Re: Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea for new xAP software

[James <james@xxxxxxx>]

Just typing the help file now. Should be uploaded before lunchtime
Sorry for the delay
James

Paul Gale wrote:

>Any idea James? :)
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>Thanks,
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>Paul.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 26 February 2005 16:55
>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [xap_automation] Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea for
new xAP software
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>Cool - right you've sold me on it now - so when are you releasing the
first version?
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>:)
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>Paul.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: James [mailto:james@xxxxxxx]
>Sent: 26 February 2005 15:37
>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea for
new xAP software
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>That's pretty much what you get by default by setting a message to the
>'xAPTTS' category.
>The actual message is preset in the config file by something that looks
>like, with a separate line for email and reminders.
>eTTS=New email message from **FromName**. Subject is, **Subject**
>rTTS=Reminder, **Title** will be starting at **StartTime**
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>This is the part of the plugin i'm doing at the moment, so the actual
>method of how this will look might change a bit but it is working!
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>James
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>Paul Gale wrote:
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>>OK, that makes sense.
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>>What I couldn't see is how would you send variable data to be
spoken/displayed e.g. if I wanted new messages that match an Outlook filter
to be spoken as such:
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>>"New email message from Peter Smith. Subject is <pause>
Hi, how are you?"
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>>Can that kind of message be constructed?
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>>Thanks,
>>
>>Paul.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: James [mailto:james@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 24 February 2005 23:52
>>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was Idea
for new xAP software
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>>Paul,
>>It will basically have this featureset at launch,  as well as the
>>syncing of address data with CIDlookup.
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>>Calendar reminders with a category of 'xAP' are sent out over xAP
as
>>Outlook.Reminder messages
>>Calendar reminders with a category of 'xAPTTS' will be spoken via a
xAP
>>TTS app
>>Calendar reminders with a category of 'xAPDisplay' will be sent to
to
>>xAP display devices
>>Calendar reminders with a body containing <xAP> </xAP>
tags will be
>>processed and sent (more later)
>>New mail alerts with a category of 'xAP'  are sent over xAP as
>>Outlook.NewMail messages
>>New mail alerts with a category of 'xAPSend' and containing
<xAP> </xAP>
>>will be processed and sent
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>>An example <xAP> </xAP> tag is
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>><xAP>
>>Class=message.display
>><msg>
>>Display
>>{
>>Line1=Hello
>>Line2=World
>>}
>></xAP>
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>>and you can have as many of these tags per reminder / email as you
>>like.  So basically you can schedule any number of xAP messages to
be
>>sent by using your outlook calendar or email xAP messages home to
be
>>sent, and it's all under the control of how you setup your
>>categories/filters in outlook.
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>>James
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>>Paul Gale wrote:
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>...and you set the actions to be performed in your app?
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>>>I still don't run xAP on my HA server (I've played with it but
the functionality hasn't been there for what I want to do  - this will
change that hopefully!).
>>>
>>>Paul.
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: James Traynor [mailto:james@xxxxxxx]
>>>Sent: 20 February 2005 22:25
>>>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>>>Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet was
Idea for new xAP software
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>>>
>>>Paul,
>>>
>>>While the outlook plugin's main purpose is to provide and sync
address
>>>book data with the callerid app, it will have some more
functions.
>>>Currently the plugin generates an event on new mail and when a
reminder
>>>pops up, but only if the mail or appointment is a member of the
'xAP'
>>>category. This should make it pretty flexible as to what
generates
>>>events. An event will be both the sending of an alert xap
message but
>>>also a configurable sequence of messages for things like
message
>>>displays or tts.
>>>
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>James
>>>
>>>Paul Gale wrote:
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>>>>James,
>>>>
>>>>Apart from your xAP TV, what else can be done with the data
extracted from Outlook - i.e. can it be parsed and spoken by a TTS app?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Paul.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: James [mailto:james@xxxxxxx]
>>>>Sent: 21 February 2005 18:58
>>>>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Outlook, Caller ID, Intranet
was Idea for new xAP software
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Patrick Lidstone (Personal E-mail) wrote:
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>>>>>I love this syncing approach. I think it has great
potential for a
>>>>>myriad of other xAP applications - like publishing
public calendar
>>>>>entries to a web server. Have you got anything we can
beta test yet?
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>>>>The main logging application is done as is the updated xAP
TV.  Give me
>>>>a couple more days on the outlook plugin. Currently outlook
contacts get
>>>>sent to the main app, any change of any contact get resent,
changes on
>>>>through the web interface update outlook and incoming calls
that are
>>>>matched to an outlook contact cause that contact to popup.
All this can
>>>>happen to as many outlooks as you like. Things like
deletions and
>>>>general checkups need to be added. I'll let you all know
when it's
>>>>ready. The initial release will need outlook 2k3 as thats
all i have
>>>>here  but it should support 2k and xp  once i get the
necessary files to
>>>>build against.
>>>>
>>>>James
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