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Since standing desks come in all shapes and forms, and many aren't even electronically connected and user just lifts the desk or converter manually, tracking standing times using a bot does not seem feasible at first glance. This bot solves the problem by having the user simply send a blank email to oneself with subject line "up" whenever they stand up and email "sit" whenever they sit down. The bot can then be scheduled to run at the end of each day unattended (or on demand as an attended bot); it'll scrape user's emails to tally up the standing times and stats, and emails a brief report to user.

1. How much time you spent standing in your working day 

2. Calories you burned by standing instead of sitting

3. Which time period during the day you stood the longest

Note that "sit" and "up" are used because they are the shortest words that serve the purpose, with only 2-3 letters long. Alternatively, user can also email "down" and "stand" which are also words that the bot recognizes. 

For the estimated calorie burn calculation, it's calculated based on estimated adult averages provided here:

https://www.healthline.com/health/fitness-exercise/calories-burned-standing#:~:text=When%20you%20stand%2C%20you%20burn,to%20130%20calories%20an%20hour.

Please check out the "Instruction Manual - READ ME" with details on how to use this bot.

Do you love your standing desk and want to know the value you're getting out of it? This bot tracks your standing times, estimates calorie burn, and determines the time period you stood the most.

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MIT License Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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The Standing Desk Bot scrapes user's Outlook email account to track and report on standing times, calorie estimate, and determine time period when user stood the longest.