Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Robert Black wrote: > On Thursday 12 July 2007 07:14, AnMaster wrote: >> Hm that sounds good but how would it handle "out of ordinary situations", >> such as all engines out landing for some plane when there are several other >> planes waiting to l

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 08:29, Csaba Halász wrote: > I vote against implementing the human ATC as standalone, because I > think it is important to be able to look out the window of the tower > and see what's going on. I started coming to that conclusion this morning when I was testing yours and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 07:14, AnMaster wrote: > Stuart B > Hm that sounds good but how would it handle "out of ordinary situations", > such as all engines out landing for some plane when there are several other > planes waiting to land and so on (called priority landing iirc, but I'm not > an exp

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 06:56, Stuart Buchanan wrote: > --- John Denker wrote: > > On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > >> > Somewhat off-topic, I think there are probably a couple of other things > that could be integrated into the MP environment as completely stand-alone > apps. For exa

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 7/12/07, Stuart Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With a bit of effort, I think it could integrate into an automated ATC > service that recognizes standard phrases, delivers clearances etc. Such a > service should be able to run as a standalone app connected to the MP > system so everyone

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Csaba Halász
On 7/12/07, Csaba Halász <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AnMaster's concern that ATC will be boring. Oops, sorry, that was Robert's. -- Csaba - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE ve

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread AnMaster
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Stuart Buchanan wrote: > --- John Denker wrote: >> On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > > >>> of >>> quickly sending and responding to messages like a push button UI >> having the >>> ATIS, departure procedure et.. for the controller and

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Stuart Buchanan
--- John Denker wrote: > On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > > of > > quickly sending and responding to messages like a push button UI > having the > > ATIS, departure procedure et.. for the controller and the replies for > the > > pilot such as $callsign_affirmative, negative et.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
On Thursday 12 July 2007 05:43, Holger Wirtz wrote: > Due to vacation No dangerous activities while on vacation and maybe a little extra insurance wouldn't hurt until you get the voice project finished. September sounds great. pgp4ctN2Tnkec.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Holger Wirtz
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 05:22:22AM -0500, Robert Black wrote: [...] > I'm careful not to suggest stuff unless I could help with it but I'm really > excited about the progress being made in the area of ATC recently. As a plus > to the developers, good ATC apps will increase casual pilot usage a

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-12 Thread Robert Black
> > Why text? > > ATIS already comes over the audio. Wouldn't audio be the appropriate > channel for clearances etc? > > The audio -- in particular the text-to-speech -- is definitely in need > of improvement. I'm thinking that's where the emphasis should be, rather > than spending too much effo

Re: [Flightgear-devel] ATC Text

2007-07-11 Thread John Denker
On 07/11/2007 11:48 AM, Robert Black wrote: > It looks like there has been good progress in the area of ATC recently with > the ATC Radar and work with voice. Right away there will be use for ATC text > messages and even after voice for when you are unable to use it and need to > fall back or