A python program on a raspi 3b takes the oldest unread e-mail of a specific account and displays the attached image and then sets the e-mail to read. The whole thing every 3 hours and only during the day. If there is an e-mail text between "--" and "--", it will be placed below the image in a maximum of 2 lines and the image will be displayed smaller. The "--" was necessary, because otherwise special characters tend to appear in the various e-mail formats. Initially, I placed the text on the photo in black or white depending on the brightness of the image, which was cool, but not so easy to read, esp. for my mother at the age of 88. Otherwise, the image may be recognized as upright (exif) beforehand and otherwise displayed in the correct format. The display is then fully filled with 16:9 images. Also conceivable with an e ink, but I wanted to have the full image quality here. If there is no e-mail with a new image, the old one will be retained. I also simp
Something like this but linked to our family Discord would be fantastic for my mom! We share pix all the time, but Gram gets left out because -- well, Discord and 81-year-olds don't mix. Looking forward to more.
Something like this but linked to our family Discord would be fantastic for my mom! We share pix all the time, but Gram gets left out because -- well, Discord and 81-year-olds don't mix. Looking forward to more.