Re: transmitter meter reading device needed

  • From: <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 10:41:39 -0700

Linda, Have you thought about your friend contacting Smith-Kettlewell 
Institute in San Francisco.  They have come up with interesting solutions to 
electronic issues.

Lori Castner

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ham Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: transmitter meter reading device needed


> 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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