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[Vinny]

Originally Posted by billyo

if my memory serves me right, but someone in the forum is already using that touchscreen method..

Hoping that person posts with some helpful tips ...hint...hint

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Vinny

Hoping that person posts with some helpful tips ...hint...hint

It is against forum rules to post a link to any software that may be concidered competition.

Do a web search for - "electronic songbook" software - hint...hint.

Jim

[Vinny]

When did MTU create a searchable request program that is in fear of competition?

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Vinny

When did MTU create a searchable request program that is in fear of competition?

"Competive product links or discussions will be deleted. MTU is the sole determiner of what violates this rule. We are a commercial, ethical company who run this Forum to support our customers and provide an exchange of ideas about our products and the Karaoke industry in general. We pay for this Forum to exist, and invest our time to support our customers."

It is a Songbook program, which Hoster provides.

Jim

[Vinny]

Not looking for a songbook program. Looking for a request program, which MTU DOESN'T supply.

[ddouglass]

It is a very fine line Vinny and posts of that nature have been deleted before mainly because they were trying to push their own creatations on MTU's forums. Your best bet is to search the internet for products of this nature. I know there are at least a couple out there that can use touchscreen or laptop.

[Vinny]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

It is a very fine line Vinny and posts of that nature have been deleted before mainly because they were trying to push their own creatations on MTU's forums. Your best bet is to search the internet for products of this nature. I know there are at least a couple out there that can use touchscreen or laptop.

I respectfully disagree that any line was crossed or even drawn. I was hoping to get some suggestions for software and hardware others may have used to do something that Hoster does not do and as far a I know, has no immediate plans to do such. So therefore, I'm not asking for competing software. But if people continue PMing with info, then I can get what I want and you can get what you want and then everyone is happy.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by Vinny

Not looking for a songbook program. Looking for a request program, which MTU DOESN'T supply.

I'm sorry that my suggestion was of no help to you.

Jim

[SamRinaldi]

Ok well I was the one who brought the text message request idea up so here is what I am doing.

I post my facebook or my Twitter link to my regulars pre show using the internet. They either become a fan of my facebook site or follow me on twitter. Once this is done they can message me during the show through either service from their blackberry, iPhone or other web enabled handheld device and I receive the messages through my blackberry or through an internet browser window on my laptop. I then announce that I have received a request and who it was from and add it to the Singer Karaoke requests or Digital DJ playlist. They can see their Karaoke request appear on the Hoster upcoming singers list on a second TV or projector screen that is facing the audience. The kids go wild and the older folks wonder what happen and sometimes ask the kids what they just did to get their request in.

This frees me up a bit from having people rush my KJ/DJ area with requests and by announcing that I have received their request I still have interaction with the crowd. I am still getting used to this but I think if I could scale it up past my regulars than it could save me time so I could run an even smoother show.

The feature that I thought would be great for a new Hoster feature is to connect to the incoming text message and automatically add it to the request list. Twitter has a program interface that allows key words to be searched on incoming messages i.e. "Request: Crazy, Patsy Cline" and then add this to a database look up and return and automated message like "Request Received you are the 5th singer in line"

Well there it is I would be interested in what others think.

Thanks,