KiwiSDR - access for visually impaired
One of my DX buddies have been blind since birth. Of course this doesn't stop him, but he's very aware how the user interface is accessible. I asked him to evaluate the KiwiSDR interface on my KiwiSDR. His response is that it's mostly not too bad, he's able to move around but there are a few issues. Below is his screen dump in Firefox - that's how he sees the interface.
What he wanted to change was:
Name the editable fields on the interface.
More meaningful names on some icons
Hide some of the content to reduce the information flow.
If you're interested to discuss with him further, I'll forward his email address to you.
And now his screen dump:
KongSDR
Receiver Location
KiwiSDR: software-defined receiver
Receiver Location
gfx/kiwi-with-headphones.51x67
© bluebison.net
KongSDR from the Top of the World
Kongsfjord, Arctic Norway | Grid:
ham/grid_square,
ASL: 10m,
[map]
Antenna: L-antenna N-S
Running the KongSDR network is expensive!
Please help!
PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!
Your name or callsign:
Beagle CPU 41% usr / 27% sys / 30% idle, FPGA eCPU 21%
audio 10 kB/s, waterfall 20 kB/s (22/38 fps), http 0 kB/s, total 30 kB/s (240 kb/s)
18:49
UTC
20:49
Local
Central European Summer Time
Powered by
gfx/openwebrx-top-logo
gfx/openwebrx-bottom-arrow-hid
WSPR
WSPR
WWVH / WWV
CHU CAN
The Pip
STANAG 4197
RIS9 CW
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
CW
CW
FAX
FSK
?wide-digital
slot machine JPN
HFDL
R. Australia
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
R. Australia
CW
STANAG
FAX
FSK
FSK
PACSEA net
FSK
R. Australia
FSK
FSK
GPS clock spur
SITOR
HLW KOR
R. Australia
STANAG
R. Australia
STANAG
FAX VMC AUS
JT65
HFDL
FSK NRV
IBP: ZL6B New Zealand
IBP: KH6RS Hawaii
6090.00
select band
extension
-----.--
??
-5k
-1k
-100
+100
+1k
+5k
Spectrum
AM
AMN
LSB
USB
CW
CWN
NBFM
icons/zoomin
icons/zoomout
icons/maxin
icons/maxout
icons/zoomband
icons/pageleft
icons/pageright
WF max
-10
-10 dB
WF min
-110
-110 dB
Volume
50
Mute
More
icons/hideright.24
Welcome! Here are some tips:
list of 13 items
Please
email us
if your browser is having problems with the SDR.
Windows: Firefox & Chrome work; IE is still completely broken.
Mac & Linux: Safari, Firefox, Chrome & Opera should work fine.
Open and close the panels by using the circled arrows at the top right corner.
You can click and/or drag almost anywhere on the page to change settings.
Enter a numeric frequency in the box marked "kHz" at right.
Or use the "select band" menu to jump to a pre-defined band.
Use the zoom icons to control the waterfall span.
Tune by clicking on the waterfall, spectrum or the cyan/red-colored station labels.
Ctrl-shift or alt-shift click in the waterfall to lookup frequency in online databases.
Control or option/alt click to page spectrum down and up in frequency.
Adjust the "WF min" slider for best waterfall colors.
See the
Operating information
page and
Design review document.
liste slutt
icons/hideright.24
Contacts:
Owner/Admin,
KiwiSDR,
OpenWebRX
|
Chat
Try other KiwiSDRs world-wide at
sdr.hu
Config: v1.111, 4 SDR channels, 12 GPS channels | Uptime: 3 days 13:32:24
GPS: acquire pause, track 6, good 6, fixes 45.3k, ADC clock 66.666112 (45.3k avgs)
Audio: network 12288 sps (12005 avg), output 44101 sps, Qlen 6
RX0:
RX1: (Trondheim, Norway)
6090.00 kHz amn z0
0:07:53
RX2:
RX3:
icons/hideleft.24
Receiver Location
KiwiSDR: software-defined receiver
Receiver Location
gfx/kiwi-with-headphones.51x67
© bluebison.net
KongSDR from the Top of the World
Kongsfjord, Arctic Norway | Grid:
ham/grid_square,
ASL: 10m,
[map]
Antenna: L-antenna N-S
Running the KongSDR network is expensive!
Please help!
PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!
Your name or callsign:
Beagle CPU 41% usr / 27% sys / 30% idle, FPGA eCPU 21%
audio 10 kB/s, waterfall 20 kB/s (22/38 fps), http 0 kB/s, total 30 kB/s (240 kb/s)
18:49
UTC
20:49
Local
Central European Summer Time
Powered by
gfx/openwebrx-top-logo
gfx/openwebrx-bottom-arrow-hid
WSPR
WSPR
WWVH / WWV
CHU CAN
The Pip
STANAG 4197
RIS9 CW
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
CW
CW
FAX
FSK
?wide-digital
slot machine JPN
HFDL
R. Australia
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
FSK
R. Australia
CW
STANAG
FAX
FSK
FSK
PACSEA net
FSK
R. Australia
FSK
FSK
GPS clock spur
SITOR
HLW KOR
R. Australia
STANAG
R. Australia
STANAG
FAX VMC AUS
JT65
HFDL
FSK NRV
IBP: ZL6B New Zealand
IBP: KH6RS Hawaii
6090.00
select band
extension
-----.--
??
-5k
-1k
-100
+100
+1k
+5k
Spectrum
AM
AMN
LSB
USB
CW
CWN
NBFM
icons/zoomin
icons/zoomout
icons/maxin
icons/maxout
icons/zoomband
icons/pageleft
icons/pageright
WF max
-10
-10 dB
WF min
-110
-110 dB
Volume
50
Mute
More
icons/hideright.24
Welcome! Here are some tips:
list of 13 items
Please
email us
if your browser is having problems with the SDR.
Windows: Firefox & Chrome work; IE is still completely broken.
Mac & Linux: Safari, Firefox, Chrome & Opera should work fine.
Open and close the panels by using the circled arrows at the top right corner.
You can click and/or drag almost anywhere on the page to change settings.
Enter a numeric frequency in the box marked "kHz" at right.
Or use the "select band" menu to jump to a pre-defined band.
Use the zoom icons to control the waterfall span.
Tune by clicking on the waterfall, spectrum or the cyan/red-colored station labels.
Ctrl-shift or alt-shift click in the waterfall to lookup frequency in online databases.
Control or option/alt click to page spectrum down and up in frequency.
Adjust the "WF min" slider for best waterfall colors.
See the
Operating information
page and
Design review document.
liste slutt
icons/hideright.24
Contacts:
Owner/Admin,
KiwiSDR,
OpenWebRX
|
Chat
Try other KiwiSDRs world-wide at
sdr.hu
Config: v1.111, 4 SDR channels, 12 GPS channels | Uptime: 3 days 13:32:24
GPS: acquire pause, track 6, good 6, fixes 45.3k, ADC clock 66.666112 (45.3k avgs)
Audio: network 12288 sps (12005 avg), output 44101 sps, Qlen 6
RX0:
RX1: (Trondheim, Norway)
6090.00 kHz amn z0
0:07:53
RX2:
RX3:
icons/hideleft.24