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cocoaModem Accessibility
Kok Chen, W7AY[w7ay (at) arrl (dot) net]
Last updated: April 19, 2012
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Index (User's Manual - Speech)
General Information
Aural Monitor
Accessibility(Incremental Speak and Voice Assist)
Macros
RTTY Interfaces
PSK Interface
MFSK Interface
Hellschreiber Interface
CW Interface
ASCII InterfaceSITOR-B Receiver
HF-FAX Receiver
Versions
Part II
Accessibility
cocoaModem augments vision accessibility in Mac OS X by including theIncremental SpeakandVoice Assistfunctions. Mac OS X's VoiceOver is augmented with a word-by-word and letter-by-letter incremental text-to-speech function that automatically speaks or spells a new word when it is received or transmitted.
The cocoaModem Speech function is set up from the Speech tab of the Preference Panel.
Three voices are selectable for use by cocoaModem's Incremental Speak function. They are used to speak the words that are received or transmitted by cocoaModem. The three voices are common to the PSK31 interface, the RTTY interfaces, the MFSK (MFSK16 and Domino EX) interface, the ASCII interface and the SITOR-B interface. The Basic RTTY Modem and the MFSK modems do not have a Sub Receiver textview and the SITOR-B interface does not have a Transmitter textview.
In addition, you can choose a fourth voice for the Voice Assist function.
Incremental Speak
When text is printed to the receive textviews, each word is spoken when a word break is found (space or newline). An extra character is needed after a period punctuation to properly handle words such as 'qrz.com' which are handled as a single spoken sequence.
Many ham abbreviations are converted to 'natural language.' For example, 'de' is spoken as 'from,' 'hw?' is spoken as 'how copy?', 'pse' is spoken as 'please,' 'btu' is spoken as 'back to you,' etc. The conversion can be disabled by selecting the Verbatim checkboxes shown in the figure above.
Words that contain both letters and digits are automatically spelled out as individual characters. This causes all active amateur call signs to be spoken as individual letters and digits.
You can customize how a word is enunciated with an Enunciate.txt file. Each line of the text file starts with the word that is modified before it is sent to the Mac OS X speech synthesizer. The rest of the line (separated from the word with a single space) contains the string that is sent to the synthesizer. The following shows an example of such a file:
Note that you can include punctuations, such as a comma to place very short pauses, in between elements that are sent to the speech synthesizer.
Enunciate.txt (note the capitalization) should be stored in the cocoaModem folder in the Application Support folder that is in your home directory's Library Folder.
cocoaModem's Incremental Speak function can be temporarily disabled with a keyboard shortcut (Command-U) that is associated with the Mute menu item in the Speech menu of cocoaModem's main menu bar.
Transmitted voice is spoken when the word is transmitted over the air, not when it is entered into the transmitter textview.
Incremental Speak can be toggled by using the Command-L keyboard shortcut to spell out words and numbers as individual letters and digits.
Voice Assist
The Voice Assist function is toggled from the menu item in the same Speech menu shown above. Voice Assist provides some additional voice functionality in the cocoaModem PSK31 TableView and in the QSO call sign and name fields.
Voice Assist will announce 'Voice Assist On' and 'Voice Assist Off' when it is toggled (Command-Shift-V keyboard shortcut). Please note that Voice Assist works independently from the Incremental Speak function; it is not muted by the Speech Mute (Command-U) command. The voice used by Voice Assist is chosen in the cocoaModem Speech Preferences.
The state of Voice Assist is saved to the plist. If it is on when cocoaModem is launched, you will hear the 'Voice Assist On' message after cocoaModem finishes launching.
Direct Tuning with Voice Assist
Voice Assist helps with using the keyboard to tune to a frequency in the waterfall. This removed the need to click on a waterfall to select a frequency to transmit on. Direct tuning works with the waterfalls that are in the PSK, RTTY, MFSK, CW, SITOR and HF-FAX interfaces.
When Direct Frequency Access (Command-Shift-F keyboard shortcut) is selected, cocoaModem brings up a small window that includes a text field. If Voice Assist is turned on, cocoaModem will announce 'Enter Frequency, ending with a carriage return.'
At that point, each digit that is typed will be echoed back by Voice Access.
A period can be used as a decimal point to get finer resolution than one Hertz. When a carriage return is hit, the accumulated number between 400 Hz and 2400 Hz is used to select a frequency on the waterfall, and Voice Assist will speak the selected frequency by announcing 'Tune to XXX Hertz,' where XXX is the frequency.
If a frequency outside the 400-2400 Hz range is entered, Voice Assist will say 'Frequency out of range, unchanged at YYY Hertz,' where YYY is the previously selected frequency.
If 0 is entered in Direct Frequency Access, the modem will be turned off until a new frequency is selected.
Direct Frequency Readout with Voice Assist
Speak Current Frequency (Command-Option-F) causes Voice Assist to read the frequency that is selected in the waterfall. If the modem is previously turned off (the PSK modem is turned off when cocoaModem launches), Voice Assist will say 'Modem Turned Off.'
Modem Selection with Voice Assist
Modems can be selected with keyboard shortcuts. Select Next Modem (Command-Option-Shift-N) in the Interface Menu moves to the next modem in the cocoaModem tabview. Select Previous Modem (Command-Option-Shift-P) moves to the previous modem in the tabview. When you move pass one end of the tabs, the modem at the opposite end will be chosen in a circular fashion.
If Voice Assist is turned on, the name of the selected modem is spoken.
Using Keyboard Shortcuts with the PSK Table View
When the 'Select Next Station in TableView' (Command-Period keyboard shortcut) or 'Select Previous Station in TableView' (Command-Shift-Period keyboard shortcut) is selected in the Interface Menu, cocoaModem tunes the PSK31 interface to a new signal, cocoaModem will speak the audio offset frequency if Voice Assist is turned on. The spoken frequency corresponds to the audible pitch from the PSK31 carrier. Please note that this is not necessarily the offset frequency shown in the Table View -- it is only identical if you are using upper sideband and zero VFO offset in the PSK configuration.
When the TableView is empty, Voice Assist will speak 'No signal.'
QSO Callsign and Name with Voice Assist
The QSO Callsign and QSO Name fields can be directly selected by using the Command-Option-C and Command-Option-N keyboard shortcuts, respectively. The fields are also cleared when selected; this allows you to immediately typing their contents after using the keyboard shortcuts to select the fields.
If Voice Assist is turned on, each character that is entered by keyboard into these fields are spoken back. No carriage return is needed since the next time the callsign and name macros are use, they will pick up the entire contents of these two fields.
Alerts with Voice Assist
When Voice Assist is turned on, Alerts will not show up in a modal window. Instead, the title of the alert is spoken. The details of the alert can subsequently be spoken by selecting the Speak Alert Info menu item (Command-Option-I).
Introduction
This page contains links to many different programs that can be used with the SignaLink interface. Tigertronics in no way endorses or supports any of the programs listed here. We have compiled this list only to help you in locating programs that are known to work with sound card interfaces. Most programs work very well and provide excellent performance, but as you should expect, some programs will work better than others and some will not work at all with certain computer / sound card configurations. We recommend that you download and evaluate several programs to determine which ones work best for you. If you have questions about a specific program, or if you have trouble getting it to work with your system, then you will need to contact the author of the program directly for help. Questions or problems with the operation of the SignaLink should of course be directed to our Technical Support Department.
How To Find What You Are Looking For
The programs on this page are listed in alphabetical order by program name. To the right of each program name you will find information about the program, such as the modes and Operating Systems supported. To help you find what you are looking for, we recommend that you use your web browsers 'Find' feature (Netscape/Mozilla users press 'CRTL-F') to search this page for specific 'key words'. These keywords can be the mode that you are interested in (PSK, MT63, etc.), the program name (or any part of it), the operating system you want to use, etc. When you find a program that you would like to download, simply click on the program name. You will then be transferred automatically to the authors web site or another page where the program can be downloaded.
Windows Vista, 7, 8.x and Windows 10 Compatibility
We have found that most communication programs that work in Windows XP also work just fine in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.x, and Windows 10. However, some programs cannot access the Windows software volume controls properly in these later versions of Windows. Because of this, we suggest that you adjust the software volume controls only through Windows instead of your program's 'Adjust Waterfall Drive' or 'Adjust Transmitter Drive' (or similarly worded) menus. Instructions for doing this in these newer versions of Windows can be found on our SignaLink Support page.
Please note that we have marked programs as being compatible with newer version of Windows (7/8.x and 10) when the program's specifications say that it's compatible, or when testing and/or customer feedback indicates that it is. Again, most communication programs that work in Windows XP also function just fine in Windows 7, 8.x and Windows 10, so please don't think that a program won't work simply because we haven't yet marked it as being compatible.
Sound card program setup for the SignaLink USB
Be sure to see our instructions for configuring your communication program. If we don't have the program that you are using listed, then be sure to see the 'General Setup' section as it applies to ALL sound card programs.
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| AALog | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Logging & PSK31, CW, RTTY, Voice Note: Some modes require the CWType, CWGet, TrueTTY, and AAVoice programs from the same author. |
| AAVoice | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Digital voice processor. Uses prepared wav-files for voice transmission. |
| AGW Packet Engine | Freeware & Shareware Windows 9x/2000/NT/XP/Vista/7/8/10 300, 1200 & 9600 baud Packet, TCP/IP, APRS NOTES: 1. You will also need the 'AGW Terminal' program to operate Packet. This program displays what you see on the screen. 2. APRS requires a Windows APRS program such as AGWTracker, WinAPRS, UIView, etc. |
| AGWTracker | Shareware Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 APRS with many features including weather, bread crumb trails, distance calculator, zoom, and more. |
| AirNav ACARS | Commercial Demo Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Real-time ACARS decoding with downloaded aircraft pictures |
| AirNav Selcal | Commercial Demo Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Real-time Aviation HF Selcal transmission decoding |
| Analyzer 2000 | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista Audio Frequency Analyzer, CW and PSK31 |
| ChromaPIX | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP SSTV |
| ChromaSOUND | Beta Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP AF DSP Filter |
| cocoaModem | Freeware Mac OS X 10.4 or newer RTTY, PSK31, MFSK, Hellschreiber, CW, Sitor-B, HF Fax, and NOTE: Earlier versions of cocoaModem are available for older OS X operating systems. |
| CWGet | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 CW ( reception only) |
| CWType | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 CW |
| DAQARTA | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Data Acquisition and Real-Time Analysis |
| Digipan | Freeware Win9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 PSK31(BPSK/QPSK), FSK31, PSK63 NOTE: The digipan website appears to be down as of June 2020, so we have provided a direct download link. |
| DTMF Real-Time Decoder | Shareware DOS DTMF |
| EchoLink® | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 VoIP (Voice Over IP). Communicate with other Hams around the world through the Internet. |
| EchoStation | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Repeater control program (duplex or simplex operation). Can also be used to automatically announce club events or ARRL bulletins. Makes a great emergency simplex repeater. |
| Fldigi | Freeware Linux, Free-BSD, OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 CW, DominoEX 4/5/8/11/16/22, Feld-Hell, FSK-Hell, FSK-Hell 105, MFSK-8/16/16-pix, PSK31, QPSK31, PSK63, QPSK63, PSK125, QPSK125, PSK250, QPSK250, Olivia, RTTY, Throb1/2/4, ThrobX-1/X-2/X-4, Thor4/5/8/11/22, 8-PSK Based on customer feedback, FLdigi is one of the most popular multi-mode programs available today. This is due to the wide range of modes that it supports and the fact that it's available for multiple Operating Systems. It's also gaining popularity for EMCOMM (Emergency Communications) use with MT-63 and the new 8-PSK mode. |
| FFTDSP | Shareware DOS AF DSP software for detecting weak radio signals in real-time (EME, SETI, etc.) |
| FFT Properties | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Real time Scope/Spectrum analyzer |
| FFT Spectra SofTest Series | Commercial Demo Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Audio Frequency generator and analyzer - Acoustic Real Time Analyzer/Sound Monitor, FFT Audio Spectrum Analysis & Data Acquisition Software, Ultra-High Resolution Complex Signal Analysis High-Performance Data Acquisition Software, Multimedia/Audio Test Software |
| Flexnet | Freeware/Shareware DOS, Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000 1200 & 9600 baud Packet NOTE: Click here to go directly to the Flexnet download page. |
| GNASP1 | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP DSP filter & analyzer |
| Ham Radio Deluxe | Commercial Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA/7/8/10 CAT control (tuning, memories, etc.), built-in logbook, integrated DX cluster, customizable band layouts, satellite tracking interface and scanning. Multiple instances of HRD can be ran at the same time. Ham Radio Deluxe is a suite of programs providing CAT control and digital sound card operation. A 'CAT' / CIV interface is required if you want to control your radio, but it is NOT required for digital operation (see Digital Master 780 below). NOTE: HRD / DM-780 was purchased by HRDSoftwareLLC.com in 2011 and is now a commercial program. |
| Ham Radio Deluxe / Digital Master 780 | Commercial Windows ME/2000/XP/VISTA/7/8/10 PSK31, CW, DominoEx, MFSK, MT63, Olivia, RTTY and Throb. Logbook with eQSL, ADIF, Cabrillo, Callsign Lookup and Google Earth interfaces. Digital Master 780 is the digital operations part of the Ham Radio Deluxe (HRD) suite. It can be used with the SignaLink to operate all of the supported modes WITHOUT the need for a CAT interface. Click here for setup information. |
| HamScope | Freeware Win9x/ME/2000/XP/VISTA/7/8/10 PSK31(BPSK/QPSK), MFSK16, RTTY, CW, ASCII, Packet (requires AGW Packet Engine) |
| Hellschreiber | Freeware Win9x/NT Feldhell |
| HFTerm | Freeware Beta Linux Pactor 1 (Transmit & Receive!), Amtor, GTOR, and RTTY |
| JT65-HF | Freeware Win9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Transmit and Receive the JT65A protocol on the HF bands. This new mode is becoming quite popular due to its excellent performance on HF. |
| JVComm32 | Shareware Win9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 WeFax (RX only), SSTV, (RX / TX), RTTY, SYNOP and NAVTEX |
| MIXW | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 SSB, AM, FM, CW, BPSK31, QPSK31, FSK31, RTTY, Packet (HF/VHF), Pactor (RX only), AMTOR (FEC), MFSK, Hellschreiber, Throb, Fax (RX only), SSTV, MT63 |
| MMSSTV | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 SSTV |
| MMTTY | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 RTTY |
| MRP 40 | Commercial Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 Transit and receive CW from .4 to 60WPM. Auto Tuning. Many customers say that this is the best CW program ever. |
| Mscan Meteo | Commercial Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 FAX, NAVTEX, RTTY reception |
| MT63 Terminal | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/ 2000/XP MT63 - The mode of choice for MARS operation! |
| MultiKeyer | Freeware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP CW/Voice Keying for EME and Meteor Scatter. Similar to WSJT. |
| Multimode | Shareware Mac OSX 10.1 or later PSK31, RTTY, Fax, WeFax, SSTV, ACARS, Packet, DTMF and more NOTE: A version of Multimode is also available for MacOS 8 and 9. |
| MultiMon | Freeware Linux This program supports reception of the following modes: AX.25, 1200 Baud AFSK, 2400 Baud AFSK (2 variants), 4800 Baud HAPN, 9600 Baud FSK (G3RUH), POCSAG (512, 1200 & 2400 Baud), Miscellaneous, DTMF, ZVEI |
| Oscope | Freeware Unix (X, DOS) AF Scope & FFT |
| PED | Freeware DOS CW Pileup Trainer |
| POC32 | Shareware Win9x / NT POCSAG |
| PrecisionCW | Freeware & Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 Coherent CW |
| PSK31LX | Freeware Linux PSK31 |
| QSSTV | Freeware Linux SSTV |
| QuickMix | Freeware Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP Nice utility that allows you to quickly save and restore many different sets of mixer settings. Support for this program has been discontinued, but the developers have posted a new link for downloading here. |
| RadioCom | Commercial Demo Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7/8 Filter-Analyzer, Time Spectroscopes, Dual Scope, Audio-Recorder, RTTY, CW, FAX, SSTV, PSK (PSK31, Q- and B-PSK), Synop-Decoder, 3D Scanner and Sattracking |
| RMS Express | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 Send and receive email through the WinLink 2000 system using the WINMOR mode on HF, and 1200 baud Packet on VHF/UHF. See our FAQ for more details on this. |
| SeaTTY | Shareware Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/Vista RTTY, NAVTEX, and WEFAX (HF) |
| Software for Sound Analysis | Freeware DOS & Windows Versions (9x/NT/2000) Audio Frequency Analyzer NOTE: These programs are good for older, slower computers (486 processor for DOS version). |
| Spectran | Shareware(?) Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP Real time or deferred spectral analysis and waterfall display for weak signal modes. Can work with WSJT. |
| SSTV32 | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP SSTV |
| Swezey Filter | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP Audio Frequency DSP filtering for Hams and SWLs |
| TrueTTY | Shareware Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista RTTY (Baudot code), ASCII (7 or 8 bits), PSK31 (BPSK and QPSK), AMTOR-FEC (SITOR-B, NAVTEX), SELFEC SITOR, AMTOR-ARQ (SITOR-A), DTMF decoding, and MultiFSK-16. HF-PACKET and UHF-PACKET (AX25) are also supported in KISS-TNC emulation mode. |
| UZ7HO Soundmodem | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 300, 600, 1200, 2400 baud Packet plus other special Packet mode. Soundmodem is compatible with all programs that work with the AGW Packet Engine (AGWPE). It can be used with WinLink Express for EMCOMM. It can also be used with other software for APRS, BBS, Satellite Packet, and regular Packet work. |
| W95SSTV | Shareware Windows 9x/NT/2000 SSTV |
| WinFMS / FMS32 | Commercial Demo Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP FMS |
| WinPSK | Freeware Win9x/NT PSK31 & PSK63 (includes a full duplex satellite mode). |
| WinWarbler | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8 PSK31, PSK63, and RTTY |
| WriteLog for Windows | Shareware Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/7/8/10 CW, RTTY, PSK31, and SSB, plus Contest Logging |
| WSJT / WSJT-X | Freeware Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10, Linux, Mac Very popular program for weak signal communications. WSJT supports Meteor Scatter, Tropospheric Scatter, and Earth-Moon-Earth (EME) operation. Modes include FT8, JT4, JT9, JT65, QRA64, ISCAT, MSK144, WSPR, JTMS, FSK441, FSK315, ISCAT, and JT6M. |
| WXSat | Freeware Win3.x / Win9x / NT HF and VHF WeFax (direct satellite reception!) |
| Xmit_ID | Freeware DOS FM Transmitter Identification |
| Zello | Free / Commercial Windows 7/8/10 on the SignaLink or 'radio gateway' side and iPhone/iPad or Android phone/tablet app on the other end. Zello is a popular 'walkie talkie' / push-to-talk (RoIP / VoIP) program / app that lets you establish a voice link between a two way radio and a telephone, tablet or PC. It is available in both a free (personal) version and a paid (work) version. |
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