Re: Yet unannounced Plasma TV UI project

On miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2020 12:23:51 (CET) you wrote:
> On 18/03/20 3:40 pm, Paul Brown wrote:
> 
> > On miércoles, 18 de marzo de 2020 10:17:53 (CET) Marco Martin wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all,
> >> we are nearing the release of the first beta, ideally next week-ish.
> >> things are looking much better.
> >> we'll have a screencast, but we are going to need a good dot article as
> >> well.
> > 
> > Apart from running it and see what it does, what other information can
> > you
> > provide us with?
> 
> I have written up a introduction and am attaching it here, the write up 
> is pretty rough but should give an idea.
> 
> >> by the way how many of you here could give it a try?
> >> (images are still at https://files.xenon.pangea.pub/.mycroft/ every
> >> day new and updated ones appear)
> > 
> > This runs on a Raspberry Pi 4, yes? What about the TV? Does is need to be
> > anything special, or does a regular monitor work?
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> 
> Upcoming beta release will be for the Raspberry Pi 4, its targeted at 
> running on a TV screen, but will also work fine on a regular monitor.
> 
> The user interface is largely designed to be easy to use with a Remote 
> control, there is experimental support for HDMI-CEC in the beta image, 
> so anyone with a TV that supports HDMI-CEC can choose to use their TV 
> remotes, As one of the key features of Plasma Bigscreen is mycroft voice 
> controlled applications/skills its recommended to use a USB/Bluetooth 
> remote which support a inbuilt microphone, some of those recommended 
> generic usb remotes are the "WeChip G20 / W2 Remote Controls".
> 
> It can also be used with a keyboard / mouse and any attachable 
> microphone, its largely left to the users choice.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Aditya

Thanks Aditya, this is all very helpful. I'll get on it.

Cheers

Paul
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