Hey Mike,

Will it read out decoded RTTY/PSK/etc.? Or have you even tried that? Actually, I don't even know if decoded RTTY/PSK/etc. is sent over the serial port or just displayed, so don't know if this is even possible.
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Dec 14, 2011, at 1:42 AM, Mike Cozzolino wrote:

> hello howard, this box uses the rc systems double talk speech, and it 
> also uses a pic and lots of code.  how ever this box could be used 
> probably with any radio that has a cat port.  you have the correct 
> idea, if a person wanted to develop firmware for the different 
> radio's one box would probably be enough.  actually the box replaces 
> the computer and screen reader.  so you have a stand alone box that 
> can sit on top of the radio or beside it.  and as the data flows out 
> of the radio's cat port the box presents the info in speech.  and 
> commands sent from the box to the radio via the 16 button keypad are 
> taken and the commands are done.  the nice thing is the output is 
> automatic so you don't have to move something and then push a button 
> to see what happened.  you can adjust the output and as you do the 
> radio passes the info to the speech box and it is spoken by 
> itself.  take care amigo, c u 73 mike w6quv
> 
> 
> 
> At 06:32 PM 12/13/2011, you wrote:
>> Hello Mike,
>> 
>> Good job to you and Rob.
>> 
>> Is this unit centered around a micro controller and the triple talk
>> synthesizer like the rotor controller you have?
>> 
>> If this is the case, it would seem that this speech box would work for many
>> applications with only a change in the code for the micro controller.  Thus
>> there would only need to be one hardware device that would work for     many
>> applications with the appropriate software.
>> 
>> If this is the case, how feasible do you think it would be to developed code
>> to read a variety of radios?  When we ordered, we would only have to tell
>> you what radio we had and you would install the appropriate software.
>> 
>> Forgive us if we seem to be  over excited about this.  It is time for
>> technology to catch up so we can use the radios we purchase to their full
>> potential.
>> 
>> 73's
>> 
>> Howared, W A 9 Y B W
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Cozzolino" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:26 PM
>> Subject: k3 hardware reader
>> 
>> 
>>> hello to all the k3 owners or the ones that want to be.  yesterday i
>>> got my k3 hardware reader hooked up and its the cats meow.  i can
>>> read all the menu choices and its automatically spoken.  i just turn
>>> the knobs like a sighted user and the k3 hardware reader reads the
>>> display in speech to me.  anything a sighted user can do now i can
>>> do.  i retired my original unit that i used while this was being
>>> developed.  anyway just wanted to let everybody on the list to be
>>> aware of this development.  that makes the steppir control and now
>>> the k3 reader and next is the steppir new controller and then the
>>> talking wattmeter.  73 to all mike w6quv