[chirp_users] chirp accessibility?

[Dennis Wage]

With no GUI would these work good on a Raspberry PI?

Dennis M. Wage (W9BOQ)

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On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Nolan Darilek <nolan at thewordnerd.info>
wrote:

> I use Fedora. They ship the latest GNOME with minimal drama (I.e. no
> Orca packages that change how it retrieves settings.) For CHIRP I
> maintain a Flatpak package, though it's a couple dailys behind at the
> moment. Should probably upgrade that today.
>
>
>
> On 06/05/2018 07:27 AM, Bartek wrote:
> > thanks for the information. I thought maybe there was a java access
> > bridge that I do not know about.
> > BTW: How do you recommend linux distributions? I install myself on an
> > older computer, several benefits will come of this.
> >
> > 2018-06-04 20:53 GMT+02:00, Nolan Darilek <nolan at thewordnerd.info>:
> >> GTK is, unfortunately, not accessible under Windows because there is no
> >> GTK bridge to Microsoft's accessibility APIs.
> >>
> >>
> >> I can confirm, though, that CHIRP is quite accessible under Linux and
> >> Orca. I'm blind myself, and just a couple months ago submitted a patch
> >> to make Orca speak control labels in the settings screen. With CHIRP and
> >> Orca, I seem to have full access to tweak the settings on my Baofeng
> >> GT-3 without using its mostly inaccessible menu system.
> >>
> >>
> >> If you'd rather not dedicate a full box to Linux just to run CHIRP
> >> accessibly, it may be possible to get a GNOME/Mate environment running
> >> on a single-board system like the RPi. I'm thinking of making such a
> >> system for programming the radio when away from my laptop.
> >>
> >>
> >> As an aside, I'm wondering if CHIRP might ever get some sort of
> >> real-time control panel for live mode radios? This would make it plus an
> >> SBC a compelling replacement for devices like the hampod
> >> (http://hampod.com/.) I might take a crack at such a feature someday if
> >> it isn't out of scope. I'm imagining a separate tab alongside channels
> >> and settings for tweaking VFO, reading any exported radio stats, etc. I
> >> think there's a name for this functionality, but I forget what it is. I
> >> want to say CAT?
> >>
> >>
> >> On 06/04/2018 01:28 PM, Bartek wrote:
> >>> Hello,
> >>> I have a question about the accessibility of the program for people
> >>> using a screen reader. (e.g., NVDA).
> >>> does anyone have any experience in this matter? I have pre-tested but
> >>> the program is completely inaccessible.
> >>> it's about windows10.
> >>>
> >>> I am looking for a software for a blind person to be able to program
> >>> the radio myself.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> regards
> >>> Bartek
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