Courage Center Handiham System

Phil, K9HI, found this great article on geek.com:
Google Android perfects touchscreen dialing for the blind

Check out the entire story at:

http://tinyurl.com/dfjgnj

From time to time we get screen reader questions. Screen reading software is used by Handiham members who are blind or who have low vision. Such software allows users to access their computers. Recently we were asked about screenreaders that might work in Linux, Ubuntu in particular. While researching this question, I came upon a website that offers a free screen reader that is web-based, using your web browser, and works across operating systems. That means it doesn't matter if you are using Linux or Windows. You can still use the "WebAnywhere" screenreader.

A computer is nearly a "must-have" for amateur radio operators these days. This can be a problem for a person who is not familiar with personal computers and operating systems like Windows. Learning Windows can seem like a daunting task, too, and since many of our Handiham members are blind or have low vision, it's not that easy to pick up a two inch thick printed book from the local bookstore to do a bit of reading up on the subject.

What to do?

As an alternative to using EchoLink with a mouse, the following commands can be entered from the keyboard:

Key Function

Alt+1 Activates the Station List area
Alt+2 Activates the Text Message area
Alt+3 Activates the QSO Status area
Alt+4 Activates the Text Chat area
F6 Activates the next area (in the sequence above)
Shift-F6 Activates the previous area (in the sequence above)
Ctrl+PgDn Switches between Index View and Explorer View in the Station List
Tab Switches between the left and right sides of Explorer View, or between sections of the Text Chat area

Courage Center's Handiham System provides several mailing lists that contain news about ham radio and technology for people with disabilities and others who may be interested.

Handiham World: This is our weekly e-letter, which is also available as an audio podcast. It is published Wednesdays on http://handiham.org and is also available in streaming audio on that website. This newsletter is available via email from two sources:

Choice 1: Freelists.org hosts our mailing list. Go to
http://www.freelists.org/list/handiham-world

Courage Center's Handiham World Weekly E-Letter for the week of 9 July 2008