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

Erin Joy Magoon erinjoy.magoon at gmail.com
Mon Apr 4 04:57:48 UTC 2016


Hi Daniel,
Thank you very much. 

Erin Magoon

National Federation of the Blind of Missouri Corresponding Secretary
National Federation of the Blind of Missouri Springfield Chapter President
Missouri Association of Guide Dog Users Secretary

Cell- 417-576-0037
E-mail, erinjoy.magoon at gmail.com

Seeing Eye Graduate 2004, Guide Dogs of America Graduate 2013
E-mail, Erin.magoon at gmail.com



> On Apr 3, 2016, at 10:50 PM, Daniel Garcia via Nfbmo <nfbmo at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Erin:
> 
> You won't be able to find the commas and semi-colons in the regular key pad.
> 
> If you have an iPhone go to Contacts then Add Contacts. After you put in the name or company name (i.e. NFB of MO Conference Line) you then double tap on add phone. This brings up the key pad. To the left of the zero, you will find a Shift key. Double tap it and then the key pad will be replace by symbols like the comma or semi-colon.
> 
> Feel free to e-mail me offlist if you need more help or you can always call me (I can send you my number offlist).
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Daniel H Garcia
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbmo [mailto:nfbmo-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Erin Joy Magoon via Nfbmo
> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2016 10:28 PM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Cc: Erin Joy Magoon; Gary Wunder
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] An easier way to dial in conference lines with smart phones
> 
> 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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