Plug-in to collect/report time spent searching on the iPod?

[goldmaple]

For my master's thesis/project, I'm planning to compare the measures of distracted driving while drivers drive in a simulator and search for songs on a traditional (silent, visually demanding) iPod interface versus the Rockbox auditory interface.

This research is an extension of the work that Salvucci, Brumby, & co. did a few years ago. They showed that drivers drift in their lane while they search on the traditional iPod. I'd like to take it a step further, showcase Rockbox and test some additional measures to see if an interface designed for visually impaired users can also benefit drivers. 

Within Salvucci & Brumby's documentation, there's a mention of a plug-in developed through Rockbox to measure the amount of time the user spent actively searching for each file (which I assume is driven off of a time marker to time of song selection).

Having this capability would be a huge, huge help. I've checked the forums, plug-in index, and the manual with no luck. Salvucci has never responded to me, but Josh Hoffman (another driving research guy) confirmed that this plug-in does exist.

Could you please point me to the right direction of where to get the plug-in, or where to activate it within the .rockbox structure?

Super thanks for your time,

goldmaple

Details:
  - 5th Gen Video iPod
  - Voice menus turned on
  - Using .talk files to announce Artist & Songs
  - Last installed Rockbox version = 16635 080312 

[Llorean]

I would suspect that they've created it. Rockbox is open source and free to modify, but there's no plugin (if I understand what you're describing) officially included or provided that does what you say.

[goldmaple]

Ahh - thanks, Llorean - I'll ask Josh to contact Salvucci on my behalf then. Maybe he'll have better luck.

If I learn anything interesting, I'll post back to the board.

Best,
goldmaple