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I used Tasker to make my phone vibrate in Morse code. Now I don't have to take it out of my pocket to read a notification.

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago
That's great! Could you be convinced to share the code for it?
BrandoElFollito 8y ago
Oh yes please share the code
adyavanapalli 8y ago
That is so cool!
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- entropie 8y ago
  Script responds with 404. I was looking if this would be a nice addition for my smartwatch.
  - YaxelPerez 8y ago
    Should be fixed now. Thanks.
- ryanjshaw 8y ago
  You led me down a rabbit hole, as I was trying to understand your 'wpm' variable... In case anybody else is interested, he's using 12wpm apparently based on formula [1], which isn't enough for a Radiotelegraph Operator License but still impressive to me :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Speed_in_words_per_minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Speed_in_words_per_...
jscholes 8y ago
> Now I don't have to take it out of my pocket to read a notification. Definitely going to look into this. I'm a blind screen reader user and, when I had a phone with physical buttons, I could have it in my pocket connected to an external braille device or pair of headphones. I could easily carry on conversations, browse the web, ask for help, all sorts of things without taking it out of my pocket, and nobody had to know I was doing anything. With a touchscreen phone I can't really do any of that. Even if I can listen to notifications in an earphone with the phone in my pocket, I can't take care of them unless I take the phone out. Plus, wearing earphones and walking around in public when you can't see isn't wise.
- marketgod 8y ago
  The AirPods might be a temporary help if you have iOS. You can plug them into your ear when needed and send a command. Probably not the most ideal but Siri seems to be getting better.
- fao_ 8y ago
  If you have an android device you might be able to slave a keyboard and an earphone to it and use it that way? I don't know how feasable that is though!!
arduinomancer 8y ago
Does that affect battery life by much?
- YaxelPerez 8y ago
  Haven't noticed a sizable difference on my phone.
13of40 8y ago
You should make it so you can reply by bouncing your leg up and down. (Then go have an Edward Thorp weekend in Vegas of course.)
- martin-adams 8y ago
  Or tap the phone while it’s in the pocket
  - Jolter 8y ago
    I doubt that software could tell the difference between (a long tap) and (a short tap followed by a pause).
    - alpaca128 8y ago
      With a long tap the phone would immediately "bounce" back a bit, while holding the finger down would delay that. I'm not sure how reliable that would be, though.
rajacombinator 8y ago
That’s really cool, but from an actual life utility perspective isn’t it draining of mental bandwidth to always have this communication channel open? I could see this being useful for some Jack Bauer type activities but otherwise I want to give notifs less access to me, not more. Again - very cool, not trying to detract.
rkachowski 8y ago
This is genius. I've been wanting to do some kind of mobile app with morse code functionality to scratch a nerdy itch, and this seems like an awesome project idea
lloeki 8y ago
That'd be even better on a smartwatch... and come to think of it, Morse code might very well be the quickest method of text entry on a smartwatch...
- freehunter 8y ago
  I've looked into this in the past (on an embedded device, not a smartwatch) and back then was convinced that it was a more difficult idea than I wanted to spend time on. Morse code is made for humans to write and humans to listen to, so it's often sloppy and difficult to parse in an automated fashion. Everyone writes a bit differently, at different speeds, and everyone has a different definition of how long a dash and a dot should be. It's possible for sure, but like OCR there's a lot of variability in it. Just like parsing handwriting is full of edge cases, parsing morse code is as well.
RikNieu 8y ago
Ridiculous. I love it.

yjftsjthsd-h 8y ago

That's great! Could you be convinced to share the code for it?

BrandoElFollito 8y ago

Oh yes please share the code

adyavanapalli 8y ago

That is so cool!

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entropie 8y ago
Script responds with 404. I was looking if this would be a nice addition for my smartwatch.
- YaxelPerez 8y ago
  Should be fixed now. Thanks.
ryanjshaw 8y ago
You led me down a rabbit hole, as I was trying to understand your 'wpm' variable... In case anybody else is interested, he's using 12wpm apparently based on formula [1], which isn't enough for a Radiotelegraph Operator License but still impressive to me :) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Speed_in_words_per_minute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse_code#Speed_in_words_per_...

jscholes 8y ago

> Now I don't have to take it out of my pocket to read a notification. Definitely going to look into this. I'm a blind screen reader user and, when I had a phone with physical buttons, I could have it in my pocket connected to an external braille device or pair of headphones. I could easily carry on conversations, browse the web, ask for help, all sorts of things without taking it out of my pocket, and nobody had to know I was doing anything. With a touchscreen phone I can't really do any of that. Even if I can listen to notifications in an earphone with the phone in my pocket, I can't take care of them unless I take the phone out. Plus, wearing earphones and walking around in public when you can't see isn't wise.

marketgod 8y ago
The AirPods might be a temporary help if you have iOS. You can plug them into your ear when needed and send a command. Probably not the most ideal but Siri seems to be getting better.
fao_ 8y ago
If you have an android device you might be able to slave a keyboard and an earphone to it and use it that way? I don't know how feasable that is though!!

arduinomancer 8y ago

Does that affect battery life by much?

YaxelPerez 8y ago
Haven't noticed a sizable difference on my phone.

13of40 8y ago

You should make it so you can reply by bouncing your leg up and down. (Then go have an Edward Thorp weekend in Vegas of course.)

martin-adams 8y ago
Or tap the phone while it’s in the pocket
- Jolter 8y ago
  I doubt that software could tell the difference between (a long tap) and (a short tap followed by a pause).
  - alpaca128 8y ago
    With a long tap the phone would immediately "bounce" back a bit, while holding the finger down would delay that. I'm not sure how reliable that would be, though.

rajacombinator 8y ago

That’s really cool, but from an actual life utility perspective isn’t it draining of mental bandwidth to always have this communication channel open? I could see this being useful for some Jack Bauer type activities but otherwise I want to give notifs less access to me, not more. Again - very cool, not trying to detract.

rkachowski 8y ago

This is genius. I've been wanting to do some kind of mobile app with morse code functionality to scratch a nerdy itch, and this seems like an awesome project idea

lloeki 8y ago

That'd be even better on a smartwatch... and come to think of it, Morse code might very well be the quickest method of text entry on a smartwatch...

freehunter 8y ago
I've looked into this in the past (on an embedded device, not a smartwatch) and back then was convinced that it was a more difficult idea than I wanted to spend time on. Morse code is made for humans to write and humans to listen to, so it's often sloppy and difficult to parse in an automated fashion. Everyone writes a bit differently, at different speeds, and everyone has a different definition of how long a dash and a dot should be. It's possible for sure, but like OCR there's a lot of variability in it. Just like parsing handwriting is full of edge cases, parsing morse code is as well.

RikNieu 8y ago

Ridiculous. I love it.