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Weather for any date, the sky, severe weather alerts, and a help center.
Help:
- "Hey BMO, what can you do?" or "help" shows every command on his screen,
by subject. Say a subject or a number, then scroll down, back, or close. - "Weather commands" or "help with the sky" goes straight to one subject.
Weather:
- Ask for a date: "what's the weather on November 8th?", "Tuesday the 10th",
"the week of November 8th", "in five days". You can add a town. - Past the end of the forecast he says so and tells you when to ask again.
He used to give you today's weather instead. - Saying the weather shows it on his screen: a little weather station for one
day, or a box for each day. - "Long term forecast" gives all the days he can get, up to 16. It used to
crash him. - "Show me the radar" plays the last hour of rain. Lower 48 states only.
The sky:
- "What's in the sky tonight?", "what phase is the moon?", "when does the
space station pass over?", and "any space events coming up?" for eclipses
and meteor showers. All worked out on your own computer. - "What's the weather for the Leonids?" gives the forecast for the night it
peaks. - "Turn on space alerts" has him say when the space station is about to pass
over and when something big is happening, between 8 AM and 11 PM.
Severe weather alerts:
- "Any weather alerts?" checks the National Weather Service. United States only.
- "Turn on weather alerts" has him warn you out loud, even while he sleeps. A
warning that needs action now, like a tornado warning, comes right away, day
or night, even over a movie. He says each one once, and again only if it
gets more dangerous. - They're off until you turn them on. No real warning has come through while
testing this, and it isn't a replacement for a weather radio.
Projects:
- "Show my projects" puts them in a list on his screen. Say "open number 2".
- With the list up, "delete number 2" or "delete project garden" says its name
and takes "Hey BMO, yes". It goes to the Trash, so you can get it back.
Getting it right:
- Commands only match whole words, so "ISS" isn't heard in "Miss".
- Every new command has other ways to say it, and what Whisper tends to hear.
- If a command breaks, he says so and keeps listening. If his listening stops,
he restarts himself instead of sitting there deaf. - Questions about the sky are answered from his own charts. The brain was
making up dates for them.
Also:
- The corner symbol moved to the top right, clear of a CRT's rounded corners.
- Weather and sky information comes from outside services, only when you ask or
once alerts are on. THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md lists each one and what it's told.