IR Remotes with Letter Keys?

desau asks: "In the never ending quest to build a better MP3 player for my car, I've decided that I would like to be able to punch in letters via my IR remote. The only problem is that I can't find an IR remote with letters. I'm distinctly trying to stay away from the number pads with letters overloaded (such as phone pads) as they prove to difficult while driving. Also, it needs to work with the IRDA standard and work with LIRC. Anyone out there know where to look?"

Comments

moron

[molo]

as they prove to difficult while driving

Are you stupid? Don't you have enough to do while driving between chatting on your cell phone and trying not to let your SUV roll over?

You're the reason my insurance rates are going up.

in your car?

[tps12]

Whatever you end up doing, please don't come anywhere near my house. It's dangerous enough driving with all the people talking on the phone and eating dinner. Rather than working on yet another way to grab yourself a Darwin award, I suggest you look into speech recognition.

Cell phone like, or T9?

[teqo]

This isn't really the answer to your question, but since so many of us use these annoying small devices called cell phones, what about using your numerical remote control in the cell phone SMS fashion? (77726|666|6633777, | being a pause, for Ramones, for example) If you are ambitious and/or lazy, why not going for T9 support, having your MP3 player guess the choices you make...

May sound a bit uncomfortable, but its still smaller (and if you ask me, even geekier) than a full alphanumeric keyboard thing...

Because I prefer to survive my commute....

[Jonny 290]

Log the fuck off and drive, please.

If you are really occupying your car enough that you can't either type in ID3's on your home machine and then transfer, or hook up a $3 PS2 keyboard in the trunk or under your seat, I worry for you.

My Nomination for the Darwin Award

[TheWanderingHermit]

I wasn't going to post this, because I thought maybe it was just my dark sense of humor coming through and I really didn't want to be accused of trolling....

When I first saw this, I thought, "Doesn't this person know enough to use Google?" Then I realized, just after a report comes out that links 6% of all traffic accidents in the US to cell phone usage while driving, here we have someone asking how to set things up so he can type in text while driving.

Anyone stupid enough to want to do that is not smart enough to use the complex interface Google provides. And, after this person is killed because he was typing and not driving, all of us on /. could nominate him for a Darwin award.

Typing while driving -- IMNSHO, it's just as stupid as not knowing how to submit a simple question like this to Google.

IRDA? WTF!

[dacarr]

Rather than futz around with a remote...well, one user suggested voice recognition, several suggested logging off and driving. Both of these are excellent. However, you look like you are trying to kill yourself. Please save others the trouble and drive off of a cliff - I would suggest those by San Onofre, CA. I've had run-ins with people who talk on their cellphones while driving, and having almost been plowed down more times than I care to count (I commute by bicycle), something needs to be done.

However, in the event you are actually trying to nav your MP3 tree in your car, might I suggest implementing a palmOS based solution and mounting your palm on some conspicuous spot in your car that you can look at without endangering other drivers (IE, just above the dashboard) that you can easily read? IMO this would be a more optimal solution than fucking around with a wireless remote.