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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]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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.
>
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