<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>About a screen reader for CHIRP: apparently this question comes up so frequently that it's in the FAQ:</div><div> <a href="https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ">https://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/FAQ</a></div><div>Answer: Yes if you use Linux, no for Windows and Mac because they do not properly support the UI library CHIRP uses. What the FAQ does not mention is that CHIRP will run quite comfortably on a very inexpensive Linux system such as a Raspberry Pi ($35.00 or less) or even on a Raspberry Pi zero ($15.00 or less), which can also run a screen reader. I have successfully used CHIRP on a Raspberry Pi Zero W to program a Baofang HT. I did this because I was in a hurry and did not have a programming cable and I knew that the Baofang uses a 3.3V UART. The Pi has a 3.3v UART, so I just connected it directly to the Baofang with one 2.5mm and one 3.5 mm phono plug, but you could use the regular programming cable if you already have it. Add a speaker for audio output from the screen reader and run it headless from your main computer, so no separate keyboard is needed. Since I'm not blind I ran VNC to see the virtual screen on my main computer.<br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 6:28 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <<a href="mailto:n1ea@arrl.net">n1ea@arrl.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Angelo,</span><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Yaesu FT2600M is NOT supported by CHIRP.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">You can fill out a request for it to be supported.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">Does CHIRP even work with a screen reader?</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">73</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:sans-serif">David</span></div></div>
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