[NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring

[Keith Hoard]

We could just repurpose the sound meter as an Applause-O-Meter . . . and
score in decibels?

On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 3:10 PM, ORLANDO FRETS <ojfrets at earthlink.net>wrote:

> We still have the plaques with the numbers that the judges would point to
> and the scribes would write the score down on the sheet. However, we have
> not used them in years.
>
>
> Orlando Frets
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of J N Hiller
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 2:55 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
>
> I remember when the judges held up cards with numbers on them.
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of John Gayer
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 11:26 AM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
>
> How about a big display behind each judge so everyone can see the scores in
> realtime?
>
> J N Hiller wrote:
> Maybe all that is needed is a handheld button to click in the downgrades
> connected by wire to the scoring station for compilation.
> Jim Hiller
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of John Ferrell
> Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2009 7:00 AM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring Can you really read
> a
> back lighted LCD display in the sun light?  I am beginning to think all
> cell
> phones are designed for inside use!
>
> John Ferrell  W8CCW
>
> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
> nothing." -- Edmund Burke ...."The problem with socialism is that you
> eventually run out of other people's money."
>   MARGARET THATCHER
> http://DixieNC.US
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jay Marshall <mailto:lightfoot at sc.rr.com>
> To: 'General pattern discussion' <mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring IPhone is one
> interesting approach. You could also use on of the <$300 7" "laptops" which
> have built in WiFi. Add Skype to it and another laptop on the scorekeeper's
> stand to send/receive voice and you could have an interesting, low cost,
> system. Could even put the correct maneuvers on the judges system.
>
> Jay Marshall
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hoard
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 6:38 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
>
> We could also use an iTouch.  The apps run on either, but the iTouch
> doesn't
> have 3G.  Yes, the app could also announce the maneuvers thru a headset to
> the judge; but whose voice to use??  Hmmmmmm. . . .
>
> Someone would have to figure out how to use the WiFi to download the scores
> since the iTouch doesn't have 3G. . . peer-to-peer WiFi setup with the
> scorekeepers laptop?
>
> . . .or another, probably more manageable solution would be to use the USB
> cable on the iTouch or iPhone to download the scores.  That may be an
> easier
> solution than trying to figure out how to get the app to talk over the
> internet or WiFi to the scorekeepers 'puter.
>
>   If we don't have guys that can write the app, I know there is a cottage
> industry of companies that write apps. Maybe it would be easier to hire
> some
> long-haired hippie types to write the app.
>
>   I'm interested to hear from the guys on the list that do IT stuff
> professionally to let me know how feasable this idea is.
>
> . . . back on my desktop 'puter. . .
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Woodward, Jim (US SSA)
> <jim.woodward at baesystems.com> wrote:
> http://ka08phonereview.com/
>
> How about this phone?  I wonder if Iphone apps will work on it.
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Brian
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 3:40 PM
> To: General pattern discussion
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
>
> You could have it call maneuvers, wait for a score voice captured, then
> call
> next maneuver.
>
> Sent from my t-mobile dash....lol
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Hoard <khoard at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:47 PM
> To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] iPhone app for scoring
>
> Has anyone thought about developing an app for use while judging?  I was
> thinking something similar to the calculator app, but with additional
> buttons to scroll thru the maneuvers. The iPhone is small enough to hold in
> your line of sight as you punch in each maneuver score, and the scores
> could
> be forwarded with either the 3G, WiFi, or bluetooth.
>
>   Obviously some issues would be having enough iPhone's show up at a
> contest, keeping them charged thru the day, and managing the data flow to
> the scorekeeper.
>
>   Could the scores be sent back to the NSRCA web site from each iPhone and
> then the scorekeeper just access a web page for the results?  Can the web
> site host the scoring software in this manner?
>
> Of course. . .
> Sent from my iPhone
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