[chirp_users] New blind ham trying to use Chirp

[Jim Unroe]

This would depend on the radio that you intend to program and what
software is available to program it.

One possibility might be to "burn" CHIRP Live CD to a USB flash drive
and boot from it. Then it might be possible to install and use the
Orca screen reader with CHIRP.

Jim KC9HI

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Jason Polansky <jaedpo96 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you Jim. So Chirp won't work with my screen reader. Ugh! Do you
> know of any other programs that will?
>
> On 11/26/14, Jim McCorison <jimmcc at mccorison.com> wrote:
>> Jason,
>>
>> Please see below which is a copy and paste from the FAQ:
>>
>> ——
>>
>> I'm a blind ham. Can I use CHIRP with a screen reader?
>> CHIRP uses a graphical toolkit called GTK. This lets it run on all platforms
>> unchanged. Since GTK is native on Linux, screen reading software for Linux
>> will work with CHIRP without any trouble. On MacOS and Windows, GTK is not
>> native and thus screen readers on these platforms will see CHIRP as a blank
>> window. This cannot and will not be changed, as it would mean writing CHIRP
>> three times, once for each platform, or dropping support for MacOS and
>> Windows entirely. Please do not ask about this issue as it has been covered
>> many, many times on the mailing list!
>>
>> ----
>>
>>
>> 73’s,
>>
>> Jim
>> K2SON
>>
>> ---
>> Jim McCorison
>> Orcas Island, WA
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 26, 2014, at 8:35 AM, Jason Polansky <jaedpo96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello chirp users!
>>> My name is Jason Polansky 'Kc3DYC'. I just received my ham radio
>>> technician class license and learned about Chirp from my instructor. I
>>> am blind and use the JAWS screen reader on a windows 7 computer. After
>>> downloading Chirp and opening it, JAWS was not reading anything.
>>> Pressing the alt key didn't take me to the menus as it does with most
>>> programs. Can anybody help.
>>> Thank you
>>> Jason Polansky
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>>
>>
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