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• gambiting 8y ago
  Sucks, because the voice interface is an awful way of doing anything. I have it in my car and I hate the thing. "Hey google, open audible" <audible opens> "hey google, play" <audible closes, google play music opens and starts playing music> or: "hey google, read message" <proceeds to spout intelligible garbage because the message contained a long URL, or wasn't in English> No, thanks, I'll take a good tactile interface over this nonsense any day.
  • peterwwillis 8y ago
    If you can abandon the crapware, audible user interfaces are amazing. I designed one for my CarPC in the early 00's. I used a combination of voice commands, a remote control and USB numpad, with feedback from the computer as text to speech and a HUD. I implemented offline mapping and navigation, MP3 and video playing by category/artist/file hierarchy, wardriving (yes I was that guy), ODB-II, and more. Not having to ever look at a control to use it is freeing when you're in the driver's seat.
    • a3n 8y ago
      Your HUD displayed on the windshield? How did you do that?
      • gambiting 8y ago
        You can get things like these, you put it on the dash, and stick a slightly darker patch of foil on the window right above it, then it reflects during night and day: http://www.dx.com/p/a8-5-5-screen-hud-head-up-display-system-for-car-black-382255 http://www.dx.com/p/a8-5-5-screen-hud-head-up-display-system...