Hi Colin,

Yeah, Ed says that Anytone is very receptive to feedback. How that will translate into accessibility remains to be seen, but yeah, $275 i a helluva price. Ed's going to the electronics fair, so I hope he tells me stuff upon his return. 
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
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On Oct 4, 2012, at 8:24 PM, Colin McDonald <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> nope, no speech on that particular anytone at588UV mobile.
> I'm working on the manual for that radio; converting it to text and 
> reformatting.
> But fear not, it's still in the testing stage and from what Ed at Import 
> communications says, the manufacturer is actually quite good at quickly 
> fixing bugs.  Which would lead me to believe they can probably add something 
> like voice prompts quickly and without too much difficulty either on this 
> version or later ones.
> So, either the first release, or subsequent versions of the anytone mobile 
> might have voice output of one kind or another.
> It's still a pretty good price for a dual band 50W mobile with a removable 
> head and cross band repeat even without speech output.
> BTW, it's not shipping yet, and likely won't be until the end of October.
> There is some big chinese electronics convention that is happening first, 
> and then it'll be supposedly ready to ship in quantity.
> 
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 6:04 PM
> Subject: Re: accessible portable radios
> 
> 
>> I looked on importcommunications.com and see they're talking about a
>> chineese mobile.  Looks good, $275, dual band and all, but no mention if
>> it has speech.  I think for the difference though, I'd stick with my
>> Kenwood tmv-71a which I know talks very very well and is a good rig.  I
>> may order an ht from them just to have another toy.
>> 73
>> Butch
>> WA0VJR
>> Node 3148
>> Wallace, ks.