Glad to hear that Brice. I've had echolink up while
answering emails, am going to have some lunch, but
will get back on and look for your call in my alarms,
and I will get the list out to you, as soon as I fix
it up, got some additionals but haven't put the names
in in that file.
--- Brice Mijares <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks Shawn, this info here alone will help!
> Brice KF6TBK
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "shawn klein" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 8:57 AM
> Subject: Re: echo link help file
>
>
> > Nothing I know of blind specific, but there's lots
> of
> > info in the help file. First of all you need to
> make
> > sure that you're set to work in explorer view.
> That
> > means picking explorer view, if you'ree using
> window
> > eyes, you can find explorer view with the mouse
> > pointer, or Jaws cursor if you're using Jaws I
> think,
> > but then you need to hit alt+p for preferences.
> Tab
> > through all the stuff there and uncheck all the
> boxes
> > that say show in index view. You don't want that
> > coming back, because screen-readers don't work
> well in
> > index view. Then you should be able to navigate
> with
> > no problem. You just go where you want in the tree
> > views, then tab to get the station list in the
> list
> > view. Then you can hit enter on a station you want
> to
> > connect. You'll hear a boop beep that tells you
> you're
> > connected. a beep boop tells you you've been
> > disconnected. F6 will take you around the 4
> windows in
> > a circular fashion, 1 of which tells you who
> you're
> > connected to, or you can just read it with the
> mouse.
> > I just go to the bottom left and navigate up till
> I
> > see the station connected. Another window in the 4
> > says edit box s send, that's where you can type
> text
> > messages, then tab to send them. You'll transmit
> with
> > the space bar unless you want to change that.
> You'll
> > probably want to set it for momentary, so it acts
> like
> > a push to talk instead of a toggle. The help files
> > tell you how to do these things. There's also a
> hot
> > keys section of the help files. To get you
> started,
> > control O gives you an edit box to enter a call
> sign
> > to connect to, hit tab in that and you can enter a
> > node number instead, like 9999 for the test server
> > where you can transmit a test and it plays it back
> to
> > you. Control +d disconnects. I think if you just
> surf
> > the help files they'll tell you quite a lot. If
> I've
> > gotten you confused, let me know and I'll try to
> clear
> > it up a bit. Whistles? don't know about that 1,
> > there's signals, the sounds you hear when stations
> > connect, disconnect, send text to you, you're
> alarms
> > change, and the time out timer warning. I won't
> > confuse you with that just now.
> > 73 de kb7clx
> >
> > --- Brice Mijares <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > > Is there a help file out there which would
> describe
> > > how echo link works for
> > > the blind?  I don't know how I'd know when
> someone
> > > is trying to make contact
> > > Brice Mijares, KF6TBK Riverbank California.
> >
> >
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