I don't think we should encourage texting or CW while driving! All attention needs to be your driving. Driving is dangerous enough even with full attention. Pull over to the side of the road and text or CW please. We don't need another silent key.
K5WGM --- On Sun, 5/23/10, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: From: Tony <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Mobile CW To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 3:14 AM Hal/Tony, I wonder if the serious CW mobile operators might invent some CW sending capability from there steering wheels ? Since one's hands are on the sterring wheel most of the time some thumb sending might work. Andy That would be much more convenient Andy. The only problem is having to pause when making sharp turns; not an issue on the highway. Patrick remembed reading about a ham who used a specialized set of false teeth to send code! Can you imagine the looks he got with a wire hanging out of his mouth while his jaw was chattering away to 73 : ) Gotta give him credit though, that's one way to go hands-free! Tony -K2MO On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:00 AM, Tony <d...@optonline. net> wrote: > On 5/21/2010 4:28 AM, Hal Stang wrote: >> Thanks Tony I appreciate. And will let you know when I am on "the Road" >> LOL. I worked mobile CW for years. LOL. >> 73, thanks for your time. >> Hal >> WD4MDA >> > > Me too Hal! I used to take along a Bulldog mini paddle > http://www.amateurr adioproducts. com/ and use it with the Icom 706. The > built-in keyer works well once you tweak it a bit. > > Lots of fun, but a good size bump in the road can really scramble your > sending for a moment, especially with the Econo-box I drove hi. > Hope to work you ALE-400 /M. That would be a first for me! > > Tony -K2MO > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Tony"<d...@optonline. net> >> To:<digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com> >> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 3:53 AM >> Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Speech-to-Text for the Handicapped >> >> >> >>> On 5/21/2010 3:28 AM, Hal Stang wrote: >>> >>>> All, >>>> I am setting up my mobile rig again(icom 706/High Sierra >>>> Screwdriver/ Ameritron amp). I wonder if you could run ALE400 or other >>>> digital modes from the mobile using speech recognition software??? >>>> Hal >>>> WD4MDA >>>> >>>> >>> Hal, >>> >>> Skip Teller can answer your questions - see the thread on this subject. >>> >>> Tony -K2MO >>> >>> PS: Let us know when you're on the road. >>> >>> >>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Tony"<d...@optonline. net> >>>> To:<digitalradio@ yahoogroups. com> >>>> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 6:41 PM >>>> Subject: [digitalradio] Speech-to-Text for the Handicapped >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> All, >>>>> >>>>> Andy brought up the digital mode / text-to-speech idea recently and a >>>>> thought came to mind that this could help the handicapped. I'm not sure >>>>> if speech-to-text programs can transfer text to another application >>>>> right out of the box, but assuming they did, there would still be the >>>>> need for voice commands to control the program. Seems a second sound >>>>> card may be needed as well; VAC might help. >>>>> >>>>> Skip Teller created Digitalk for the blind (thanks Skip) and Patrick >>>>> wrote an interface for it (thank you Patrick) so the programs can talk. >>>>> Andy's speech-to-text idea would complete the package. It's easy to >>>>> suggest something like this while standing on the shoulders of experts >>>>> like Patrick and Skip; I can only imagine what it takes to write the >>>>> code. >>>>> >>>>> Just a thought. >>>>> >>>>> Tony -K2MO >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------ --------- --------- ------ __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5136 (20100521) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset. com
