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Re: apco 25 scanner software that is accessible?
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Don Breda <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 30 Nov 2015 13:02:42 -0500
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Hi Eric.

The two places I would look for software are www.bctool.org and 
www.scannow.org.

Neither program is particularly accessible for doing programming by hand 
but they support readio reference so a 6 month subscription to radio 
reference is a small price to pay and well worht it.

Don



On 29-Nov-15 1:28 PM, Eric Oyen wrote:
> hello group,
> I have a BCD396xt APCO capable scanner here. Its a nice unit, but almost =
> impossible for me to program by keyboard. So, I have been looking for =
> some third party software that can program it. I found one place that =
> seems to have a nice program. Only issue: it is not accessible using a =
> screen reader.
>
> the site is: http://www.sixspotsoftware.com
>
>
> now, I have already contacted the author/developer of the software and =
> hope to hear back from him soon.
>
> anyone have other suggestions for software that can be used to program =
> and setup an APCO scanner?
>
> DE n7zzt Eric

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