Re: [S1mp3-devel] Final list of (potential) features of SWAN

[Wladston V. F F. <wla...@gm...>]

On 5/11/06, Ian Hawdon <ian...@gm...> wrote:
>
> - UI can be set to voice mode, in which the user gets the idea of what to
> do
>   by spoken word. Handy for player-in-jacket-must-watch road situations o=
r
> for deaf users.
>
> Don't you mean "blind" users?
>

yes, that's it!

On 5/11/06, Wladston Viana F Filho <wla...@gm... > wrote:
> >
> > My compliments. The list is VERY good. Congratulations!! :)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/11/06, Jeroen Domburg < je...@sp... > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > The deadline has passed, and these are the features we'd like to see
> > > in
> > > SWAN which are also technically feasible:
> > >
> > > Features of SWAN:
> > > Technical:
> > > - Easy and open SDK / IDE so programmers who are only used to C on a
> > > PC can
> > >    program apps for the player
> > > - (Semi-)multitasking: the music will keep playing even when you
> > > switch to
> > >    another application
> > > - Hardware-independant API for programs: the core will handle hardwar=
e
> > >    differences between players
> > > - Extendible: when newer players come out with more hardware, only
> > > some core
> > >    modules will have to be written or modified to take care of the
> > > hardware. The
> > >    core will stay backwards compatible with existing libs / apps.
> > > - Dynamic loader: by loading only the libraries needed for the
> > > currently
> > >    running apps, apps can have a size of over 60K.
> > > - User applications have access to the USB port: this means the mp3
> > > player can
> > >    be turned into a LCD to display info from the PC, used as a sound
> > > card,
> > >    human interface device, ...
> > > - User apps can take over the DSP: that way, things like recognition
> > > of voice
> > >    commands, decoding of DTMF, using the DSP as a coprocessor for eg
> > > 3d games, ... will be possible
> > > - Main menu is an app on it's own, so if the main menu doesn't suit
> > > the user, it
> > >    can be interchanged just as any other app.
> > >
> > > User experience:
> > > - Plays a wide range of formats: ogg/mp3/wma/flac/wav/mod/xm/...
> > > - Skinnable UI, for the mp3-models as well as the mp4-models
> > > - New apps (games, utilities, ...) can be downloaded and just dropped
> > > in a
> > >    certain folder, and the player can make use of them
> > > - Mini OSD player applet: press MODE+PLAY and the current app freezes
> > > and a
> > >    tiny overlay window is displayed on screen, the play+stop+...
> > > buttons can now be used to modify currently playing music
> > > - Lets the user decide what app to boot into on startup
> > > - UI can be set to voice mode, in which the user gets the idea of wha=
t
> > > to do
> > >    by spoken word. Handy for player-in-jacket-must-watch-road
> > > situations or for deaf users.
> > > - Autodetecting of hardware on install so the right set of core
> > > modules will
> > >    be installed without needing much input from the user: one
> > > distribution
> > >    package fits all players
> > > - Main menu is an app on it's own, changing the main menu to somethin=
g
> > > else is
> > >    only a matter of exchanging ap files
> > >
> > > Applications that can be developed for SWAN:
> > > - Text reader
> > > - Picture viewer
> > > - Games (Pong/Tetris/Solitaire/Pacman/... clones, more for the mp4
> > > players)
> > > - Voice recorder
> > > - Phone dialer
> > > - Offline mail reader (drop .eml-files in a dir and you can read them
> > > on the
> > >    road)
> > > - ...and many others.
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeroen
> > >
> > >
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> >
> >
> > --
> > Wladston Viana Ferreira Filho
> > Belo Horizonte - MG, Brasil
> > Visit the project: s1mp3.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Ian Hawdon (ian_hawdon)
>
> http://www.s1mp3.org (SWAN's home page)
>



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Wladston Viana Ferreira Filho
Belo Horizonte - MG, Brasil
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