From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 33CE738245D; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:38:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from omta03.suddenlink.net (omta03.suddenlink.net [208.180.40.73]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04597380EB2 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:38:15 -0500 (EST) Received: from wb5agz ([47.217.109.16]) by dalofep03.suddenlink.net (InterMail vM.8.04.03.22.02 201-2389-100-169-20190213) with ESMTP id <20210210143811.QMAM7906.dalofep03.suddenlink.net@wb5agz> for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:38:11 -0600 Received: from martin by wb5agz with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l9qd9-0000Ii-1A for speakup@linux-speakup.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:38:11 -0600 From: "Martin McCormick" To: speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Speakup and Linux Smart Watches MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1158.1612967890.1@wb5agz> Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:38:10 -0600 Message-Id: X-Authentication-Info: Submitted using SMTP AUTH PLAIN at dalofep03.suddenlink.net from [47.217.109.16] using ID martin.m@suddenlink.net at Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:38:11 -0600 X-CM-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=N4Hsq0xB c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6023efd3 cx=a_idp_d a=vgFQBM89cIsqvvZDmBSopQ==:117 a=vgFQBM89cIsqvvZDmBSopQ==:17 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=qa6Q16uM49sA:10 a=wC5lZz0xddkA:10 a=ZH_PSER3TdDMD4JIkMsA:9 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=Z5ABNNGmrOfJ6cZ5bIyy:22 a=SsAZrZ5W_gNWK9tOzrEV:22 X-CM-Envelope: MS4xfAujrxb+1V9c7fuJFyL1cM86IDdC0ch5aV9wqF6uf/vUDT5/A5DSz0jVsuhFpPmmzrGoFn1y8nd1qdDCGey1yahWJp8djodmyf3bIojH1HZx7Uf5RILz PESTdNAXMx7y2kTS78kG0qbaR2hP3uicNIGY/fXoOETlw4yAumbv33KcEaE7IhVUlXWAhQdVkdvTBQ== X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 List-Id: 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