[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] spiro:
MMC (MultiMedia Calendar)

Hi all

I’m looking for an app that will complement the calendar by allowing the user to record voice/video/picture notes instead of text input

Please refer to this thread before suggesting that it already exists :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=404311

Here is the structure I would recommend:

Click on calendar--calendar opens on day view (day is split in to 24 lines representing 24hrs)

Click on an hr/line--(the default context menu comes up with the prompt "new appointment")

THIS IS WHERE THE APPLICATION WOULD TAKE OVER…

Four (4) new items are added to the context menu "new voice note", “new picture”, “new video”, “new drawing”

Click on one of those and you are taken to a new screen with 4 large buttons on it "record, play, pause , draw", this screen also has a small area/window showing the activity that is taking place, such as, a video or a picture window when the record button was pressed, or even a graphical indication of the recorded sound… like a vu meter. In case the “draw” button was pressed the “small window” would have to resize in order to accommodate a decent size drawing

This page should also include an "ok" and a “save and close" button as well as a “subject line”

The subject line would be highlighted immediately after the stop button was pushed and the user would have the choice to either type a heading (which would appear on the calendar or the today’s screen to describe the appointment) or not leave it blank (in which case the description would be the time and date the note was created)

Once the “save’ or the “ok” button is pressed the appointment would be registered on the default WM6 calendar and would include the default setting for the reminders sound and repetition schedule so that the user would not have to make any additional entries in order to record a simple appointment.

Here is an example of how it would work.

While driving a call comes through and an appointment/reminder/task needs to be set.

The user then clicks on the “hard button” or a button on the screen in order to bring up the calendar

On the calendar, the date and the time that the user wishes to be reminded of this task is selected (PLEASE NOTE that the EXACT TIME that the event will take place isn’t necessary, this can be included in the content of the message, since its so easy to be done by voice)

In this step the user has the ability to either record the whole conversation/phone call as it happens, or to leave a voice note, or record a video, or take a picture, or even handwrite/draw a note on the screen

Once done the “save” button is pressed and the appointment is set.!

Additional usefulness could be realized by including “speech to text” functionality such as the one in the “live search” application to at least be used in the “subject line” so that the KEYBOARD IS NOT NEEDED AT ALL!!!

I use “live search” very frequently and I can personally guarantee that the speech to text engine works great even in noisy environments

In order to make this application more appealing and user friendly, an iphone- like interface should be used or something like the “vito” line of software or an interface like “thumpcal” would be nice.

I use “thumpcal “ for now. It would be great if its developer included my idea on that interface.

In any case Im starting to look into programming in order to try and implement this myself, but if there is anyone out there who is interested in developing this I would be glad to help in any way I can

I also have started to put together a list of other useful apps that I would like to see developed

If anyone is interested please pm me and maybe we can figure out a way to work together.

Best regards

Spiro

PS. I realize that this is a far cry from the recommendation I made on the thread referenced above, but once I started to look in to developing this myself, my brain just wouldn’t stop shooting out more ideas (idea=more ways to not have a life but sit in front of a computer all day) :)