By Patrick Tice, WA0TDA<\/p>\n
I know that some of you will wonder if the software is blind accessible.\u00a0 The answer is, yes, probably.\u00a0 I am only qualifying that with a \u201cprobably\u201d because I have not heard from any screenreader users who have tried it, and I\u2019d like to do so before I say one way or the other.\u00a0 Here are some things I did find out, though:<\/p>\n
Under \u201cOptions\u201d, you can choose \u201ctext to speech\u201d enabled.\u00a0 This will cause the frequency display to be announced and other announcements to be made as you use keyboard commands.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-F is a simple keystroke command to read the frequency anytime.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-M causes the mode to be read.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-B reads the buttons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-D reads the dropdowns.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-S reads the sliders.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
ALT-Shift-A sends an \u201cAsk to tune\u201d request to the software chat area.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
You can focus on the direct frequency entry with CTRL+F.\u00a0 Once there, simply enter the frequency in kHz, so for example 3.925 MHz would be entered as 3925 <ENTER>.\u00a0 This will be confirmed by an audio announcement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
The mode does not change automatically as you change frequency, so you have to use CTRL+M to gain focus on the mode selection. Hold the CTRL key down while repeatedly pressing the M key to go through all the modes.\u00a0 The mode will be read aloud to you.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
CTRL+T toggles transmit.\u00a0 If you have gained focus on the TX button, you can also use the spacebar to toggle transmit as you can with EchoLink.\u00a0 You can\u2019t transmit unless you have been granted permission to do so by the station\u2019s owner.\u00a0 Once you are granted permission, you can transmit any time you use that station.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If you can see the display, you will be looking at a virtual radio with the typical buttons, knobs, and frequency display.\u00a0 The best way to learn how to use the software is to learn by doing.\u00a0 Connect to different radios and give the tuning a try.\u00a0 It is also a good way to find out what HF propagation is like by listening from various locations.<\/p>\n
If you have tried the Remotehams.com RCFORB software and can comment on it, especially as a screenreader user,\u00a0please send me an email.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Patrick Tice, WA0TDA I know that some of you will wonder if the software is blind accessible.\u00a0 The answer is, yes, probably.\u00a0 I am only qualifying that with a \u201cprobably\u201d because I have not heard from any screenreader users who have tried it, and I\u2019d like to do so before I say one way … Continue reading Keyboard Commands for RCForb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":991,"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/990\/revisions\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/handiham.org\/remotebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}