[Nfbmo] An easier way to dial in conference lines with smart phones

[Erin Joy Magoon]

Hi Daniel and everyone,

This is awesome!  I just have one question?  When you are putting in a
phone number I only can get the phone pad to come up, how do I get
commas to show?

Erin Magoon

On 1/31/16, Gary Wunder via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> If you use those commas Daniel was talking about, the entire number is
> dialed. If I call the National Center I program in
> (410) 659-9314,,,2275
> And after the number is called, there is a delay (determined by the number
> of commas), and then the extension is dialed.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
> via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 9:49 PM
> To: 'NFB of Missouri Mailing List'
> Cc: Peter Donahue
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] An easier way to dial in conference lines with smarth
> phones
>
> Hello Daniel and everyone,
>
> 	I wonder if there's a way to further automate this process even more
> through the use of AppleScript or other macro creation tools within your
> smartphone so instead of having to key inadditional numbers and codes you
> can write a script that will automatically do this when you tell Siri to
> "Call Via Trans Reservations" for example. Via Trans is the paratransit
> service in the San Antonio area. If you select the Via Trans Reservations
> contact or command Siri to call the Via Trans Reservations line the script
> would contain the local n7umber plus any extensions that must be dialed to
> reach the particular department person you with to reach, or code for
> entering a phone chat room. This would be a big time saver assuming there's
> a way to do it. I know of software that can do this in Windows but am not
> sure if a similar program exists for the Apple or Android environment. It's
> something to explore. All the best.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Garcia
> via
> Nfbmo
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2016 9:00 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Daniel Garcia
> Subject: [Nfbmo] An easier way to dial in conference lines with smarth
> phones
>
> I was having trouble dialing into conference lines with my iPhone because
> the system was impatient, not allowing the necessary time to key in all the
> numbrs for the passcode. I was then forced to use my landline to dial in.
>
> I did find the solution to this problem though thanks to my friends at the
> Nut (Northland Users of Technology) Group which meets at a Hy-Vee north of
> the river to eat breakfast and talk tech once a month.
>
> You can do this whether you use an iPhone or an Android smartphone.
>
> All you do is create a contact and then at the end of the number you add
> one
> comma for every quarter of a second you want the phone to pause before
> dialing your extention or passcode. If you add a semi-colon instead of
> commas, this is considered a "hard pause" and you have to press a button to
> actually dial the extention or passcode once the system answers the phone.
>
> Whether you dial a particular extention when calling the National Office or
> whether you use this to access conference lines, this can be a time saver.
>
> Regards
>
> Daniel
>
>
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Erin Joy Magoon
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