[BRAINSTORM] Auto-change keyboards while driving?

[Insomaniac10]

First off, i know its illegal to text while driving, but sometimes its necessary. so lets leave that as my own business. save the smug comments, please.

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with that said, im not familiar with car/dock mode on any device. im not sure if there is a way to activate any car mode for the vibrant. if there is let me know.

i basically would love it if somehow i could make it so that while im driving, swype automatically becomes my default input method. And then when im not driving, switch back to my default.

would i be able to use tasker? how would the profiling go? location or time based profiles obviously would not work consistantly... im a lazy american, so i would like for all of this to be automatic. I realize that i could just create a profile and activate it manually every time i get in the car, but whats the fun in that? i have a smartphone, i wanna see how smart i can make it.

anyone have any ideas?

 

[anthonys2r]

i have a smartphone, i wanna see how smart i can make it.

itll get as smart as your driving habits.

 

[Insomaniac10]

itll get as smart as your driving habits.

thanks for the concern......ill bet your sh*t smells like rose pedals too, right?

i made it clear in the OP that what i do is my own business....stay on topic, or hit the bricks

 

[Obi_Kwiet]

The best you're going to do is get something that will switch over when you click a short cut. Your phone does not have any "vehicle sensors".

 

[Insomaniac10]

The best you're going to do is get something that will switch over when you click a short cut. Your phone does not have any "vehicle sensors".

your phone can recognize when its in motion with GPS....i feel i could definitely find a profile sequence in tasker, but the payout would in no way make up for the battery consumption

 

[s15274n]

Tasker, yes... Battery life... abysmal.

 

[Insomaniac10]

Tasker, yes... Battery life... abysmal.

yah tasker sucks all integrity out of my battery

 

[mrsbelpit]

why don't you just text with your voice on Vlingo? Car mode is on the widget. It will also read your texts to you by enabling safereader. car mode is not automatic, you actually have to tap a little car.

 

[xriderx66]

Of u have time to text while driving it should be pretty easy to just press nd hold then tap and done.

Not trying to sound like the douche in 1st post

 

[strictlyrude27]

yah tasker sucks all integrity out of my battery

Really? I've been running with it all the time for a while now and my battery is just fine. ~20-24 hours if I don't constantly text/surf. (Which unfortunately, I do.)

 

[Bernardos70]

I have to say voice search does it for me, I'm always impressed at how accurate it is. And it literally is one long button press of the search button away.

What happens when you drive your car? Your GPS would be able to detect it moving at a certain speed.... but I can't think of anything else (nevermind the fact that it wouldn't detect anything out of the norm when you weren't actually in movement). Docking it with the car dock obviously could set that off, but there's nothing else.

Like you said, it is not a big enough hassle for people to bother with it. Long pressing the input window allows you to switch it very quickly, like you pointed out yourself.

 

[nevarDeath]

Just use the voice type button on your keyboard. It's by the return key. It works fantastically.

Fyi it's not illegal to text and drive in all states either. You can safely text and drive if you concentrate more on driving. People just don't for the most part. That's all I'm saying so I don't feed the trolls

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[shreddintyres]

Personally vlingo or the built in speech to text is your best bet, tasker is always an option but in order for that to work well you would have to have gps on at all times. im not sure if its possible but you could use a better home or custom toggle to switch but until samsung gets its act together the car home app is unlikely to work the way you want it.

 

[All~G1]

Never mind

 

[compuguy1088]

Personally vlingo or the built in speech to text is your best bet, tasker is always an option but in order for that to work well you would have to have gps on at all times. im not sure if its possible but you could use a better home or custom toggle to switch but until samsung gets its act together the car home app is unlikely to work the way you want it.

Can tasker poll the acceloromitor to determine speed?

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[Insomaniac10]

Can tasker poll the acceloromitor to determine speed?

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THIS is a good question....but i dont think it can

 

[sublimnl]

I use tasker to go into car mode when my phone connects to the bt on my car stereo. From there I think you could make it change the default kb.

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[golmar88]

It looks to me like there would be a way. There is that one app that can tell when your driving and turns off texting abilities. How much harder would it be to have it activate a certain profile. I'm know dev, but it seems like it's a possibility

 

[blushrts]

thanks for the concern......ill bet your sh*t smells like rose pedals too, right?

i made it clear in the OP that what i do is my own business....stay on topic, or hit the bricks

When you hit and harm someone else is it still your own business?

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[Insomaniac10]

When you hit and harm someone else is it still your own business?

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certainly wouldnt be yours, unless its you. i never travel, so unless you live in the south shore area of boston, you dont have to worry about my maniacal self. thanks for playing, angel.

youre not impressing anyone with you self-righteous 16th post. i you want to preach, become a priest. youre obviously not going to change my ways, so why post that? oh right.....to feel better about yourself on an internet forum. congratulations.