Blindshell 2 Manual

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TheBlindShell Classic 2 is a fully accessible mobile phone. It can be voice-controlled and has a comfortable tactile keypad too. It is compatible with WhatsApp and Facebook messenger and you can even watch or listen to music on the YouTube app!

The new generation of the BlindShell Classic provides users with a voice-controlled phone with a comfortable tactile keypad. It has brand new hardware, a new louder speaker, larger keys, longer battery life and a 13MP camera.

With WhatsApp and Facebook messenger you can stay in contact with family and friends easier than before! The phone boasts a range of assistive tools and the new BlindShell app catalogue enables you to download additional apps if required.

To make charging the BlindShell Classic 2 as easy as possible, it includes a handy, sit-in, weighted charging dock. To make the dock even more secure, a 3M sticky pad is also included to allow you to permanently affix the charging cradle to a known location and prevent any chance of it being knocked while inserting or removing the phone.

You can also use the included standard USB-C charging cable (which plugs in either-way-round) to charge the phone.

You can choose to set up a day sound profile and a night sound profile and set the time of day the profiles come into effect, the phone will automatically update and switch between the profiles. This means you can set your phone to have quiet or silent notifications during your sleeping hours and louder notifications during your waking hours, you can also manually override the settings should you need to for one cycle.

The video player allows you to play videos. All standard formats like MP4, AVI, MKV, WMV are supported. Video files can be recorded by the camera app, downloaded from the Web Browser, sent by E-mail or a third party application like Whatsapp. Users can choose if they prefer landscape or portrait orientation of the video on the screen.

This application reads documents in PDF, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint presentations, Rich Text format and TXT file formats. Users can read documents sequentially or navigate through the text in a way similar to the BlindShell Web browser. Searching is also supported. The app will be integrated with the rest of the environment hence it will be possible to open a document from a website by using the Web Browser, view E-mail attachments or files sent by third-party applications such as WhatsApp, Messenger etc. It can also read documents manually copied to the internal storage or SD card from a computer.

Spotify is a digital music, podcast, and video service that gives you access to millions of songs and other content from creators all over the world. * This app will only work for premium subscribers of Spotify.

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Step Counter is an application for tracking daily activity (steps, distance, moving time and calories). It is possible to view the history and statistics of a user's daily activity. Once enabled, the step counter counts the steps automatically all day, in the background.

Lazarillo GPS provides real time audio messages and alerts as you navigate, allowing you to explore any city in the world more safely and with greater awareness of your surroundings. You can also experience enhanced indoor and outdoor navigation within the large network of businesses and organizations that have mapped their facilities with Lazarillo.

By choosing to extend the warranty for your BlindShell Classic 2 mobile phone annually, you'll enjoy peace of mind and hassle-free usage of your device. An extended warranty offers protection against unexpected issues that may arise even after the standard warranty period.

While the BlindShell Lite is certainly not what you might consider a smartphone, it has one elegant feature that's quite smart: spoken menus from the moment the phone is turned on. Power on the phone to a spoken status update, and navigate through the menu with a large, centrally located directional pad, with each menu item spoken. You can feel the navigational buttons with your fingertips and you don't need to turn on a screen reader.

In addition to the text-to-speech, the BlindShell Lite offers a large-print display with high contrast and a dialing pad with a well-spaced number pad and navigation keys. On the side opposite the keypad there is even an SOS button that can be preset to an emergency number of 'your choice for one-touch speed dialing.

Pressing the Down button on the directional pad takes you through the main menu items: Call,, Messages,, Contacts,, Tools,, Settings,, and Turn Off the Phone. Continuing to press Down just takes you back through the menu items. As each item is spoken, it also indicates its position in the menu. For example, when Messages is selected, the phone speaks, "Messages, two of six," so you know that it's the second option in a menu with six items.

The BlindShell Lite will send and receive text messages, also called SMS (Short Message Service) messages. Menu options include: Write SMS to Contact, Write SMS to number, Conversations. Like making a call, you can send a text to a contact or just put in a number. There is no dictation on this phone, so text input is done by using the dial pad.

This menu provides access to a basic address book with the following options: Contacts List, Add New Contact, Single Button Dialing, and Sort Contacts. The Contacts list has the basics, with fields for name, phone numbers and postal address, and can be sorted by first or last name. A single number can be assigned to a contact for speed dialing that contact.

Six productivity tools appear in this menu: Alarm, Minute Timer, Stopwatch, Calculator, Notes, and Calendar. The calendar in this menu simply allows you to check a date, there isn't an option for setting an appointment or reminder here. The Notes option opens a basic notes app, which uses the dial pad for creating and editing notes. In Notes, the directional pad can change how the screen reader reads the notes in the edit mode, by character or word. This is a great feature for a shopping list or recording a phone number. Another handy option here is the ability to send a note as a text message.

The settings menu options really enable some flexibility in the accessibility features. Options here include: Sounds, Display, Time and Date, Keypad Lock, Menu Navigation, About Phone. In the Sounds submenu, selecting Profile gives you the choice to silence the phone, use the default or Normal setting, or use vibrations. Volume provides separate settings for Alarms, Feedback Sounds, and Ringtones. The last submenu here, Voice Output, provided some pretty serious customization to the speech settings on the phone. Speech rate contains five settings, including a slower than normal setting and several that were incrementally faster than normal. Seven voices are available in the Voice Variant menu: four female voices and three male voices. For users wanting further voice customization, the menu option called Level of Intonation provides modifications to the voices that include: Robotic, Neutral, Natural, and Theatrical. There is a noticeable amount of difference between these intonations and the Theatrical setting sounds more like a conversational voice.

Like Sounds, the Display settings offer features other basic phones may not have at all. Six brightness settings enable the ability to reduce glare from the screen or really brighten it up. The Color Schemes menu provides four high-contrast choices: white on black, black on white, white on blue, and black on yellow. Only two text sizes are available, Normal and Huge. With Huge selected, only three lines of text appear on the screen, and words longer than six characters wrapped to another line. For many low vision users, these settings will enable them to leave the pocket magnifier in their pocket while using the phone.

The last submenu under Settings is About Phone. While this provides some information about the software and product information, it lacks the onboard user manual found in the BlindShell Classic. Granted, the Lite version has fewer features, most of which can be quickly understood by dubbing around the various menus, for many users it would be a welcome addition. Many users choosing such a basic phone may also not be experienced computer users or have access to the BlindShell Lite User Guide from their website.

Although the BlindShell Lite is a basic phone with a tactile dialing pad, it has some terrific accessibility features that are on when the phone powers up and that are very customizable. The keys and tactile dialing pad are large, well-spaced, and have large, high-contrast print. Although the phone offers 4Gs of memory, an audio record feature, something you'll find on many other basic phones, is not offered on the BlindShell Lite. It would also be great to have the option of dictation included for Notes, Contacts, and to place a call.

The BlindShell Lite is $249 and is available online from the BlindShell E-Shop, or partners: A T Guys, The Low Vision Shop, or LS&S in the U.S. The BlindShell Lite ships with a USB charging cable and charging AC adapter, a set of earbuds, and a printed Quick Start Guide. In addition to the User Guide mentioned earlier, several tutorials are available from the BlindShell YouTube Channel. To take a closer look at a BlindShell model with more features, be sure to check out the AccessWorld review of the BlindShell Classic.

MiniVision2+ is an easy-to-use cell phone that allows persons who have vision loss to remain independent. Features such as large and tactile buttons, a voice guide to transform the phone into a talking companion, the ability to control much of the phone by voice, the ability to adjust font size and color scheme, make this phone the perfect cell phone for users who are blind or visually impaired. The phone also has useful features, such as voice memos, notes and money identifier.

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