Hi,
I have done so already.
I have asked on the Hims-notetaker List if anyone has used a Braille Sense with FLDIGI like they used to use the Braille 'n Speak and Versabraille and Braille Lite with Packet radio.
I have also suggested that if hims offers an SDK it would be nice if something would be developed which would allow us to use Winkink.
Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert C <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 09:02:23 PM
Subject: Re: Picky Picky
>
>
> Then by all means lets talk amateur radio on the note taker lists since
> we use those note takers alogside our radios. That should be an
> acceptable topic.
>
> Quote of the nanosecond . . .
> Standing in the middle of the road is dangerous. You will get knocked
> down by the traffic from both ways.
> Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
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> On 9/13/2012 5:46 PM, COLLEEN ROTH wrote:
> > Hi Phil,
> > Well personally I think discussing my Adaptive equipment is valid because I figure that guys with the knowledge Hams have might have an answer. Besides, I have used a Perkins brailler, A Braille 'n Speak, yuk! Because I like to read my data, a Braille Lite, A Versabraille and a Braille Sense over the years.
> > I was lucky enough to have the Versabraille given to me and everything else I bought used except the Braille Sense. My point is that I have used these devices as a Net Control Station, traffic handler, and a Net Manager.
> > I also hope to use something with a PC for Braille Input to the PC so that I can see if I can operate FLDIGI.
> > Now am I off topic.
> > I think that it would be helpful to be able to use FLDIGI in Ares and Navy Mars.
> > I want to use a Braille Notetaker as a Terminal Screen Reader with a PC to read in Braille and to input in Braille.
> > If you don't like a topic your computer has a delete button.
> > I think having equipment we use when operating Amateur Radio should be an acceptable topic.
> > Colleen Roth, N8TNV;
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Date: Thursday, Sep 13, 2012 07:49:22 PM
> > Subject: Picky Picky
> >
> >ar
> >ar
> >ar So you call CQ, or just tune through the bands. What are you looking =
> >ar for, that is, with whom do you wish to speak. I've seen contacts, and =
> >ar heard many more, where the guy only wants to talk about his radio and =
> >ar antennas. Once he's exhausted what he wants to discuss, such as his ham =
> >ar gear, he off and saying 73 so he can call CQ and find someone else whom =
> >ar he can talk about his station all over again anew. I never would have =
> >ar gotten even my novice if I was limited to just ham radio topics. I =
> >ar realize blind hams is more like a net where we normally talk about just =
> >ar ham radio topics but I've been on the internet for 18 years and been on =
> >ar probably 50 mailing lists and the only ones that restrict the topic do =
> >ar so out of volume. I mean, if you have 2500 subscribers, you best keep =
> >ar your hand on the break handle as the moderator or all hell will break =
> >ar loose. I don't think, although I haven't checked lately, that this =
> >ar lisps does not even run 200 subscribers. I could be wrong, like I said, =
> >ar because I haven't checked of late. Regardless, when I need kind of an =
> >ar electronics device answer, or a computer answer, or a cell phone =
> >ar question, or an internet question, the first thing I do is think about =
> >ar posting on blind hams because I figure here, somebody will know the =
> >ar answer. I was thinking of selling something that was an electronic =
> >ar device, not ham related, and I thought, Now that's something some hams =
> >ar would like to have but I didn't post it for fear I'd be busted by those =
> >ar on the list that think this list is only for ham radio topics. Have you =
> >ar checked with the list owner concerning his rules, or have you forgot the =
> >ar list rules and guidelines? Running people off the list isn't our job =
> >ar because we don't own the list. As a ham, I'd go crazy if I worked =
> >ar somebody who only wished to talk ham radio yet it is my favorite hobby. =
> >ar I think traffic nets are weird the have a list of 100 people and the net =
> >ar control calls each call sign, his name, and location, one by one and has =
> >ar a short conversation with each one but you can't tell them they are =
> >ar pushing your buttons by taking half the night reading down a list when =
> >ar it could be concluded in 15 minutes and free up band space. At the =
> >ar school for the blind, we burned our 30 to 40 minutes of free time after =
> >ar lunch sitting on the Nebraska and Iowa noon nets just for our calls to =
> >ar be mentioned. We normally couldn't stay for the complete role call, so =
> >ar we often had to check in early, and run for our lockers when the bell =
> >ar rang for classes to begin. I was a net control on all types of CW nets =
> >ar for many years and loved traffic handling. I was also a standing net =
> >ar control several times a week on the Nebraska sideband net and we just =
> >ar called sections of the alphabet on the SSB net because we had two nets =
> >ar back to back an hour apart, and the regional ten CW net and the Nebraska =
> >ar CW net in-between the two nets. In my old age, and after hundreds of =
> >ar thousands of messages, maybe even a million, I have learn to track =
> >ar topics only or even collecting, marking, all the unwanted topics and =
> >ar deleting them at one push of the del key. Maybe these new computers =
> >ar don't have such features any more. When the dead bands are open, tune =
> >ar around and see just how many different things hams are talking about. =
> >ar Better yet, jump down to the CW bands and there find new life to the =
> >ar hobby. If you are new with the code, stay above 50 on each band and you =
> >ar will always find QRS stations, that is, guys working slow code. On 30 =
> >ar meters, the only band restricted to just CW, too bad it is only 50 KHz =
> >ar wide, hang out around 10.125 and you'll find lots of slow code guys just =
> >ar itching to get an answer to the 5 or 4, or 3 Words Per Minute CQ. Too =
> >ar bad we have no real novice bands any more. I used to run a novice CW =
> >ar net on 80 and 15 meters when I was 14. I've had 6 hour QSOes even as a =
> >ar novice, telling jokes, talking politics, religion, and just about =
> >ar everything else under the sun, and all on CW. You want to be bored? =
> >ar Listen to the role call on a large traffic net some evening. I've got a =
> >ar friend who checks into probably 10 75 meter nets every night. He has =
> >ar done this for years. It is part of the hobby for him so why should I =
> >ar care. I have 316 countries worked; this guy has his Worked All Y L, =
> >ar young ladies, certificate for all 50 states with contacts just with =
> >ar gals. I could have a dozen certificates from the ARRL but I've never =
> >ar applied for even one after I've been a ham 46 years so far, too. So =
> >ar this is just one hams viewpoint; for what that's worth on this ham radio =
> >ar list. The week this list was formed, I joined. I think it started up =
> >ar shortly after I started blind exchange, blind-x, that Ann Parson's owns =
> >ar now and that was nearly 18 years ago. I like blind hams for many =
> >ar different reasons and even with a few hundred off topic messages over =
> >ar the years. If you are crazy enough to read every freaking message on =
> >ar any list, then pin a rose on your nose, and pat yourself on the back but =
> >ar I'm just too freaking old to read everything any more. Oh, yes, I =
> >ar understand the blind bitching stuff but if you are going to hang out =
> >ar with blind people on any list, you are going to hear that so get used to =
> >ar it or submit your complaints directly to the list owner and do that off =
> >ar list while you are at it so we don't have to listen to your own bitching =
> >ar while everybody else is doing the same thing you are doing. Lighten up, =
> >ar too. Some people are blind more than physically, if you get my drift.
> >ar
> >ar Phil.
> >ar K0NX
> >
> >
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