Re: transmitter meter reading device needed

  • From: "Ham Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:07:29 -0400

Linda,

It depends what type of meter is involved.  If it is a typical 1 miliamp 
movement, possibly a voltage-controlled oscillator could be placed across 
the meter that can be read audibly.  I doubt the Optacon would be able to 
read those meters.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:41 AM
Subject: transmitter meter reading device needed


> Hi All,
> Does anyone on the list know of radio transmitters built in the 1970's
> called Twane Technology and what type of equipment blind operators might
> have used to read such meters?  I have a friend trying to get a job at a
> radio station in Pittsburgh, PA who is in need of such a device as well as
> an old version of JAWS that would be able to read the DOS screens. 
> Suspect
> he'd need to go back to JAWS 2.3 or something like that.  Could an Optacon
> be used to read such a meter, does anyone believe?  If further details are
> needed, please e-mail me privately at:
> ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx  If any of you on the list having a much greater
> level of technical understanding than I would be willing to e-mail him
> privately, he's very much open to me giving you his contact information.
> Many thanks from me and from Kevin in advance.
>
> Linda Gehres
>
>
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