[CT-NFB] How to have a phone number and extension number dialed for you

[Jason Castonguay]

Hi, Deb.

In case this is helpful, you can, indeed, enter commas on an iPhone into phone numbers when creating contacts. I imagine this is possible on Android, as well, although steps would differ slightly.

When entering a contact phone number, there is a shift button located where the star key would normally be. If the shift button is activated, some numbers on the keypad will change, allowing for the *, #, and other characters, including a comma. The comma is located where the number 4 would be.

Note that the shift key is a toggle, so if more numbers are needed, simply activate the shift button again to revert to all numbers on the keypad.

I hope this helps! 😊 


Best regards,


-Jason








> On Jul 29, 2024, at 14:32, Deb Reed via CT-NFB <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Just as a reminder for those if you like myself who are number challenged and have issues remembering both a phone number and an extension number. For example, the Nfb conference call number here in Connecticut is in my contacts and in order to get Siri to dial it for me, I must add four commas after the phone number, then the passcode and then a sign. Keep in mind that in order to achieve this, you have to copy and paste the grouping of numbers with commas from somewhere to add it into your contacts as there are no commas on the number pad when pressing edit in contacts. You can either put it in notes or make an email and copy and paste it from there. Here is the below Conference Call number and passcode for any of you who wish to add this into your contacts and have it dialed for you.
> 
> (425) 436-6349,,,,2232614#
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Deb Reed
> 
> Central CT Chapter President of the National Federation of the Blind
> Deb.reed57 at gmail.com
> Cell-860-378-5370
> 
> “Bloom where you are. “From mother, Theresa of Calcutta.
> 
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