Usbong Update (Sept. 14, 2012): Life Stream and More

Hi everyone,

Here's the latest update on Usbong.

Tasks accomplished:

• ERDT-TENCON2012 paper = accepted.
• will present in Cebu this November on "Usbong: Magnifying Human Intent and Capacity for People with Disabilities"

• "I am a changemaker" application submitted
• http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YCX2XFP
• Thanks to MJG for the info.

• life_stream
• capture moments in your life using an audio recorder and/or a camera, and put a short comment before uploading it to a cloud-based service.
• life_stream usbong tree downloadable here
• https://sites.google.com/site/theusbongproject/downloads
• for audio files, I had to convert the .3gpp output into .wav using soundconverter in Linux, so that I could import it in Windows Movie Maker (WMM). 
• WMM doesn't support .3gpp
• Application:
• Here's a piece I composed and have recorded using life_stream running on Usbong. I call it, "yuan2".
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgqa25knN_c&feature=youtu.be

Tasks working on:

• allow: changeable background image
• allow: language switching
• Usbong + OpenMRS integration 

Hooray, Mike