From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 663EE382469; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:50:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com (mailomta29-re.btinternet.com [213.120.69.122]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 15148382017 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:50:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.54.5]) by re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20210210155038.QUHC19284.re-prd-fep-048.btinternet.com@re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:50:38 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=mike.ray@btinternet.com X-SNCR-Rigid: 5ED9C0CC25C0ABD2 X-Originating-IP: [86.137.159.87] X-OWM-Source-IP: 86.137.159.87 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: mike.ray@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=59/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduledrheejgdekudcutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemuceutffkvffkuffjvffgnffgvefqofdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucgoufhushhpvggtthffohhmrghinhculdegledmnegfrhhlucfvnfffucdluddtmdenucfjughrpehrufhfvffhkffffgggjggtgfesthejredttdefjeenucfhrhhomhepofhikhgvucftrgihuceomhhikhgvsehrrghsphgsvghrrhihvhhirdhorhhgqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpedvlefhieehveelveefheeilefhudetgfegvdeitdevteevgeevudfgueehteelheenucffohhmrghinhepghhithhhuhgsrdhiohdpvgihvghsfhhrvggvlhhinhhugidrnhhinhhjrgdprhgrshhpsggvrhhrhihvihdrohhrghenucfkphepkeeirddufeejrdduheelrdekjeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegludelvddrudeikedrtddrfegnpdhinhgvthepkeeirddufeejrdduheelrdekjedpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpeeomhhikhgvsehrrghsphgsvghrrhihvhhirdhorhhgqecuuefqffgjpeekuefkvffokffogfdprhgtphhtthhopeeoshhpvggrkhhupheslhhinhhugidqshhpvggrkhhuphdrohhrgheq X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 59 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.0.3] (86.137.159.87) by re-prd-rgout-002.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.340) (authenticated as mike.ray@btinternet.com) id 5ED9C0CC25C0ABD2 for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:50:38 +0000 Reply-To: mike@raspberryvi.org Subject: Re: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches References: To: speakup@linux-speakup.org From: Mike Ray Message-ID: <1350da8d-032f-a6a5-80cf-ed43534797e5@raspberryvi.org> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:50:37 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: Why would a Linux smart watch be running a tty? On 10/02/2021 14:38, Martin McCormick wrote: > I've been looking for an inexpensive talking watch that doesn't > fall apart in 3 months and noticed that various entities are > trying to make linux-based smart watches. This might be a > perfect platform on which to run a speakup instance. > > One concept idea I read about used an ARM-based processor > like the raspberry Pi and even was supposed to support WiFi. > > If one needed 8 talking timers with each one playing a > different tune when it timed out, you might have to write the app > yourself, but the only limitation would be your imagination and > available RAM. If next week, you only needed one talking timer > but this timer should announce it's time at 2 minutes, 2 minutes > 37 seconds and finally 3 minutes and 27 seconds, you zap the 8 talking timers > and upload your new special talking timer executable. > > The WiFi would let your watch keep itself set via ntpd. > After all, it's a watch and the linux is the power tool that lets > you leap tall buildings at a single bound. > > Has anybody done this already and, if so, what platform > does it run on? > > The concept idea I read that used the ARM was written > over a year ago and, as far as I know, is still only a concept. > > Martin McCormick > -- Michael A. Ray Analyst/Programmer Witley, Surrey, South-east UK "Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." -- A. de Saint-Exupery https://cromarty.github.io/ http://eyesfreelinux.ninja/ http://www.raspberryvi.org/