You may say ”That said, if you are to advocate true barrier-free access, shouldn’t the goal be for deaf-blind people to be able to get into amateur radio just like people without disabilities?”
That’s right. Generally, “barrier-free” is said to have the following four aspects. (※1)
1. Physical barrier-free:
As I have already explained, if you connect a vibration adapter to the receiving audio output, you can receive Morse code by touch, and if you strike a vertical key, you can send telegraph radio waves. With a setup like the one in the illustration posted on August 17, I think even blind and deaf people can enjoy amateur radio.
But there are still many problems with operating amateur radio equipment. In particular, almost all knobs on recent radios have been built into smooth touch panels, making visual recognition essential. It is impossible to know what buttons to press or what knobs to turn. So a dial-type single-mode telegraph transceiver, such as MFJ’s 93XX series or the former Mizuho Pico series, is desirable.
2. Cultural barrier-free:
The barriers to information and culture before one gets qualified are not an easy feat. Once in japan the operator exam was conducted in Braille. Recently the exam is held temporary by oral questions only (not by Braille ) for the visually impaired. This leaves the deaf-blind out of the equation. Before long the authority seems to be adapting the Level 3 temporary exam to a Braille exam for the deaf-blind, which is very much appreciated.
3. Barrier-free in consciousness and mind:
if vibrations can be used in telegraphy, it will be entirely barrier-free. Because we don’t know in the first place whether the other person is blind or deaf. No matter.
4. Barrier-free in the legal system:
No matter how the exams are conducted for deaf-blind people, the most realistic option would be certified VEC to provide off-site lectures.
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