Hank,

My favorite for psk  is still digipan.  Had some fair success with it a few 
years ago.  But a new pc with a different os (xp), and later versions of 
Jaws have  not worked so well for me.  Now Jaws  won't read the incoming 
text correctly,  repeating the entire line as each new character is 
received.   I have found that going into the  fonts menu in Digipan and 
setting it to a large number like 32 will  sometimes get it working 
properly.  But it doesn't always work and isn't always repeatable.  I keep 
thinking  that someday I'll get back into it and really make it work, but 
never get around to it.

As for RTTY, it is still very popular and is a lot of fun.   When I still 
had some usable vision, I ran MMTTY  and set it up with  black backround and 
large yellow font.  Have the same problem  now with reading incoming text 
and it's something else I'd like to get back into.   Personal preference, 
but if I could only get 1 digital mode, it would be RTTY.

Both Digipan and MMTTY are freeware.  Do a google search if interested.  Any 
HF receiver with ssb and a  simple audio cable from radio to pc sound card 
will allow you to hear  what is going on  out there.  Digitalk psk for the 
blind is also freeware and while it is cumbersom and has few features, can 
also give you an idea of weather  this is something you would wish to 
pursue in the future.

Good luck, and look for me in the Pennsylvania QSO party this weekend.

Steve KW3A