This describes an appliance dedicated to make long distance communication via Internet accessible to elderly people and computer illiterates. The first version of the system will be implemented using a standard PC (maybe based on a VIA Mini-ITX board) and if successful the appliance will be migrated to a lower power solution.
The main characteristics are:
Full screen GUI like: MCE, SageTV, etc
No keyboard or Mouse just a TV like remote and touch screen
Should connect to TV ( HDTV )
Localized GUI
Should perform tasks such as:
- send voice email – ask person to dictate the message, which then is attached as an MP3 file to the email;
- read emails – text emails and voice emails;
- video telephone – see the person who you are talking to (preferable using SIP);
- ability to record telephones (video or just audio and received files during calls);
- always on and online;
- ring when someone contacts via video telephone or when a new message is received;
- the software should have also a module for power users (similar with MS Outlook ) that allows sending different types of emails to 0-Knowledge computers: text emails, voice emails, photo album emails;
- the computer should come with extensive multimedia help system – that the new users will watch like a series of TV lessons;
- Optionally may offer PVR like services.
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