I think the original post talked about keying in a number to get the right recording? I know users aren't always the smartest people in the world (including myself as one) but if I see a big number next to an object and the app is telling me to key in a number, I'm pretty sure I could figure that out!
I think we sometimes get carried away with trying to squeeze the last drop of blood out of possible technological implementations when a lower tech approach would work just as well, if not better. Pete Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote: > The only thing that comes to mind that an iPhone would be able to use is a > barcode. You would have to be able to access the camera, and the older > iPhones have crappy cameras so no workie with them. Seems like a non-starter > right there, especially if you want the user to actually scan the bar code! > > Otherwise you would need a proprietary device that detected a minimum > physical distance to a sensor node to trigger the appropriate recording, > which plugged into the bottom of the iPhone, which means design and > manufacturing and all that. Without that it's all academic isn't it? > > Bob > > > On Sep 7, 2011, at 7:03 PM, stephen barncard wrote: > > > THe programming is the fun part. Getting the right recording to trigger > is > > the hard part. Something that uses the sensory stuff in the phone, can't > > depend on users to sort it out. > > > > On 7 September 2011 19:00, Admin <ad...@mfelkerco.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> That should not be very hard to program. Of course, it does depend > >> on the final deployment format. > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> On Thu, 8 Sep 2011 02:04:41 > >> +0100, Peter Alcibiades wrote: > >> > >>> Anyone know of an audioguide app in > >> livecode? The kind of thing you get in > >>> some museums now. where you > >> walk around entering a number and it plays you > >>> a more or less > >> interesting audio clip about the exhibit you are looking at. > >>> > >>> > >> Peter > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> > >> use-livecode mailing list > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com [1] > >>> Please > >> visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > >> preferences: > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> [2] > >> > >> > >> > >> Links: > >> ------ > >> [1] mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> [2] > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> _______________________________________________ > >> use-livecode mailing list > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > >> subscription preferences: > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Stephen Barncard > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
