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I'm working on a morse code iOS app that can optionally use Force (3D) Touch. My dad had a stroke recently and is quarantined in a care facility. He can't talk
by zackb 7y ago
I'm working on a morse code iOS app that can optionally use Force (3D) Touch. My dad had a stroke recently and is quarantined in a care facility. He can't talk but remembers morse code like a boss. He can't lift his finger off the screen to "tap" and there were no other morse apps out there for people with physical impairment. With this he's able to communicate... I've been coding for 15 years but this was life changing when it worked!
FOSS: https://github.com/zackb/forcecode https://github.com/zackb/forcecode
only TestFlight right now but AppStore soon under the name "Force Code"
- willjp 7y agoThis is incredibly creative!! I wish you and your father the best of luck!
- thewarpaint 7y agoReally interesting use of force touch, not sure if the repo is meant to be public already, would suggest you add a README with a short description of the project, installation instructions and so on. Best of luck!
- chrissnell 7y agoThat's so awesome. Is he a ham?
- zackb 7y agoYes he is. Thanks!
- supdatecron 7y agoSorry, but what is a ham? a HAM radio operator or something else?
- eyegor 7y agoI believe it's a hind leg cut from a pig.
- vic20forever 7y agoCorrect (a HAM radio operator)
- maxvu 7y agoYeah, IIUC, HAM dedicates its lower-fidelity bands to Morse.
- jcims 7y agoThe 'ham' in ham radio seems like it should be an acronym or something, but it's actually just short for 'ham-fisted' and doesn't need any special treatment. :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio#Ham_radio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amateur_radio#Ham_radio
- lpage 7y agoCongrats on the awesome project. In case you haven’t come across it ACAT [1] might be of interest, especially if word rate becomes a limiting factor in communication for you dad, or if he’s interested in using a computer. ACAT is highly flexible around how it accepts inputs. To that end, you might be able to take what you’ve done and open it up to a broader audience by writing an extension that turns the iPhone with force touch into an input sensor, with or without the use of Morse. [1] https://github.com/intel/acat https://github.com/intel/acat
- zackb 7y agoThanks, and thanks for showing me ACAT. I was not aware of it but looks interesting.
- probolsky 7y agoAwesome.
- jcims 7y agoThis actually sounds like a great way to learn it too, will be looking out for it in the App Store!!!
- zackb 7y agoThanks! It’s in the App Store now https://apps.apple.com/us/app/force-code-morse-with-force/id1500814267 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/force-code-morse-with-force/id...
- lostgame 7y agoConsider an Apple Watch app/extension? It could be incredibly useful to not have to pick up a phone to use, and probably would not be that difficult to port over. If you need help, testing or advice feel free to contact me at claire at theoic dot me. I’m a bit of a Watch nut and do iOS programming for a living.
- rijoja 7y agoHi, so many cool ideas in this thread but this one really caught my attention. As it happens I've been investigating solutions like this under an open source basis. Unfortunately I didn't pay enough attention to "marketing" so I was forced to quit due to lack of funding. Now my hands are sort of tied by a greedy copyright clause in my contract so I'm not sure how much I personally can do as I really want my work to be in the hands of the public. One of my ideas is exactly using morse but more as a means to demonstrate a way to make a new input method learnable via a HUD. Apart from that I'd think you might be interested in Dasher and that you should check out the solution that Stephen Hawking is using which happens to be open source. I've put in quite a lot of thought into this and would love to discuss this with you. If you are interested please use contact form in link below or let me know how I can contact you. http://tbf-rnd.life http://tbf-rnd.life
- viralpoetry 7y agoHi, thanks for sharing your website. You are doing interesting research.
- rijoja 7y agohi thank you please fill in contact form and hop into the discord
- zackb 7y agoThis is fascinating. Dasher looks incredible. I was wondering where this thing was going to go (if anywhere) after this initial "use case". I will definitely look into this. Thanks!
- pgt 7y agoThis is so cool! Love the name too.
- kilroy123 7y agoAmazing!
- austinjp 7y agoWhat a wonderful thing to read on another day in covid isolation. Very sorry to hear about your father. He must be beyond delighted with what you've made.
- zackb 7y agoThank you all so much for all the feedback. This community is amazing.