Setting up WiFi

Introduction

Connect to a WiFi network using your voice

If you are on a mobile plan, or if you are already connected to WiFi, you can configure a new WiFi network by saying, Configure WiFi, or, Configure wireless. Then carry out the steps of selecting the network and entering the password as described in the other sections of this article.

Connect to a WiFi network using the touchscreen menu

You can use the screen on the front of the device to connect to WiFi. It will read out the information on the screen as you run your finger across it, and in this way you can select a network, and type a password if required. To do this open the touchscreen menu by drawing a large L on your screen, select Settings, then select configure WiFi and follow the instructions provided by the device.

Connect to a WiFi network using the device buttons

If you are not connected to any mobile or WiFi network, then you will need to enter WiFi configuration manually:

• First, press and hold the talk button down for approximately 10 seconds, ignore the sound that you hear in the first couple of seconds, and continue to hold the talk button.
• After about 10 seconds, Pocket will say, Now press the volume up button within 5 seconds to enter WiFi configuration.
• Press the volume up button to enter wifi configuration.

Next the device will announce that there is a list of available WiFi networks on the screen.

• Place your finger on the screen, near the top left, and slowly move your finger down the screen. It will read out the name of the WiFi networks as your finger passes down the list.
• There will usually be a single column listed down the screen, however, if there are lots of networks near you, there may be two, or even three columns listed.
• Move your finger up and down the list, and side to side if necessary, as many times as you like until you find the network that you are looking for.
• When you hear the name of the network that you wish to join, lift your finger off the screen.
• If the network you have selected is not password protected, the device will now connect to the network you selected.

Entering Passwords

If the network you have selected is password protected, then another screen will appear. On this screen is a grid of lower case letters near the top, symbols in the middle, and upper case letters near the bottom.

• Place your finger near the top left corner of the screen, and slowly move your finger across the screen. Pocket will read out the letters and symbols as your finger passes them on the grid.
• You can move your finger around the grid as many times as you like until you hear the letter or symbol that you want.
• When you hear the letter or symbol, lift your finger to select it, and in this way you will spell out the password.
• If at any point you want to check what you have typed, you can press the read button, which is located near the top of your screen. When you press this buttom Pocket will read back to you what you have typed.

Near the bottom of the screen there are a few other buttons:

• Near the bottom left corner of the screen there is a Cancel button
• Near the bottom of the screen in the centre there is a QWERTY button. This button allows you to switch the the more standard Q W E R T Y keyboard format. If you select this button, you screen will change to a lowercase QWERTY keyboard, which is displayed landscape on your device. You can use this keyboard layout in the same way as normal by slowly moving your finger around the screen, and lifting your finger off the screen to select the option you want.
• Near the bottom of the screen on the right is a Done button, select this button when you are ready to submit the password you have entered.
• Just above the cancel button is the delete button, which can remove the last character you entered
• To the right of the cancel button are the move left and move right buttons. These buttons allow you to move left or right by a character in the text you have typed. After selecting one of the move buttons, the device will tell you what character it is now selecting, you can then press the delete button to delete this character, or choose another character to insert it to the left of the selected one.

When you have entered the password, select the Done button to join the network. If the password is correct, then Pocket will connect to the network you have selected.

Connecting to Networks Pocket has already Connected to

Once Pocket has successfully connected to a WiFi network, it will remember it, and automatically reconnect to that network whenever it is within range. It can remember many networks, so you can configure one at home, one at work, one at your favourite cafe, and more.

Note that Pocket cannot connect to WiFi networks that require you to enter a password into a web page, such as many restaurants and other commercial establishments are currently using. If you connect to one of these, and Pocket is not responding, you should forget this network to prevent connection to it in future. How to do this is described in the Forget section of this article.

To Forget a WiFI Network

To forget a WiFi network, and stop Pocket connecting to it in future, you will first need to enter WiFi configuration. To do this you can either, say configure WiFi, or, hold the talk button for 10 seconds to enter WiFi configuration, or use the touchscreen menu and navigate to settings and then to configure wifi. Once you have done this Pocket will display a list of WiFi networks on the touchscreen, at the bottom of the list is a Forget button. Slowly slide your finger down the screen until you hear Forget a network and lift your finger to select this option. Pocket will then display a list of networks which you can forget, slowly slide your finger around the touchscreen until you hear the network that you wish to forget and lift your finger to select it.

Pocket will then confirm that it has forgotten the network you selected and will bring you back to the WiFi configuration window.

When you have finished configuring the WiFi network, tap the talk button to resume normal operations.

Disabling WiFi

You can disable Wifi by saying disable Wifi then re-enable it by using the touch screen menu to configure Wifi.