Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Robert Black wrote: > On Thursday 12 July 2007 07:14, AnMaster wrote: >> Hm that sounds good but how would it handle "out of ordinary situations", >> such as all engines out landing for some plane when there are several other >> planes waiting to l

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 08:29, Csaba Halász wrote: > I vote against implementing the human ATC as standalone, because I > think it is important to be able to look out the window of the tower > and see what's going on. I started coming to that conclusion this morning when I was testing yours and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 07:14, AnMaster wrote: > Stuart B > Hm that sounds good but how would it handle "out of ordinary situations", > such as all engines out landing for some plane when there are several other > planes waiting to land and so on (called priority landing iirc, but I'm not > an exp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 06:56, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > --- John Denker wrote: > > On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > >> > Somewhat off-topic, I think there are probably a couple of other things > that could be integrated into the MP environment as completely stand-alone > apps. For exa

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 7/12/07, Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With a bit of effort, I think it could integrate into an automated ATC > service that recognizes standard phrases, delivers clearances etc. Such a > service should be able to run as a standalone app connected to the MP > system so everyone

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 7/12/07, Csaba Halász <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AnMaster's concern that ATC will be boring. Oops, sorry, that was Robert's. -- Csaba - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE ve

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Stuart Buchanan wrote: > --- John Denker wrote: >> On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > > >>> of >>> quickly sending and responding to messages like a push button UI >> having the >>> ATIS, departure procedure et.. for the controller and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- John Denker wrote: > On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > > of > > quickly sending and responding to messages like a push button UI > having the > > ATIS, departure procedure et.. for the controller and the replies for > the > > pilot such as $callsign_affirmative, negative et.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 05:43, Holger Wirtz wrote: > Due to vacation No dangerous activities while on vacation and maybe a little extra insurance wouldn't hurt until you get the voice project finished. September sounds great. pgp4ctN2Tnkec.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Holger Wirtz
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:22:22AM -0500, Robert Black wrote: [...] > I'm careful not to suggest stuff unless I could help with it but I'm really > excited about the progress being made in the area of ATC recently. As a plus > to the developers, good ATC apps will increase casual pilot usage a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
> > Why text? > > ATIS already comes over the audio. Wouldn't audio be the appropriate > channel for clearances etc? > > The audio -- in particular the text-to-speech -- is definitely in need > of improvement. I'm thinking that's where the emphasis should be, rather > than spending too much effo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-11 Thread John Denker
On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > It looks like there has been good progress in the area of ATC recently with > the ATC Radar and work with voice. Right away there will be use for ATC text > messages and even after voice for when you are unable to use it and need to > fall back or

[Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-11 Thread Robert Black
It looks like there has been good progress in the area of ATC recently with the ATC Radar and work with voice. Right away there will be use for ATC text messages and even after voice for when you are unable to use it and need to fall back or prefer text, I was wondering if anyone was lookin