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0 pointsSemaphor3y ago0 comments

I can code, and I already have a tablet in the kitchen as a recipe book. But my hands are often either dirty, or in nitrile gloves, both make using the tablet either awkward or impossible. My workflow is to open the recipe I want, and then not touch the tablet until I’m done.

Not to mention that voice enables me to do this while also doing something else with my hands, like cutting veggies.

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mdp20213y ago

Android? We should have libraries for voice command (probably around android.speech ). I checked once because I would like to be able to voice control a GPS and mapping system while driving. If you wanted to voice control the application, that would be surely much more challenging, yet possibly interesting and exportable to other future needs.

This given, for the specific needs as you presented them I would have taken an old tablet, coded the feats you needed (timer, converter etc) in a single interface, fixed it in some most appropriate part of the kitchen for that use, and covered it with some plastic wrap film (I think standard PVC should be capacitive display friendly) in order to keep electronics and mess separate.

Of course, if you are more comfortable with the assistant, that is anyone's prerogative. Just reasoning.

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0 pointsSemaphor3y ago0 comments

Not to mention that voice enables me to do this while also doing something else with my hands, like cutting veggies.

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mdp20213y ago

Of course, if you are more comfortable with the assistant, that is anyone's prerogative. Just reasoning.

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