Simulating Button Presses Externally

[knc1]

Originally Posted by chris_c

hmm using ssh, how would that be useful from the bath.... ???

How do you plan to use that bare micro-controller board in the bath tub?
Obviously, you left out a few details;
Obviously, I should be allowed to do the same.

[chris_c]

obviously inside the same waterproof bag as the kindle...

[hippy dave]

have you looked into hiring a helper monkey?

[knc1]

Voice control - your K5 has a built in microphone and speaker dependant voice recognition is not all that compute intensive.

[chris_c]

Originally Posted by knc1

Voice control - your K5 has a built in microphone and speaker dependant voice recognition is not all that compute intensive.

on an 800mhz embedded platform you need to conserve battery?
inside a plastic waterproof case ?

I look forward to testing your implementation....



I used XQueryTree to isolate the readers main window (it has 3!) and explicitly gave that window the focus before injecting a mouse event but unfortunately the reader application still stops responding

Not too sure what approach to try next...

[knc1]

Originally Posted by chris_c

on an 800mhz embedded platform you need to conserve battery?
inside a plastic waterproof case ?

I look forward to testing your implementation....



I used XQueryTree to isolate the readers main window (it has 3!) and explicitly gave that window the focus before injecting a mouse event but unfortunately the reader application still stops responding

Not too sure what approach to try next...

Re-charge the battery before bathing.
Do not soak so long that you wrinkle or the battery runs down.
Do not execute computation intensive code during periods of silence (like a VOX function).
Do not sing in the shower.
Put a flex diaphragm in the case to transfer the sound. Think doctor's stethoscope.
Refer to the various audio threads here to get details of bring the audio input up to a usable level. Twobob did a lot of work on that, as did other members.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by chris_c

anyone else got any equally mad ideas

Hey, @GM : Doesn't the K5 have an accelerometer in it?
With a bit of software help, just shake it from page to page.

Note: The request was for "mad ideas" not "worked solutions".

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by knc1

Hey, @GM : Doesn't the K5 have an accelerometer in it?
With a bit of software help, just shake it from page to page.

Note: The request was for "mad ideas" not "worked solutions".

I actually wrote a script that did that (a long time ago), but it was only for native-mode apps (not the built-in framework ebook reader). But you cannot guarantee that the K5 boots up with accelerometer enabled in some newer firmware versions, so you would need to enable it as documented elsewhere in the forum.

I used the "waitforkey" command, which actually returns keycodes for up/down/left/right events (when the accelerometer is enabled). I sensed a quick "right then left" or "left then right" within 500 msec as "shake" events.

You could also enable a "clapper" page forward and back, using the microphone. Perhaps one clap forward, two claps back. Or whistle or toungue-clicks, or whatever...

[knc1]

Thanks, that triggered the memory,
I recall you writing of the differences in behavior with different firmware versions now.

If the little rubber ducky you take to the bath with you has a "clicker" in it ...

Maybe just setup a cron job to advance to the next page after an xx delay. Learn to speed read at the same time you scrub your pits. Isn't that what people call "multi-tasking"?

Yup, lots of ideas here. Some of them not all that "mad".

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by knc1

...
If the little rubber ducky you take to the bath with you has a "clicker" in it ...

MY rubber ducky is a "squeek" toy. No clicker. But it can "whistle" a tune:

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by knc1

...
If the little rubber ducky you take to the bath with you has a "clicker" in it ...

More rubber ducky madness:

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

MY rubber ducky is a "squeek" toy. No clicker. But it can "whistle" a tune:

You better take that one down before TwoBob finds it - he will cut an entire album on that theme.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by knc1

You better take that one down before TwoBob finds it - he will cut an entire album on that theme.

I would be surprised if twobob was not already on that project. If I take mine down, you provided a backup copy for him in the quote. So, twobob, when can we expect to hear the "rubber ducky remix" album?

[qlob]

Originally Posted by knc1

You better take that one down before TwoBob finds it - he will cut an entire album on that theme.

Bwahahahahah! I laughed out loud when I saw this....

[geekmaster]

Here is the "un-elided" version: