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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Enqueing all types.Re: Enqueing all types.
From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 12:41:24 -0500 On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:00:27 +0100, "Henri" <hdavidlists_at_free.fr> wrote: >And how do you "WPS" a TXT file ? >How is the time lengh of firmware ? > >On top of all what would the use for this ? I can think of several uses for this. Let's suppose you're listening to an audio course such as are available from The Teaching Company and other sources. It would be extraordinarily nice to be able to display a screen of text or graphic displaying, say, an equation while the audio segment is playing. Another application might be to display an info page about a band before or during the music play. If Rockbox is extended a bit more to be able to detect and record responses (YES or NO, for instance), the application could be extended to the industrial arena. As a retired nuclear engineer, my experience is in the power plant setting. Any activity in the plant is governed by a written procedure that requires "verbatim compliance" and in many cases, second party verification. The procedures are very detailed such as "connect the plus lead to cabinet A, terminal strip B, terminal C". Some facilities still use paper procedures but many have gone paperless. Currently very expensive handheld computers such as the Telzon are used, all without audio. A "procedure execution extension" would display the pertinent info (plus lead to cabinet A, terminal strip B, terminal C) on the screen while the audio gives detailed instruction such as where to go, what precautions to take (call the control room, for instance), etc. We could have default behavior settings in the config. Say, scroll, noscroll, scrollspeed, page, nopage, pagedelay, persist, nopersist (to keep the text file on the screen while the next selection(s) play), etc. We could then enable a small set of metatags in the text file to change the default behavior on the fly. Rockbox has broken the "music player" paradigm with the audio book, text display and other extensions. Why not take it further outside the box to other mixed media applications such as self-instruction. Non-music extensions such as the "procedure execution extension" might just be the bludgeon needed to penetrate the skull of the decision-maker of one or more hardware makers, the idea dawning that many more sales could be made to the commercial/industrial market. A consumer box won't be as rugged as a Telzon but on the other hand, at >$2500 for a Telzon, many "throwaway" units can be purchased for each Telzon. Just something to think about. John --- John De Armond johngdDONTYOUDARE_at_bellsouth.net http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TNReceived on 2003-12-17 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |