I just sent the
following to Amerteer, from whom I bought a "wireless(BT) Presentation
clicker ring"
Amerteer's website not spelled the same way: http://amteer.com/Empty-contact_us.html
Because I like to see anybody do this . Amerteer just came to mind because I've already bought 1 of their products.
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I bought your presentation clicker ring. it shows promise, although the key bindings
you have used are useless for my purpose.
May I suggest that you consider creating a
"media remote ring"? Like the
Satechi Media Remote Ring?
Buttons for each of these following standard PC key
codes
Media_Play_Pause
Media_Next
Media_Prev
Volume_Up
Volume_Down
Noting that this media remote has 5 buttons just like your presentation clicker, arranged in the same shape. The only differences that the key codes sent to the PC are different - and possibly the symbols you print on the keys might be different.
I suggest the media
remote ring because it has a big market comparable to your presentation
clicker ring. Which is more common? PowerPoint presentations, or playing video? (Or both?)
I have other ideas
for such ring devices.
E.g. I would like a
push to XXX button - a button that I can
touch lightly. When I touch, it emits a
keycode like Media_Play_Pause DOWN. When
the touch is removed, it emits the keycode Media_Play_Pause DOWN
I.e. separate
control for touch/down and release/up.
I am able to do this
with the Satechi media remote ring, and
other media remotes. however, the
membrane buttons they are using require too much force me to keep press down,
so using them for press to talk or press
to play is uncomfortable. therefore I'd like to suggest that you use either a lighter touch button, or
possibly a capacitive sensor that can
just tell when the fingers touching.
I would prefer
key up/down push to touch to auto
repeat. I don't know how widespread my
need is, although I think it's more common now that touch phones are very
common.
BTW: my application: I use a dictation device with speech recognition software. I would
like to "press to talk" when I am dictating/talking to my computer.
Faster than having to click a mouse button or the like, since I'm operating
totally hands-free.
I am currently using the Satechi media remote
key, but like I said the button requires
too much force and is uncomfortable for push to talk.
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Like I said, I have
other ideas for rings/finger worn
devices. as I am sure you know,
there are many fancy proposals like gesture control and NFC and Biometrics so on. Those are great - but your
presentation clicker and/or a media remote ring are much simpler, and can be done with what
you currently have. Just a slight reprogramming of your existing device.
In fact, I don't even need all 5 buttons on your current presentation clicker
ring device. I would actually prefer to
have only a single button. smaller, etc.
