RE: [OT] Large Button Remote Control ??

[Marcus Warrington <marcus.warrington@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,=20

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You've definitely brought that into line with this list ...although its
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bably a little bit OTT to control a =A324 freeview box ;)

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We actually bought her a large button telephone (from RNIB) a few years
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and she has it at the side of her chair, if I could find a simple way of u=
tilising that to send some IR signal it could work well.. except she'd
prob=
ably get confused and start ringing random numbers while she tried to
chang=
e channel :-)

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of T=
im Hawes
Sent: 09 November 2006 09:56
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Large Button Remote Control ??

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I guess you could do it with a home-brew PVR and a simple 2-button
remote for channel up/down (actual channel selection is handled by the
PVR). As each channel is selected the new channel logo is displayed as
a splash-screen on the TV for a few seconds, and/or the channel number
is spoken via TTS to give audible feedback.

Still leaves you with the problem of finding a remote with big
buttons, but a DIY-job with a remote-sized case would be a bit easier
for up/down, rather than a numeric keypad.

If you're looking for big number buttons, maybe you could hack one of
those big-button phones - a couple have come up on the Freecycle group
I subscribe to.

HTH,

Tim.

> Marcus Warrington wrote:
> > Thanks for taking the time to reply but, as far as I can see the
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> > is still database driven not a learning remote.

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