Re: for folks who have trouble dialing an iPhone or using a phone response system

[Malcolm Parfitt]

Hello, In another post Richard and his wife kindly gave us the following details of the keyboard. Thanks to my wife, here is the description of the Macally wired numpad, with the 5 foot USBC cable, which is also available as a bluetooth numpad.  The bluetooth model takes 1 triple A battery, included, lasts approx. 400 hours of nonstop use and has an automatic sleep mode. Works with all Apple computers and iPhones/iPads.   Top row, from left to right are the arrow keys: up, down, left, right Second row: Backspace, Equal, Slash, Star Third row 7, 8 , 9, minus Fourth row: 4, 5, 6, plus Fifth row: 1, 2, 3, enter key which is twice as tall as other keys. Sixth row: 0 key which is the width of the 1 and 2 keys, the period is below the 3 key, then the bototm of the enter key.   Demensions: 7.2 inches long, 4.5 inches wide, 1.38 inches high. As a reminder, you can do a four finger double tap to start VoiceOver’s help and press the various keys on a keyboard to find out what they do.  A four finger double tap stops VoiceOver help as does a scrub action and ESC on a keyboard.Malcolm Parfitt On 22 Feb 2026, at 21:20, donmoor...@gmail.com wrote:  When you get it, give me a call with the keyboard layout. I haven’t figured it out, but it seems like it’ll be a winner.   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of carlarae5...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 12:16 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: for folks who have trouble dialing an iPhone or using a phone response system   I just ordered one which will be here today.  From reading the description, it does seem to have a pound key and a star key.   Carla     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Duane Steele Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2026 8:51 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Cc: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: for folks who have trouble dialing an iPhone or using a phone response system   It's good to know that you have tried this out. But I still have one question: the device doesn't seem to have a "pound" key. So when entering numbers that require the "pound" sign after the number, what do you have to do? Just wondering, and considering purchase for some of my friends who have difficulty using their iPhones. Thanks for sharing.         On Feb 22, 2026, at 11:43 AM, Frank Ventura <frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com> wrote:  As I said before. I have only tried this in the phone app to dial numbers and enter digits on phone response systems and it works. I have not tried it in Zoom or any other app besides the phone app. I have tried this on my 17 Pro and my wife’s 15 pro and they both work. If I can find an adaptor in my junk drawer I will try it on my iPhone SE.  Frank   On Feb 22, 2026, at 10:15 AM, Duane Steele <duanestee...@gmail.com> wrote:   Has anyone on the list actually tried one of these keypads with an iPhone? The description indicates that this is intended for a laptop. I can see no online info that would suggest that this would work for an iPhone.     +Peace & Blessings,  Duane  Phone (276) 730-5194   On Feb 21, 2026, at 6:08 PM, donmoor...@gmail.com wrote:  Here ya go. USB C Wired Number Pad for Mac - 10 Key USB Keypad, Type C Numeric pad, Number Keypad for Keyboard and Number Pad for Laptop, MacBook Pro/Air, iMac, and PC - 5ft Cable Numpad - Space Grey Keypads       From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Frank Ventura Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2026 5:47 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: for folks who have trouble dialing an iPhone or using a phone response system   The company is called Macally and the product description is USB C Wired Number Pad for Mac -  Key USB Keypad, Type C Numeric      On Feb 21, 2026, at 5:23 PM, Malcolm Parfitt <malc...@parfitt1.org.uk> wrote:   Thanks for this, it would be useful if you give the name of the product rather than just a link, as some of us live outside the US and it would help us locate the product. Malcolm Parfitt   On 21 Feb 2026, at 21:19, Frank Ventura <frank.vent...@littlebreezes.com> wrote:  I have heard from many that some of our consumers have problems dialing an iPhone with the touch screen and using phone response systems that require pressing a number on the keypad or typing in input through the telephone keypad I have found one possible solution. Here is a tactile numeric keypad that can plug directly into the USB port on an iPhone 15 or later. Earlier models would require an adaptor. To us it the consumer can open the phone app and then use the physical buttons on the external keypad to type the number and press the ENTER key to dial it. Once on a call they can use the physical buttons on this external keypad to type in input. That is good for times when complicated input is needed like typing in a credit card number. 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