Hi Mike,
I don't think the icom 7000 is very blind friendly.
Yes it has a voice bord in it to give you s meter and frequency but that's 
it.
Your going to have a bit of a hard time with any of the menus.
But if your only interested in changing frequencies and modes and keying the 
mic then it's probley ok.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Barnard" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: need to find a replacement radio


>I am interested in the Icom 7000.  I think those radios go to either
> 2 meters or 70 centameters.
> Could you tell me the price you want for the radio?
> Thanks.
> Mike
> KD2CDUAt 08:40 AM 3/7/2014, you wrote:
>>I have an Icom 7000 that has speech built into it if anyone is interested 
>>in=
>>  buying one. I also have the external keypad.
>>
>>Sent from my iPhone this time=20
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>> > On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:06 PM, Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >=20
>> > Another radio worth the look is the 450.  I had one of those, but 
>> > the=20
>> > speech boards may be hard to find.  The 690 is the same radio, but 
>> > with=20=
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>> > six meters.  The 440 is a great radio, but getting some age and many 
>> > parts=
>>=20
>> > won't be available.  I saw one listed some time back supposed to be 
>> > in=20
>> > very good shape for $400
>> > 73
>> > Butch
>> > WA0VJR
>> > Node 3148
>> > Wallace, ks.