talking telescope ouch!!

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.

Hayley wrote:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.

Nah, it'll have to be Hawking's voice ;-)

--
Andy Hewitt
http://www.thehewitts.eclipse.co.uk/Home.html

"Andy Hewitt" wrote in message
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Hayley wrote:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.

Nah, it'll have to be Hawking's voice ;-)

--
Andy Hewitt
http://www.thehewitts.eclipse.co.uk/Home.html

Or Mother in law voices

"Hayley" wrote in news:xvxtg.33587$eQ.11249
@newsfe7-win.ntli.net:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.



There is a product called DigitalSky Voice that allows you to talk to your
telescope mount (without men in white coats turning up to take you away). I
gather you are supposed to be able to say things like "find M13" at a
microphone and the software converts that into the corresponding commands
for Meade and/or Celestron mounts. Could be fun at public viewing sessions
I guess. I had a look at there website but couldn't find out much. It says
they are pending a new release with no further info.

http://www.digitalskyvoice.com/

Klazmon.

"Llanzlan Klazmon" wrote in message
7.6...
"Hayley" wrote in news:xvxtg.33587$eQ.11249
@newsfe7-win.ntli.net:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.



There is a product called DigitalSky Voice that allows you to talk to your
telescope mount (without men in white coats turning up to take you away).
I
gather you are supposed to be able to say things like "find M13" at a
microphone and the software converts that into the corresponding commands
for Meade and/or Celestron mounts. Could be fun at public viewing sessions
I guess. I had a look at there website but couldn't find out much. It says
they are pending a new release with no further info.

http://www.digitalskyvoice.com/

Klazmon.

Or for people who have medical conditions that restrict the use of their
hands/fingers.

Billy No Mates wrote:
"Hayley" wrote in news:xvxtg.33587$eQ.11249
@newsfe7-win.ntli.net:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope,

Or for people who have medical conditions that restrict the use of their
hands/fingers.

Or eyes? I can't see it being used by the blind.

In message , Andy Hewitt
wrote
Hayley wrote:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.

Nah, it'll have to be Hawking's voice ;-)

No Hawking, although electronic, isn't an astronomer. It should be
Patrick's voice.
--
Roger
52:54:41N 01:30:05W
Orion 127mm Maksutov, Canon 15x50 IS binoculars.
Member WPAOG (White Peak Astronomical Observing Group).

Roger Smith wrote:

In message , Andy Hewitt
wrote
Hayley wrote:

I see Bushnell are doing a talking telescope, ive got a feeling
that would soon get on my nerves :-)

apparently i tells you what your looking at, can you just imagine
a darlek sounding voice saying Jupiter? in fairness electronic
voices are a lot better these days. and it could be educational.

Nah, it'll have to be Hawking's voice ;-)

No Hawking, although electronic, isn't an astronomer. It should be
Patrick's voice.

Can you imagine how that'd go down at a star party? ;-)

--
Andy Hewitt
http://www.thehewitts.eclipse.co.uk/Home.html

Roger Smith wrote:
No Hawking, although electronic, isn't an astronomer. It should be
Patrick's voice.

Or Sagan perhaps.

But to be commercially successful, it would have to be Russell Grant
:-)