Hi.
Since the PA QSO Party seems to have brought up the problem with the
N3FJP logging software where it doesn't always type the first character in a
field, I hope it will be okay to repost the observations I made on this,
about two months ago. Rereading the message has served to remind me that I
never did get a sighted person to watch as I make entries into N3FJP, while
I use various screen readers, or none at all.
I will make this one additional observation: I've been using the
ACLog general logging program from N3FJP, and I don't have the missing
character problem; I do have the problem when I use the Field Day log or
some of the other contest logs. Maybe there's a clue there. Perhaps Scott
Davis did something different in creating the ACLog.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: David Simpson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:59 PM
To: 'For blind ham radio operators'
Subject: Preliminary Observations of N3FJP's NAQP Logger with Various Screen
Readers.
I just spent a half hour experimenting with the NAQP logging
software from N3FJP. As I mentioned on the list, I have had problems
entering data into it, when JAWS is running. Sometimes--but not always--when
I enter a call sign or a name, the first character doesn't get entered,
even though JAWS speaks it. Some people on the list have never had this
problem; others have. As I mentioned in previous emails, I tried maximizing
the screen, playing with the Zoom feature, unchecking the Toolbar, stuff
like that. But, none of these actions corrected the problem.
I just tried the program using just the N3FJP voice prompts, then
with NVDA, and with SaToGo.
Without any screen reader loaded, and just using the N3FJP voice
prompts, I didn't have any problem with initial characters in a field not
being entered.
With SaToGo and no N3FJP prompts, I still had the problem. Also, for
some reason, it reads the label on the Name and SPC fields o.k., but not the
Call field.
With NVDA and no voice prompts: mostly things worked o.k., although
on the first entry out of maybe ten that I tried, I did miss the first
letter of the call.
I don't know what to make of these results. I think I will repeat
the experiment in the company of a sighted person and see if any visual
clues appear.
Any thoughts or other suggestions of things to try?
73,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Steve
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 2:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Does anyone else have this problem with the N3FJP logging
software?
I haven't tried it recently and in the past, I didn't have that particular
problem of it not reading the complete field.
The one thing I do recall having to do was to set up a frame restriction
with Jaws so it wouldn't try to keep reading the time info.
Steve, K8SP
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