From: Matthew P. OReilly <moreilly_at_moreilly.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:48:25 -0500

True, we had a brief discussion about text entry before - including
cellphone-style input and something like the T9 input system, but these are
even more clunky than with a cellphone given the limited number of buttons
on the archos. That's why I would opt for an external text input device
were it available.

And as Björn pointed out, we do have text-entry now, but it would still be
beneficial for me to be able to mark a file for later review than to have to
rename it while driving or some other concentration-intensive task. (I
don't know about you all, but I find that even dialing a phone number on my
cellphone breaks my concentration considerably while driving.)

Matt

(BTW - alt + 1,4,8 on the keypad is the ö character on US keyboards.)


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se]On
Behalf Of Michael Graham
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:10 AM
To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
Subject: Re: Playlist building and ID3 tags entering!!



> Even if it is, it would seem to me that Rockbox could be put into a
> text-entry mode where certain combinations could be transmitted to
> correspond to the symbol being input. (E.g., UpUpUp = A, UpUpLeft = B,
> UpUpRight=C, etc.)

There are text entry systems for devices with few buttons. One such
system is the MessageEase system, designed for cell phones and Palm
devices:

    http://www.exideas.com/

Obviously, not quite suited for Rockbox because (a) it's a commercial
product, and (b) the archos devices have fewer buttons than cellphones.
But maybe some ideas can be taken from it?

Michael

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Michael Graham

Received on 2003-01-29