The Keynote Companions had the ability to dial phone numbers in the address
book. It also had terminal software called Keyterm. I can't understand why
these features couldn't be added to the BN/VN.
Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX,
California
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 2:00 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] Phone Dialer on VNQT
OK Now my VNQT will dial the phone for me. I'm a happy person. I just had
to do it to see if it was possible and it is and works very easily and
it's kind of nice to know I can still take up a challenge and do something
about it for myself.
What I did was a simple google search for a touch tone sound generator. I
took the first one which happened to be a java script that could be
better, but which comes with its source code. I had to use it nose on
screen with magnifier, so will look for a better one that will work with
numpad entry, but this worked as an initial test.
OK I entered the digits for the phone number I wanted while recording
"What You Hear" from the computer. This made an mp3 file of the dialing of
the phone number. I then just named it the person whose number it was and
saved it to my storage cf disk for the voicenote. then with just a
fuction-M and a couple clicks to the file name and I could hold the phone
next to the speaker and dial the number. And it worked just fine.
The file was saved as a phone mono quality file so it takes up very little
space.
If there are others on the list who would want to use this method, I'll
work harder to make it more accessible and simpler to do so. If I"m just
doing it for myself, I can do it as I am presently.
This is important for me because with my short term memory loss I cannot
hear a number or read it and remember long enough to dial. And with my
loss of sensation in my fingertips, I often misdial, an it's quite awkward
to go number by number from a file entering it into the phone as I go and
not get messed up. For others this may seem totally unnecessary.
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