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Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-22T15:22:02Z

Sngjoe001: /* External Links */

The '''Deaf Telephony Project''' is a small ad-hoc unofficual research group within the [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ UCT Computer Science dept.].

Our main aim is to develop some kind of mobile deaf communications application to be run on either cellphones or PDA's. We aso want to research different UI's to see what would be the most appropriate.

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''Student''

==Initial ideas and discussion==

At the initial meeting we drew up a few objectives and points of information that needed to be researched. Below is a copy of those notes:

* Research in the N96's technical capabilities
* Investigate what languages Symbian supports and find SDK's and other needed info
* Develop some kind of testbed for our application (possibly in C, but some of my initial investigation indicates that Sybian S60 supports C++ as well)
* Research and test the data transfer speeds of 3G
* Possibly look into appropriate codecs (as needed)
* Brainstorm ideas for the UI
* Test the phones TV-out capabilities for use in our app
* Test both camera qualities for use in our app
* Take a visit to the deaf center to capture some source/example footage of signing

Possible problems
* Should TV-out prove not feasible, the small 2.8" screen limits the amount of on-screen controls we can add to the UI
* We might need to develop some kind of plastic stand or something to prop the phone against
* Connectivity with 3G

After a subsequent meeting a more specific initial set of objectives were defined due to participants' availability. Joel Sangster was the only student available to do the initial "research" in the first month. There are the objectives.

* The primary aim for the next few weeks is to have some kind of working prototype application that can at least, get a hold of the camera and capturing both video and single frames.
* All research needs to be "documented" with this wiki being the primary form thereof.

==Platform and framework==

After some decision making, it was decided that the first attempt at this application would be on some form of mobile phone running [http://www.symbian.com/index.asp Symbian]. This was mostly due its its popularity and wide-spread use amongst mobile smartphones. The Nokia range of smartphones almost all implement an application framework called [http://www.s60.com/life s60 or "Series 60"]. In support of this we purchased two new [http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n96-2253.php Nokia N96] phones for use in testing and development.

The primary development language used in s60 is C++ with an extensive backbone and API. This is also well supported within the Nokia [http://www.forum.nokia.com/ development community] through easily downloadable SDK's (links found below), a free IDE called [http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide C++] and many beginner video tutorials.

Through researching and attempting development, I've found that there is a lot of help with the initial stages of setting up and getting a development environment runnning. There is also a lot of advanced help through the form of developer forums etc.. But there is very little documention thats useful in learning the actual framework and learning the differences between conventional C++ and the proprietry "Symbian OS C++". The majority of this wiki article will be a HOWTO of setting up the development environment and some basic explanation of example code. I've have found this beginner understanding to be the largest hurdle so far, so the point of documenting this is to jump-start the dev process that will be followed once we re-convene to continue development.

==Example code==

==External Links==
'''Interesting reading:'''
*[http://www.telco2.net/blog/2008/07/symbian_its_role_in_the_mobile.html Symbian — Its Role in the Mobile Jigsaw - an interesting article]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_10 Wiki arcticle on MPEG-4 Part 10 - the video codec supported by the N96]

'''Great places to start'''
*Forum.Nokia.com
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/I_Want_To/Develop_Mobile_Applications/Get_Started.xhtml Getting Started]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Symbian_C++/ Symbian resource and landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Open_C_and_C++/ Open C/C++ landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Events/Training_and_Educational_Events/eLearning.xhtml Many useful tutorial videos]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide c++ (the free IDE) resource and landing page]
*[http://www.forum.nokia.com/document/Cpp_Developers_Library/?content=GUID-232258EC-D3B4-4D72-B12B-FFC34F070B4B_GUID-9615092A-9FA2-4F4E-859F-A231A3919FC9.html S60 Developer's Library (c++)]

'''Forums and dev. communities'''
*[http://developer.symbian.com/forum/index.jspa Symbian Developer Network]
*[http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Wiki_Home Forum.Nokia.com community wiki]
*[http://www.newlc.com/ www.newlc.com - Many useful tutorials and developer arcticles]

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-22T15:21:37Z

Sngjoe001: /* External Links */

The '''Deaf Telephony Project''' is a small ad-hoc unofficual research group within the [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ UCT Computer Science dept.].

Our main aim is to develop some kind of mobile deaf communications application to be run on either cellphones or PDA's. We aso want to research different UI's to see what would be the most appropriate.

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''Student''

==Initial ideas and discussion==

At the initial meeting we drew up a few objectives and points of information that needed to be researched. Below is a copy of those notes:

* Research in the N96's technical capabilities
* Investigate what languages Symbian supports and find SDK's and other needed info
* Develop some kind of testbed for our application (possibly in C, but some of my initial investigation indicates that Sybian S60 supports C++ as well)
* Research and test the data transfer speeds of 3G
* Possibly look into appropriate codecs (as needed)
* Brainstorm ideas for the UI
* Test the phones TV-out capabilities for use in our app
* Test both camera qualities for use in our app
* Take a visit to the deaf center to capture some source/example footage of signing

Possible problems
* Should TV-out prove not feasible, the small 2.8" screen limits the amount of on-screen controls we can add to the UI
* We might need to develop some kind of plastic stand or something to prop the phone against
* Connectivity with 3G

After a subsequent meeting a more specific initial set of objectives were defined due to participants' availability. Joel Sangster was the only student available to do the initial "research" in the first month. There are the objectives.

* The primary aim for the next few weeks is to have some kind of working prototype application that can at least, get a hold of the camera and capturing both video and single frames.
* All research needs to be "documented" with this wiki being the primary form thereof.

==Platform and framework==

After some decision making, it was decided that the first attempt at this application would be on some form of mobile phone running [http://www.symbian.com/index.asp Symbian]. This was mostly due its its popularity and wide-spread use amongst mobile smartphones. The Nokia range of smartphones almost all implement an application framework called [http://www.s60.com/life s60 or "Series 60"]. In support of this we purchased two new [http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n96-2253.php Nokia N96] phones for use in testing and development.

The primary development language used in s60 is C++ with an extensive backbone and API. This is also well supported within the Nokia [http://www.forum.nokia.com/ development community] through easily downloadable SDK's (links found below), a free IDE called [http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide C++] and many beginner video tutorials.

Through researching and attempting development, I've found that there is a lot of help with the initial stages of setting up and getting a development environment runnning. There is also a lot of advanced help through the form of developer forums etc.. But there is very little documention thats useful in learning the actual framework and learning the differences between conventional C++ and the proprietry "Symbian OS C++". The majority of this wiki article will be a HOWTO of setting up the development environment and some basic explanation of example code. I've have found this beginner understanding to be the largest hurdle so far, so the point of documenting this is to jump-start the dev process that will be followed once we re-convene to continue development.

==Example code==

==External Links==
'''Interesting reading:'''
*[http://www.telco2.net/blog/2008/07/symbian_its_role_in_the_mobile.html Symbian — Its Role in the Mobile Jigsaw - an interesting article
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_10 Wiki arcticle on MPEG-4 Part 10 - the video codec supported by the N96]

'''Great places to start'''
*Forum.Nokia.com
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/I_Want_To/Develop_Mobile_Applications/Get_Started.xhtml Getting Started]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Symbian_C++/ Symbian resource and landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Open_C_and_C++/ Open C/C++ landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Events/Training_and_Educational_Events/eLearning.xhtml Many useful tutorial videos]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide c++ (the free IDE) resource and landing page]
*[http://www.forum.nokia.com/document/Cpp_Developers_Library/?content=GUID-232258EC-D3B4-4D72-B12B-FFC34F070B4B_GUID-9615092A-9FA2-4F4E-859F-A231A3919FC9.html S60 Developer's Library (c++)]

'''Forums and dev. communities'''
*[http://developer.symbian.com/forum/index.jspa Symbian Developer Network]
*[http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Wiki_Home Forum.Nokia.com community wiki]
*[http://www.newlc.com/ www.newlc.com - Many useful tutorials and developer arcticles]

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-22T15:20:59Z

Sngjoe001:

The '''Deaf Telephony Project''' is a small ad-hoc unofficual research group within the [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ UCT Computer Science dept.].

Our main aim is to develop some kind of mobile deaf communications application to be run on either cellphones or PDA's. We aso want to research different UI's to see what would be the most appropriate.

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''Student''

==Initial ideas and discussion==

At the initial meeting we drew up a few objectives and points of information that needed to be researched. Below is a copy of those notes:

* Research in the N96's technical capabilities
* Investigate what languages Symbian supports and find SDK's and other needed info
* Develop some kind of testbed for our application (possibly in C, but some of my initial investigation indicates that Sybian S60 supports C++ as well)
* Research and test the data transfer speeds of 3G
* Possibly look into appropriate codecs (as needed)
* Brainstorm ideas for the UI
* Test the phones TV-out capabilities for use in our app
* Test both camera qualities for use in our app
* Take a visit to the deaf center to capture some source/example footage of signing

Possible problems
* Should TV-out prove not feasible, the small 2.8" screen limits the amount of on-screen controls we can add to the UI
* We might need to develop some kind of plastic stand or something to prop the phone against
* Connectivity with 3G

After a subsequent meeting a more specific initial set of objectives were defined due to participants' availability. Joel Sangster was the only student available to do the initial "research" in the first month. There are the objectives.

* The primary aim for the next few weeks is to have some kind of working prototype application that can at least, get a hold of the camera and capturing both video and single frames.
* All research needs to be "documented" with this wiki being the primary form thereof.

==Platform and framework==

After some decision making, it was decided that the first attempt at this application would be on some form of mobile phone running [http://www.symbian.com/index.asp Symbian]. This was mostly due its its popularity and wide-spread use amongst mobile smartphones. The Nokia range of smartphones almost all implement an application framework called [http://www.s60.com/life s60 or "Series 60"]. In support of this we purchased two new [http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n96-2253.php Nokia N96] phones for use in testing and development.

The primary development language used in s60 is C++ with an extensive backbone and API. This is also well supported within the Nokia [http://www.forum.nokia.com/ development community] through easily downloadable SDK's (links found below), a free IDE called [http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide C++] and many beginner video tutorials.

Through researching and attempting development, I've found that there is a lot of help with the initial stages of setting up and getting a development environment runnning. There is also a lot of advanced help through the form of developer forums etc.. But there is very little documention thats useful in learning the actual framework and learning the differences between conventional C++ and the proprietry "Symbian OS C++". The majority of this wiki article will be a HOWTO of setting up the development environment and some basic explanation of example code. I've have found this beginner understanding to be the largest hurdle so far, so the point of documenting this is to jump-start the dev process that will be followed once we re-convene to continue development.

==Example code==

==External Links==
'''Interesting reading:'''
*[http://www.telco2.net/blog/2008/07/symbian_its_role_in_the_mobile.html Symbian — Its Role in the Mobile Jigsaw - an interesting article
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_10 Wiki arcticle on MPEG-4 Part 10 - the video codec supported by the N96]

'''Great places to start'''
*Forum.Nokia.com
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/I_Want_To/Develop_Mobile_Applications/Get_Started.xhtml Getting Started]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Symbian_C++/ Symbian resource and landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Explore/Runtime_Platforms/Open_C_and_C++/ Open C/C++ landing page]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Events/Training_and_Educational_Events/eLearning.xhtml Many useful tutorial videos]
**[http://www.forum.nokia.com/Resources_and_Information/Tools/IDEs/Carbide.c++/ Carbide c++ (the free IDE) resource and landing page
*[http://www.forum.nokia.com/document/Cpp_Developers_Library/?content=GUID-232258EC-D3B4-4D72-B12B-FFC34F070B4B_GUID-9615092A-9FA2-4F4E-859F-A231A3919FC9.html S60 Developer's Library (c++)

'''Forums and dev. communities'''
*[http://developer.symbian.com/forum/index.jspa Symbian Developer Network]
*[http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Wiki_Home Forum.Nokia.com community wiki]
*[http://www.newlc.com/ www.newlc.com - Many useful tutorials and developer arcticles]

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-22T10:06:52Z

Sngjoe001:

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T15:19:22Z

Sngjoe001:

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T09:45:15Z

Sngjoe001:

The '''Deaf Telephony Project''' is a small ad-hoc unofficual research group within the [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ UCT Computer Science dept.].

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''Student''

==Initial ideas==

==Platform and framework==

==Example code==

==External Links==

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T09:44:14Z

Sngjoe001:

The Deaf Telephony project is a small ad-hoc unofficual research group within the [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ UCT Computer Science dept.].

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''Student''

==Initial ideas==

==Platform and framework==

==Example code==

==External Links==

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T09:40:54Z

Sngjoe001:

<< a short intro >>

==Participants==

*[http://people.cs.uct.ac.za/~edwin/ehb.html '''Prof Edwin H. Blake'''] - ''Supervisor''
*'''Joel Sangster''' - ''student''

==Initial ideas==

==Platform and framework==

==Example code==

==External Links==

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T09:40:00Z

Sngjoe001:

<< a short intro >>

==Participants==

Prof Edwin H. Blake - ''Supervisor''
Joel Sangster - ''student''

==Initial ideas==

==Platform and framework==

==Example code==

==External Links==

Deaf Telephony Project

2008-12-17T09:16:21Z

Sngjoe001: New page: << a short intro >> ==Participants== ==Initial ideas== ==Platform and framework== ==Example code== ==External Links==

<< a short intro >>

==Participants==

==Initial ideas==

==Platform and framework==

==Example code==

==External Links==

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:57:32Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

== Featured projects ==

* '''[[Deaf Telephony Project]]'''

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:57:19Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

== Featured projects ==

* [['''Deaf Telephony Project''']]

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:57:05Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

== Featured projects ==

* [[Deaf Telephony Project]]

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:56:04Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

'MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:55:40Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.''

Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

Main Page

2008-12-12T08:55:23Z

Sngjoe001:

Welcome to the [http://www.uct.ac.za/ University of Cape Town] [http://www.cs.uct.ac.za/ Department of Computer Science]'s wiki.

If you are a member of the Department you can add content to this wiki by logging in with your unix username and password. Currently read access is open to everybody.

'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''

Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==

* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]