I've been told the bc396t is very hard to use by a blind user.  I was going 
to get one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: RS PRO-96 scanner was RE: New to the list.


> Jeff, the Win96 software works sorta ok with Jaws 7.0, but you need to use
> the Jaws cursor a lot to access some features.  Importing data from
> radioreference is very easy though.  Have you figured out how to easily 
> jump
> to a talk-group with the Pro-96?  I know you press "PGM, Trunk" to get 
> into
> the talk-group list but it seems the only way to get to a particular tg is
> to scroll up and down.  Do you know a more direct method?
>
> A blind friend says the Uniden BC-D396T is much more blind friendly.  But 
> he
> just got the scanner a few days ago and to my knowledge he's only used it 
> a
> few minutes so I'm not yet convinced of how useable this scanner really 
> is.
>
> Thanks, and 73, Ken -N5SWR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Jeff Kenyon
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: RS PRO-96 scanner was RE: New to the list.
>
>
> Hi Anthony and the group.  I am back on the list after being away from
> mail for a week, but if you are considering the 96 it is very user
> friendly for someone who is blind.  I haven't checked out the software
> with JAWS 8, but I will try and do that later on this week.  More later.
>