On 11/10/2019 13:05, Chris Green wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>>
>>> ... and I'm pretty much against a mobile phone interface, it's too
>>> small for my (gently) fading eyesight and I don't get on well with on
>>> screen keyboards.  I've actually just changed back from a smartphone
>>> to a feature phone with real buttons for this very reason.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, well the backend would still work, but you would need to find
>> another UI to drive it.
>>
> Exactly, it's the UI that is my problem.
>
>
>> I dont have a huge problem using a smartphone as the text is
>> deliberately large
>>
> We don't tend to have phones at hand all the time at home because
> there's no mobile coverage here so they're not terribly useful. So I'd
> really prefer something permanently by the Pi/Audio system.  There are
> also several users so a single dedicated system would be handy.
>
Well then an old netbook or similar - anythimg that has wifi and will
run a browser.


> I guess a tablet (e.g. 7" screen) might work and could be kept plugged
> in and charged next to the Pi.  We have some old[ish] 7" tablets,
> Android 4.x sort of vintage.
>

Sure. If they will run.

The other option is to us another Pi equipped with buttons and a
screen....:-)





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