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01-30-2014 | 05:38 AM

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mharris_ny

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I would like to let everyone know about a sequence caller app I developed and used last season. I, too, tried an android / iOS app and then an arduino (micro processor) based "triggered " approach to a caller. The smart phone app was not reliable and the external smart "switch " was complicated, cumbersome, and distracting while flying.

So I developed a phone based caller. I use my cell phone with a Bluetooth hands free headset and simply call a phone number. All the logic, code, and processing occurs on a voice processing server. I log into a website with anything that has a browser and create my personal sequences with maneuvers (and personal reminders like "switch to high rates "). It's easy to use and device independent. It doesn't require anything except cell service where I fly and let's me concentrate on flying...I just say "Next " and the app announces the next maneuver to me.

If the pattern community is interested in trying this app, I have created a website called myrccaller.com where you can try it for free. My goal is to help promote pattern / aerobatic flying so despite my costs for the development, per call time minute charges, server hosting, domain name, etc, the Sportsman 401 sequence is free. If the Aerobatic community finds value in this, it is fee based to cover my costs and I will continue to add features to it based on user feedback. Keep in mind I have just rolled this out for others to use...so there maybe little changes that need to be made.

I invite everyone to visit myrccaller.com for more details, try it, and let me know what you think. Right now it is available in English only ... but other languages can be added if others around the world are interested in using the app.

Thanks,
Mike

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