Phone Calls

Introduction

Calling using Voice

• Say, Call James Bond, to call a contact
• Say, Call 07123 456 789, to call a phone number.
• While you are in a call, you can press the talk button to turn speaker mode on or off, or press and hold the talk button and after about 3 seconds you will hear a list three options which will be read out to you sequentially. The options are as follows, toggle touch screen, which allows you to access the number pad, toggle microphone or toggle speaker mode. When you heat the option you want release the talk button to select it. To hang up the call press the power button.

It is important to note that you will need to have wifi or data connection to make calls using your voice. However if you are in an area without wifi or data, you can use the touch screen menu to make calls.

Calling using the Touchscreen

• Draw a capital L on the screen with your finger to bring up the main menu. Starting at the top left drag your finger down the screen and then across to the right, this will bring up the touchscreen menu. If it does not work the first time, give it another try, until Pocket tells you that it is displaying the menu. Additionally if you have not used Pocket in a while you may need to first press the talk button to wake Pocket up before opening the touchscreen menu.
• To use the menu, slide your finger up and down the screen, listening to all the options available. When you hear the one you want, lift your finger off to select it.
• The first option is Call Contact. This brings up a list of your contacts.
• The second option is Call Number. This brings up a traditional phone keyboard.

Answering Calls

• To answer a call, press the Talk button.
• To hang up, press the power button.

Redialing Calls

Pocket will remember the phone number you have most recently dialed, if you want to ring this number again you can say redial or last number redial.
If the number you are going to dial is not already a contact, Pocket will ask you if you want to call this person, or add them as a contact.

You can also get a list of your recent outgoing calls by saying Recent outgoing calls. You will be able to select any of your recent calls, and either, call that number again, or, if the number is not in your contacts, create a contact for that number.

Returning Calls

Pocket logs the calls you make and receive, so you can easily return calls.

• To get the list of previous calls, say Recent incoming calls or Recent outgoing calls.
• To return a recent call, say Recent incoming calls. Pocket will then tell you who has called, if they are saved in your contacts list. Otherwise Pocket will simply list the numbers that have called. You can choose from the list by saying, Number 1 or number 2 not the name and their phone will ring.
• Alternatively if you want to return your most recent incoming call, you can say Return call.
• In either of these examples, if a caller is not already a contact, Pocket will ask you if you want to call this person or add them as a contact.

Making assistance calls

You can use Pocket to make assistance calls. Assistance calls can be made in the event of an emergency. Making an assistance call will cause Pocket to alert contacts, which you have nominated as assistance contacts that you are in need of assistance, via a text. Pocket will additionally call the first assistance contact in your contact list. To make an assistance call, say make assistance call.

To make an assistance contact, you will have to create a contact, or rename an exisiting one, to have the word assistance before the persons name. For example, you could create a contact called Assistance Andrew with Andrews contact details. Alternatively if you already have a contact for a person, you can rename the contact to have the prefix assistance.

Extending ring-time

If you find that your device is not ringing for long enough, and that you are missing calls as a result, you can extend the time it will ring for by saying Extend ring.