it shouldn't be too hard to modify a vs1 or vs2 board or whatever the icom equivalent is. however, having said that, those boards I suspect have a preset number of characters and words and numbers in their lexicon. it may even be simpler than that. however, that doesn't mean something can't be gerry rigged.
Bob Seed wrote: > Larry, > I don't think that you are going to find a satellite receiver with speech > output. The particular unit that I have is pretty straight forward, and the > buttons are raised and are in a straight row at the bottom of the unit. They > appear as little dots that are easy to feel. There are long bar type buttons > on the front panel off to the left that perform other functions, and on the > boombox itself there is a cluster of raised buttons; volume up, volume down, > off, and mute. When you change channels you hear a little beep that tells > you that you are indeed changing channels. The Source has this particular > unit on sale for I believe to be $129. This of course, does not include the > boombox that the unit clips into. This is a good unit for people with low > vision, as the faunt on the display window can be changed. Ideally it would > be nice to have a unit that would tell you verbally what song is playing. I > am wondering if a speech device could be hooked up to the unit to read out > the information on the display window. I think that it is dooable. This > would be similar to the device that reads out the frequencies on ham radio > equipment. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry N" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:10 PM > Subject: Accessible Sirius Receiver Suggestions Please? > > >> Hi. Does anyone know of an accessible Sirius Canada home receiver? >> According >> to XM Canada Customer Care, they don't possess such an animal, so it's off >> to the competition for me. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Larry >> >> >> >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.36/1041 - Release Date: >> 01/10/2007 10:20 AM >> >> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________ NOD32 2596 (20071017) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
