Anyone know anything like this?
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Anyone know anything like this?
Inspired by how 6yo and 8yo used walkie-talkies when they lived together, I want to be able to hand a few family members a device they can use to talk to each other remotely, and that’s it.
The UI I’m imagining: the device presents a list of names/faces you tap to initiate a “call”, but otherwise just sits waiting on incoming calls. Audio only. Multi-party conversations or “party line” would be nice but not critical. Swapping between conversations would be nice.
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Anyone know anything like this?
Inspired by how 6yo and 8yo used walkie-talkies when they lived together, I want to be able to hand a few family members a device they can use to talk to each other remotely, and that’s it.
The UI I’m imagining: the device presents a list of names/faces you tap to initiate a “call”, but otherwise just sits waiting on incoming calls. Audio only. Multi-party conversations or “party line” would be nice but not critical. Swapping between conversations would be nice.
It’d need a settings screen to attach to WiFi that could be operable by a non-technical adult, but I’m okay setting the device/user identity and list of endpoints on a command line ahead of time.
I would rather not hairpin the audio through a central server, but it would be acceptable.
I am mildly frustrated at how easy the software part, above drivers, would be if it wasn’t for NAT. I don’t really trust UPnP for non-geeks; is that view outdated?
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It’d need a settings screen to attach to WiFi that could be operable by a non-technical adult, but I’m okay setting the device/user identity and list of endpoints on a command line ahead of time.
I would rather not hairpin the audio through a central server, but it would be acceptable.
I am mildly frustrated at how easy the software part, above drivers, would be if it wasn’t for NAT. I don’t really trust UPnP for non-geeks; is that view outdated?
@a There are a number of walkie-talkie ("PTT" - push to talk) apps for Android that work over Wifi or cellular. I haven't tried to use any of these, but there seems to be a good overview at https://www.techindeep.com/turn-your-phone-into-a-walkie%E2%80%91talkie-75083
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@a There are a number of walkie-talkie ("PTT" - push to talk) apps for Android that work over Wifi or cellular. I haven't tried to use any of these, but there seems to be a good overview at https://www.techindeep.com/turn-your-phone-into-a-walkie%E2%80%91talkie-75083
@me_ I posted this and then immediately got in the shower, where I realized I should’ve said explicitly I *don’t* want this to be a phone or web app. I’m not opposed to using those for design notes or code, though (in fact, that would be wonderful). I’ll take a look.
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Anyone know anything like this?
Inspired by how 6yo and 8yo used walkie-talkies when they lived together, I want to be able to hand a few family members a device they can use to talk to each other remotely, and that’s it.
The UI I’m imagining: the device presents a list of names/faces you tap to initiate a “call”, but otherwise just sits waiting on incoming calls. Audio only. Multi-party conversations or “party line” would be nice but not critical. Swapping between conversations would be nice.
@a years ago working a festival, we were given an app called Zello to coordinate with other staff. It wasn’t great in that setting, because the environment was so loud, and it was hard to hear each other. But the interface was super simple at the time and would probably fit the use case in most family settings. Not sure if it has remained as simple, but you could look at it for ideas?
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It’d need a settings screen to attach to WiFi that could be operable by a non-technical adult, but I’m okay setting the device/user identity and list of endpoints on a command line ahead of time.
I would rather not hairpin the audio through a central server, but it would be acceptable.
I am mildly frustrated at how easy the software part, above drivers, would be if it wasn’t for NAT. I don’t really trust UPnP for non-geeks; is that view outdated?
I should have said explicitly that I distinctly want the final product to *not* be a phone app or (general-purpose) web app. 6yo doesn’t have a phone; 8yo does (
) but I don’t want to encourage her to use it more. I’m not opposed to using either of those things for design notes (or lifting code), and I can probably lock down a web app into a kiosk mode I could trust. -
@me_ I posted this and then immediately got in the shower, where I realized I should’ve said explicitly I *don’t* want this to be a phone or web app. I’m not opposed to using those for design notes or code, though (in fact, that would be wonderful). I’ll take a look.
@a I see... there are also a number of Chinese PTT devices such as this one
https://www.hgeek.com/products/hamgeek-hg-369-poc-radio-walkie-talkie-wifi-bluetooth-2g-3g-4g-network-radio-5000kmSome of these even run on Linux and there seems to be open source firmware available.
I think my friend @nicolef has hacked some of these, perhaps she can contribute more details?
