Thank you.
This has proven very helpful.
73
Call signless Zach

On 6/11/13, Kelvin Marsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Zach,
>
> Here is the link for the Active Elements Accessibility evaluations index:
>
> http://active-elements.org/evaluations/
>
> Just navigate by Heading to the software section, for the G4FON link.
>
> Best wishes, Kelvin Marsh - M0AID
>
> Working to improve accessibility for radio amateurs with disabilities
>
> www.active-elements.org
>
> For accessibility evaluations of amateur equipment and MP3 manuals
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Zach Shifflett
> Sent: 11 June 2013 07:01
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Koch method
>
> Hi, I downloaded this program from the g4fon site, but am having
> trouble with the strange layout. You mension a blog that talks about
> how to work it.
> Can one of you guys send me a link to the blog?
> Thanks, and have a great night.
> Zach
>
> On 6/5/13, Deborah Armstrong <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> So I really really like the Koch trainer from g4Fon, and should
>> probablywrite up a review for HandiHams, because it was not one of the
>> resources that Pat recently mentioned in his blog post.
>>
>> In all fairness, I didn't start at ground zero, I already copy fairly
>> reliably at 15WPM. But I decided to start as if I'd never learned so I
>> could
>> erase that blasted lookup table in my head. And just like typing, those
>> reflexes are kicking in.
>>
>> On Kelvin's blog, I've also entered a comment which I am going to repeat
>> below. He has a great MP3 walk-through of the program. If you know blind
>> hams who want to learn CW and not struggle to try out lots of mostly
>> inaccessible software, this one is it!
>>
>>
>> ***
>> Thanks for telling me about this program. I've discovered a few things.
>> 1)
>> you have to fiddle with the "effective" and the "actual" speed for your
>> particular copying skill. For me setting one of them to 20 and the other
> to
>> 10 worked best. Wish he had some better terminology, as I can never
>> remember
>> the difference between "effective" and "actual" and keep reversing them
>> in
>> my mind. Also the tab order for the settings is illogical; he should at
>> least put effective and actual near each other in tab order, since I keep
>> messing with those settings. 2) The delay is set to zero. Go in to
> settings
>> and change it to 3, so you have time to alt-tab to another application to
>> input your results. For example, I go to Notepad to type in the
>> characters
>> I
>> think I'm hearing it send. 3) No keyboard access to the Start, stop and
>> finish buttons. But (4) You can also download the KochRX.ZIP from his
> site,
>> which enables you to have better keyboard control. Once I copied that to
>> the
>> Koch Morse Trainer directory, I could run KochRX instead. KochRX has an
>> edit
>> box for you to type in the characters you hear and a button to compare
> with
>> the code sent. It has buttons to run the G4FON trainer, to stop and start
>> the CW and to erase the edit box for the next practice session. Note that
> I
>> successfully ran both the trainer and the helper KochRX program in
>> Windows
>> 7
>> 64-bit and Windows XP. I have none of the sound card stutter problems he
>> says many users report, and it works great with JAWS! After just 24
>> hours,
>> I'm already copying many characters at 30WPM!!!
>>
>>
>>
>> --Debee [KF6BKR]
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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