BlindShell Touch, User Manual

Page 1: ...he phone is located on the phone s rear side in the bottom part The camera is located on the rear side as well but in the upper part USB port which serves for charging the phone and for connecting the phone to a computer is located on the top edge The audio jack is located next to the USB port Taking off the back cover Your BlindShell Touch phone has a removable back cover which covers the battery...

Page 2: ...e take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with a small number of gestures that enable you to control BlindShell BlindShell gestures BlindShell is operated with just four gestures so you will only need put in a little effort to be able to handle your phone The following gestures ensure full control over your phone A one finger tap is performed by tapping the screen once with one finger It helps ...

Page 3: ...lled by characters instead of just read The gesture can be used in the keyboard as well when a precise control over input is needed like with passwords Starting BlindShell To start your phone press the power button for 5 seconds Wait until the vibration confirms the successful switch on If the phone does not vibrate within 10 seconds press the power button again The start up process may take up to...

Page 4: ...reen or the screens for numeric input as well as screens for date and time input will continue using the traditional keyboard layout The layout For ergonomic reasons the QWERTY keyboard has a different orientation than most screens in BlindShell have the screen is oriented landscape The longer side of the phone should be horizontal and the volume rocker should be pointing upwards The QWERTY keyboa...

Page 5: ... of a keyboard it is possible to input text via voice dictation While using a keyboard press either of the volume buttons for about half a second to start this function After being prompted and hearing the beep cue you can start dictating the text To use the voice dictation you need to be connected to the Internet Voice assistant This feature enables you to control the phone by voice commands To t...

Page 6: ... a dictated number Examples Send the following message to John Doe I will be late Compose a message for William Brady Thank you for the call Write a message to 123456789 Who are you Alarm Creating an alarm The voice assistant will create an alarm for a specific time Examples Create an alarm for 8 am Set alarm to 20 00 on Monday Information about the state of the phone Check the current battery lev...

Page 7: ... and phone numbers that are prevented from making phone calls to your device New blocked numbers or contacts are added via the add blocked number To unblock a contact or number from the list select it and confirm the action Blocking or unblocking numbers can be also performed from the menu of call history During a call To activate the tone dial numerical keyboard used while calling slide one finge...

Page 8: ...umber to which you want to send the message The entry will be added to the list You can continue adding additional contacts and phone numbers until you have entered all recipients Afterward go back to the previous menu To delete an entry select it and choose Delete item Text enter the text of the message and confirm it Send after entering the recipients and text select this menu item to send the m...

Page 9: ... part of the name of the contact that you want to find All contacts matching the input criterion will be displayed after confirming the input text When you select a contact following options will be presented Dial dial the contact Write SMS open a text input field which content after being confirmed will be sent to the contact Send an e mail this option is only available if the contact has an emai...

Page 10: ...cts already stored in your contact list will be skipped during the import After the contact import is finished the Contacts vcf file will be renamed to Contacts imported vcf The phone will announce an error if the Contacts vcf file is not found either on the memory card or in the internal phone storage Backing up contacts Select the Backup contacts menu item to create a Contacts vcf file this will...

Page 11: ...off daily Otherwise the alarm will ring only on the selected days Save alarm save the alarm and activate it Editing the alarm After selecting a previously created alarm you can activate deactivate the alarm and change the alarm settings An inactive alarm will be still stored on the phone but it will not go off on its set time Selection of the Change alarm menu item will provide the following optio...

Page 12: ... the stopwatch from the time that was stopped earlier Restart stopwatch zero the stopwatch and instantly start a new one Zero stopwatch reset the stopwatch Calendar The Calendar application allows you to create and track your agenda You can create events lasting the whole day events lasting from specific time to specific time or event stretched over several days You can be notified about an upcomi...

Page 13: ...ct a note in the list of the created notes you will be able to perform the following actions Edit open the note for editing Send via SMS open a dialog to select a contact or enter a phone number to which the note will be sent Send via e mail this option will open a new e mail and the field Text will be automatically filled by the note Delete delete the note Delete all delete every single note in t...

Page 14: ...ays You can also access a detailed forecast for each of those days by selecting a day This detailed forecast shows temperature wind speed cloudiness humidity and atmospheric pressure for every three hours of the day from two in the morning until eleven in the evening Unit settings The Unit settings item in the menu allows for changing used units of temperature wind speed and atmospheric pressure F...

Page 15: ...o add multiple recipients Fill in the Subject and Text of the e mail and send it afterward by selecting the Send menu item The menu with the written e mail will stay open until the e mail is successfully sent Once the e mail is sent you will be moved back to the main menu of the e mail account If the sending of the e mail fails you can try to send the e mail again or leave the writing of the e mai...

Page 16: ...ntials in the item Edit account The item Background checking for new e mails enables adjusting the frequency of the new mail If you enable this option the delivered mail is checked in the pre set interval If a new e mail is found the phone will announce it as a notification in the missed events item in the main menu Media Applications in the Media section allow you to listen to radios or your audi...

Page 17: ...ong pressing the phone s screen with two fingers while the playback is paused will get you to the list of the songs in the selected folder Long pressing the phone s screen with one finger while the playback is paused will resume it Long pressing the phone s screen with one finger while the audio is playing will temporarily pause the playback and bring up a menu with Move in song and Save to favori...

Page 18: ...e you left the player the last time Search related videos will take you to a list of related videos Go to channel will take you to the author s channel where you can find more videos by them Save to favorites will allow you to add this video to your favorites list Delete from history favorites will erase the video from the respective list Video Info will show more information about the video like ...

Page 19: ...can access it quickly via the Favorites menu Play from speaker the phone will use the built in speaker instead of the plugged earphones to output the sound Once playing from the speaker you can switch back to the earphones by selecting the Play from headphones option Manual tuning switches the mode from auto tuning to a manual one In this mode tapping the left or right side of the screen will move...

Page 20: ...escription will be played A long press with one finger will open a context menu where you can select one of the following actions Zoom Share image Image information Change recorded note Delete image You can browse the pictures by months or all together Zoom If you need to magnify the image you can do so using the Zoom in item in the context menu Once the image is zoomed the zoom level will be anno...

Page 21: ... Library allows you download your favourite books from online libraries Book reader Library Book reader To make use of the Book reader you first need to download books using Library or copy the book files to a BlindShell books folder of the phone either to the internal memory of the phone or onto an SD card Book reader can play audio files and read text txt files Every file in the first level of b...

Page 22: ... do not touch the screen for 10 seconds the function will revert to its original state Playback context menu text file specific Speech rate change the Book reader s rate of the speech Speech language change the language in which the book is read Library The Library allows you to search books in supported online libraries e g Librivox and download them for usage in Book reader Some libraries may re...

Page 23: ... context menu with other options go to the top go to the bottom continuous reading repeat the last utterance spell the last utterance Swiping one finger from the bottom to the top of the screen will bring up a local context menu with other options this function will be mostly used in the Internet browser Voice call in WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger Voice calls in WhatsApp and Messenger are suppor...

Page 24: ... WiFi networks and mobile network to estimate the nearest physical address in your vicinity your GPS location and its accuracy The whole process of estimating your location may take up to 30 seconds The result menu contains the following information Estimated address Location estimation accuracy Option to send the estimated location via SMS GPS coordinates Important notice The accuracy of the loca...

Page 25: ...nd stick it to the object If possible avoid sticking the tag on rough or curved parts of objects Open the tagging application and select the Add tag option Periodic tapping starts informing you that the detection is running Point the camera of your phone towards the tag on your object The recommended distance is around 20 centimeters or 10 inches It may take some practice to get it right After the...

Page 26: ...hell you can play a sound memory game The goal of the game is to match identical sounds in the least possible amount of steps The Memory game menu offers the following choices New game to start a new game Sound theme to choose from several sound sets You will be told when the game starts The gameboard is located in the upper part of the screen Slide your finger across the board BlindShell will rea...

Page 27: ...also vibration and tone Here you can choose whether you want feedback either exclusively by spoken feedback by tone or by both Sounds Here you can make settings related to the speaker speech output and ringtones Profile select a sound profile available options are general vibration or silent Volume set the volume for the Alarm ringtones and feedback on a scale between 1 and 7 Melodies select melod...

Page 28: ...k is password protected You can also connect to a network using a WPS button on the network s router If your network has hidden SSID you can connect to it via the Connect to hidden network option To remove a saved network from the list go to the network list select the respective network and choose Forget network WiFi connection via text file It is possible to connect to a WiFi network using text ...

Page 29: ...rally connected automatically However this is not the case with all devices Sometimes it s also useful to be able to connect and disconnect devices at will without pairing and unpairing them To connect or disconnect a device Select the Paired devices menu item all paired devices will appear in this menu A one finger long press on a device will open a menu where you can select an operation to do wi...

Page 30: ...ction you can check BlindShell for updates and install selected updates The update process is read back to the user so no sighted assistance is necessary Check for updates check for the latest updates Install update will guide you through the installation process Throughout the update process the phone will be using a different voice Date time and time zone Time and date Time and date are automati...

Page 31: ...n when you need help and you will be offered more context based help Favorite contacts In the favorite contacts menu you will find important contacts that you have specified as favorites Selecting one of these contacts offers the same options as you would get if you were to access them through the contacts list Missed events The missed events option is a log of missed calls and messages to which t...

Page 32: ...d fully complies with all applicable EU legislation At the end of the product s life you can return it to the supplier or manufacturer for free of charge disposal This is to comply with The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive WEEE v4 8 x Matapo s r o 2020 ...