[NSRCA-discussion] Android "caller"

[Peter Vogel]

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 12:13 PM, Derek Koopowitz
<derekkoopowitz at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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****
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Director, Fixed Wing Flight Training
>> Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark
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