence.
>> >> >
>> >> > 73
>> >> > Colin, V A6BKX
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>
>
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