[Elecraft] K4?

[Doug Person]

It's actually very cheap to do. You could program a voice chip with an 
arduino or raspberry pi. It's more "should you" rather than "could you". 
And then consider people with a handicap. A voice option would be a 
God-send for the sight impaired and those with poor hand/eye 
coordination or who suffer from conditions that make manipulating small 
knobs difficult.

Doug --KJ0F

On 3/25/2019 11:57 AM, Bert wrote:
> Hi Phil,
>
> Voice interface is OK with household electronics but I doubt we'll see it
> in our transceivers in the near future. The ham radio market is probably
> too small to make this feature commercially viable. Again, dollars and 
> cents!
> OMHO!
>
> Bert VE3NR
>
>
>
> On 3/25/2019 12:23 PM, Phil Hystad wrote:
>> I believe many future electronic devices will not have a touch 
>> screen.  They will have a voice interface.  In fact, a number of 
>> devices in my home right now are voice operated and it seems to work 
>> just fine and this capability is improving rapidly in the industry.
>>
>> For example, my 2018 Toyota RAV4/Hybrid has a touch screen system.  I 
>> also have my iPhone coupled to the RAV4 so I make calls hands free 
>> merely by saying something like "Siri, call home".  I also play music 
>> I have on my iPhone.  Instead of using the touch-screen music 
>> browsing system, I merely say "Siri, play Beatles One" or whatever.  
>> I have actually named my music playlists with names easy to use Siri 
>> for this interface.
>>
>> And, instead of doing simple time-zone arithmetic, I have the habit 
>> of saying "Alexa, what is GMT time for now".  Alexa answers clearly 
>> with date and time.
>>
>> phil, K7PEH
>>
>>> On Mar 25, 2019, at 9:10 AM, Bert <ve3nr at bell.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Touch screens are unavoidable! Most future electronic devices will 
>>> have have touch screens as I/O interface.
>>>
>>> You can wish whatever you want, but if the device/radio is not 
>>> commercially viable, it will never happen,
>>> i.e. it always comes down to dollars and cents!
>>>
>>> BTW, the best device you have is between your ears! ;-)
>>>
>>> Bert VE3NR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/25/2019 11:51 AM, Doug Person wrote:
>>>> Modern screens last a long time and don't suffer nearly as much 
>>>> from burn-in. They can also be replaced.
>>>>
>>>> Doug -- KJ0F
>>>>
>>>> On 3/24/2019 10:58 PM, mrkgnthr--- via Elecraft wrote:
>>>>> I keep seeing all the desires for a big color screen.  I have seen 
>>>>> too many of these color screens that have burn in and failure.  I 
>>>>> like my nice yellow screen that is always readable, and if damaged 
>>>>> can be replaced for less than the cost of a new radio.  I like a 
>>>>> radio that I can pick up and carry without straining my back.    I 
>>>>> like the separate modules that can be upgraded.  The price was a 
>>>>> little steep, but every time I turn it on I smile and know it was 
>>>>> worth it
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark.  WB7TLK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mar 24, 2019, at 20:38, John_N1JM <johnn1jm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
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