[ANSWERED] Text from Zoom chat to a speadsheet

[tingkumajique]

Hi all, I'm very new to Isadora but I'm so excited with what it can do.

I have zoomOSC on my machine and I was wondering how could I take the text from a chat or Q&A box, and send to it a list so that we can select which question to display on screen. I have seen tutorials on how to convert text to a video with a text drawer, but it will be replaced by the next chat message that comes in.

Is there a way where I could collect the messages in a database and then pick and choose the one to display? I would like to display the name of participant as well as the question asked.

I use Mimolive for my video productions.

[Juriaan]

@tingkumajique

Hi there!

Welcome to the Isadora community forum to have you here.

You can use the Data Array to act as an Database if you wish to store the text.
The Data Array actor basically puts it inside an Text file or an CSV file.

So you have a piece of text that is coming in through OSC

1. Connect it through the Data Array actor
2. When you wish to query the latest message you can simply use an Counter and and Keyboard Watcher to give an pulse to an Counter. That counter then gives an index to the Data Array actor.
3. The Data Array actor then gives a new message to the Text Draw actor.
4. Your text appears on the screen :)

Let us know if you have any other questions

- Juriaan

[liminal_andy]

Hi there! I took a different approach to this question, showing you how to manage this list natively from within Isadora and having Isadora generate the NDI output. Using CSVs is probably a more native workflow for what you are doing, but thought this might be interesting for the group:chat-selection.izz

[tingkumajique]

@juriaan said:

<p>@tingkumajique</p><p>Hi there!</p><p>Welcome to the Isadora community forum to have you here.</p><p>You can use the Data Array to act as an Database if you wish to store the text. <br />The Data Array actor basically puts it inside an Text file or an CSV file.</p><p>So you have a piece of text that is coming in through OSC</p><ol><li>Connect it through the Data Array actor</li><li>When you wish to query the latest message you can simply use an Counter and and Keyboard Watcher to give an pulse to an Counter. That counter then gives an index to the Data Array actor.</li><li>The Data Array actor then gives a new message to the Text Draw actor.</li><li>Your text appears on the screen :)</li></ol><p>Let us know if you have any other questions<br /></p><p>- Juriaan<br /></p><p></p><p></p>

 Hi Thanks for responding! I will experiment a little on my end but it looks like it is a workable solution... is there a way I can view or export out the CSV file from Isadora?

[tingkumajique]

@liminal_andy said:

Hi there! I took a different approach to this question, showing you how to manage this list natively from within Isadora and having Isadora generate the NDI output. Using CSVs is probably a more native workflow for what you are doing, but thought this might be interesting for the group:chat-selection.izz

 Hi Andy, always great and amazing how you can churn out quick video tutorials based on the requests coming in :)

I followed along with you video but I got stuck, I don't have the List Selector 1 add-on. I can't seem to find it in the Add-ons page too? Where can I find it? Thanks again!