I'm firmly convinced there are potential improved options for dealing with
the matter of voice-keying for automating "Serial Numbers". For those of
your interested in such matters, I'm sharing some additional thoughts I
sent to a similarly interested party on one of the logger forums who I'm
corresponding with directly...as well two other logger authors.
At 05:57 PM 12/20/03 +0000, The K6VVA wrote:
>I hear what you are saying, but have you heard some of the more
>recent improvements in some of these 'robots'? I find the progress
>encouraging.
Yes, but it still lacks the internal redundancies and intonation links that
make human-voiced numbers more understandable. Try "one-three-one" through
QRM compared to "one hundred thirty-one."
(K6VVA's Reply)
Yup...understand. But that's where some "innovation" and a special
config/menu system could be very interesting methinks.
Computer software can be incredible...like assessing that a serial
number of "131" (given that such an option would be put into the logger)
would select TWO .wav files to send instead of one ("one hundred
thirty-on") or three ("one" PLUS "three" PLUS "one"). So, the result
*would* be: TWO files yielding the desired "one hundred thirty-one"
ouput). A ditto approach for dealing with 1,131 would then use THREE
files instead of ONE or FOUR.
If I were an adept programmer, I would do this myself. Along with, of
course, the "smoother/tweak/massager" fine-tuning mechanism(s) :-)
Can you see how this *could* work???
(Below) - Additional K6VVA thoughts...
RE: "131" serial number example
Three options to approach with configuration panel...
A. Logger selects & chains
1. onehundred.wav (100 through 900 ... NINE .wav files)
2. thirtyone.wav (1 through 99 ... 99 .wav files)
B. Logger selects & chains
1. onehundred.wav
2. thirty.wav (10 through 90 ... NINE .wav files)
3. one.wav (1 through 9 ... NINE .wav files)
C. Logger selects & chains "number.wav" plus:
1. one.wav
2. three.wav
3. one.wav
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Regarding 1,131...umh, more reflection upon this yields some options...
A. Logger Selects & chains "number.wav" plus:
1. onethousand.wav
2. onehundred.wav
3. thirtyone.wav
B. Logger Selects & Chains "number.wav" plus: (Probably the most
desirable presentation???)
1. eleven.wav (realistically, 1 through 20 .wav files should do it,
unless someone does 21,000+ QSO's per contest :-)
2. thirtyone.wav
C: Logger Selects & Chains "number.wav" plus:
1. one-thousand
2. one-hundred
3. thirty.wav
4. one.wav
(The LEAST desirable method methinks)
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I think you see the incredible possibilities of options to make this
happen, and a "Master Configuration Menu" would NOT be that difficult to
understand and use if it's done correctly. The design always has to be
with assuming the end-user is a borderline idiot. At least that's my
philosophy about software design. Including mini-Help lines
right-along-with-the-option-to-chose (like many Forum Board configuration
panels use) is, IMHO, a highly functional design.
It's just a matter of considering ALL the possible serial number
presentation options currently used by most contestors and then doing it.
Yes, a major initial recording adventure, but once again...amortized over
20 years of contesting and the potential benefits to the Automaphytes,
well, I believe it can work.
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73,
Rick, K6VVA
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