2. Link for App Inventor II: http://dev-explore.appinventor.mit.edu
3.
4. Try to create an app that, by touching a picture on your mobile phone it meows
ow!
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Drag a botton un botó and at the right side of the column properties upload an image
from Upload File .
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5. After you can upload an audio Meooow
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6. Click the Block editor to program
.
And this window will open
.
7. Click the botton created with the l’editor and you will be able to drag the corresponding
bloc to programme it (When audiocat Click)
Then click to audio and drag the bloc call play
.
8. Download it in your phone MIT AI2 Companion
.
Now sincronize the phone WIFI with the computer one and connect with AI Companion
.
9. When opening the app phone you have 2 options : write the code or
scan the code QR (with the botton scan QR)
.
10. The imatge answers with an audio.
audio
Botton 1
You have to create a
botton and insert an
imatge.
In the configurations panel
add the image previously
uploaded
11. The imatge answers with an audio.
audio
Drag the component
TextToSpeech a to add the
reading text function de with
synthesis of voice.
12. The imatge answers with an audio.
Then with blocks editor click and drag the clock TextToSpeech.Speak.
To add a text block click in the
middle of the empty space of
the same blocks editor
13. The imatge answers with an audio.
Possible improvements
One could be that the program
make questions.
Ex: - Whats your name?.
And the programme will say
hello mentionning user’s name
Ex.:- Hello Joan, hope you’re
fine
To achieve this new improvement you
should insert a new component to
recognize the audio issued by the user.
14. Send SMS by voice.
Botton1
Dictate the sentence.
Label1
The sentence handed down is displayed here.
Botó 2
Send el missage SMS
15. Send SMS by voice.
Click the botton1 and begins
the voice recognition of the user.
It convert
voice in to
text
After voice recognition will display
the message in the Label label1
Subsequently establishes the text
as SMS message.
iphone
Programme the botton2 to send
a missage to a telephone.
Send
misssage
16. Send SMS by voice.
. Possible improvements
One of the improvements would allow the user to choose from a menu a phone number
or contact to send the SMS.
The component Texting also allows controlling SMS received on the mobile device. for
example applications for automatic replies could be created. When we are driving a car or
in a meeting.
The block of code that handles these functions are as follows: