Kelvin, you have an excellent idea re accessible verses inaccessible apps. 

Ron, K8HSY
 
At 03:20 PM 5/24/2013 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>We've been discussing accessibility via IOS apps for radios on the Active
>Elements reflector for a while, and more recently the advantages of
>generally holding a list of accessible amateur radio software.  The Ipod
>touch can be bought for not much more than a voice chip and has enormous
>potential.
>
>I occasionally hear of several amateur apps that are being successfully used
>with Voice Over, from finding repeaters to the DX cluster, and it would be
>wonderful if we had a volunteer or two to start to collate a list of the
>good and the unusable.  I would be happy to host the list on the AE web
>site.  Who knows, with such a list on display, it might encourage amateur
>radio app developers to think about accessibility.
>
>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 Michael Ryan
>Sent: 24 May 2013 13:25
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: App idea
>
>Hi all:=20
>
>The Pignology web site says you can email them an idea for an app. I think
>K=
>elvin touched on something here. A standalone app to act as a screen reader
>w=
>ould be a gd thing. Coupled with a pigtail, even the menus could be
>accessed=
> and spoken. If I have my home theatre receiver app open, it speaks when I
>c=
>hanges sources with the remote. So why not do the same for an FT-1000/2000X
>s=
>eries or Tentec?=20
>I think we should collaborate on this and send one gd app idea to Nick.=20
>What do you all think?=20
>
>73:=20
>Michael DE VO1AX=20
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