lifeofriley
- Feb 22, 2021
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My father is 83 and a bit of a luddite when it comes to digital electronics, he likes his kindle but he relies on me to get him going and I'm either at work or asleep when he wants to listen to his books.
I was interested in making a housing that took an old android phone and gives him analogue switches and buttons to control the phone, this doesn't need to be overly portable. Also he is hard of hearing which is fine until android decides to drop the volume to protect hearing after a timed period so if this could be disabled that would be great. I see it as having an on/off switch, buttons like a cassette player and a large volume knob. The screen should be usable so I can set him up with what he wants to hear and of course micro USB charging connection. is there anything out there or could someone come up with plans to work from.
I was interested in making a housing that took an old android phone and gives him analogue switches and buttons to control the phone, this doesn't need to be overly portable. Also he is hard of hearing which is fine until android decides to drop the volume to protect hearing after a timed period so if this could be disabled that would be great. I see it as having an on/off switch, buttons like a cassette player and a large volume knob. The screen should be usable so I can set him up with what he wants to hear and of course micro USB charging connection. is there anything out there or could someone come up with plans to work from.