[NSRCA-discussion] Android "caller"

[Derek Koopowitz]

Your taxes should be a piece of cake, right?  You work for Intuit... LOL


On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Peter Vogel <vogel.peter at gmail.com> wrote:

> My iPhone scoring app reads the maneuvers to you and moves to next or
> previous with a swipe of the screen, but I think to be truly useful as a
> virtual caller it needs a way for you to SAY next or previous -- I'll look
> at that after I get done with a little project for Mark A.
>
> Mark, in case you are wondering, I have the DB hosted in the cloud now,
> I'm just working on the web front end, taxes came first :-)
>
> Peter+
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Bob Lavey <bob.lavey at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I have one for Windows CE but not Android.  I wrote this while learning
>> C# and run it on my HP iPaq device.  It reads in maneuvers from an XML file
>> like this:****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> <ManeuverSequence Name="2009-2010 Sportsman Sequence">****
>>
>>   <Maneuvers>****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>>   <Maneuver Name="Two Inside Loops">****
>>
>>     <KFactor>2</KFactor>****
>>
>>     <Type>Upwind</Type>****
>>
>>     <Description>****
>>
>>       Model pulls up and executes prescribed number of consecutive****
>>
>>       loops; all loops shall be round and superimposed.****
>>
>>       Downgrades:****
>>
>>       1. Loops not round.****
>>
>>       2. Loops not superimposed.****
>>
>>       3. Wings not level during loops.****
>>
>>       4. Changes in heading during loops.****
>>
>>       5. Exit not same altitude and heading as entry.****
>>
>>     </Description>****
>>
>>     <AudioFileText>****
>>
>>       Two Inside Loops.****
>>
>>       Pull into two inside loops.****
>>
>>     </AudioFileText>****
>>
>>        <AudioFilePath>Sportsman
>> 2009-2010\TwoInsideLoops.mp3</AudioFilePath>****
>>
>>   </Maneuver>****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> It displays the maneuver name and plays the audio file.  Pressing
>> anywhere on the screen goes on to the next maneuver.  I always intended to
>> have the left side of the screen move to the previous maneuver and the
>> right side move to the next maneuver, but I didn’t get around to that.  The
>> voice commands would a terrific idea!  I also hoped to allow users to see
>> the entire maneuver description (scroll through all of them when not using
>> it as a caller), but I didn’t get to that either.  The main display has a
>> timer across most of the screen, since the placement of my iPaq obscures
>> the timer on my transmitter.  If you were using voice commands, you
>> wouldn’t need to have the device where you could touch it to change
>> maneuvers, and you wouldn’t need the timer.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I attached a 24kb screenshot.  Hopefully that comes through…****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> I can provide the OOAD documentation (Enterprise Architect) and source
>> code (VS2008 using C#), if anyone’s interested.  I know Java, and this
>> would be easy enough to rewrite in any OO language, but I know nothing
>> about writing apps for Android.  Adding the ability for voice commands
>> could be easy or difficult depending on what open source exists and how
>> good it is.****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bob****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> *From:* nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:
>> nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] *On Behalf Of *Bob Kane
>> *Sent:* Thursday, April 11, 2013 7:03 AM
>> *To:* Generalpatterndiscussion
>> *Subject:* [NSRCA-discussion] Android "caller"****
>>
>> ** **
>>
>> With all the Android reader and voice command apps out there, has anyone
>> tried to configure something to be an "Android Caller" ???  It would be
>> nice to type in short forms of the maneuvers and then have them read back
>> through a bluetooth earpiece with configurable voice commands like "next"
>> or "repeat".  ****
>>
>>  ****
>>
>> Bob Kane
>> getterflash at yahoo.com****
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
> Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nsrca.org/pipermail/nsrca-discussion/attachments/20130411/76d8b120/attachment.html>