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BlindShell Classic user guide
BlindShell Classic is a button phone for blind and visually impaired people. The
phone is operated via the physical keypad or by voice commands. Feedback is
provided by the built-in synthetic voice, vibrations and additional acoustic signals.
Important notice: If you let your phone's battery discharge completely, it may
appear that the phone is not able to charge at all. In such case leave the phone on
the charger for several hours. Afterwards the phone should start charging again.
Leaving a discharged battery in the phone for longer period of time might lead to
damaging the battery. Such case is not covered by the phone's warranty. We
recommend you to remove the battery from the device when you are not using it for
more than a week.

Getting started

Package contents

• BlindShell Classic phone
• Battery - is the flat rectangular object. it has a notch on its bottom edge.
• Earphones - on one side of the earphones there is a jack connector, the other
side has two earbuds.
• USB charger - Standard EU USB charger, input 110V~240V, 50Hz, output 5V.
• USB cable - a micro USB cable, with standard male USB A on one side.

Phone description

Front side of the phone
Upper part of the front side of the phone is occupied by the LCD screen, this is the
Smooth area of the phone. The notch right above the LCD screen is an earpiece.
Bellow the LCD screen is the alphanumeric keypad with the control buttons.
• LCD screen - displays information.
• Keypad - controls the phone, also used for inputting text.
• Earpiece - used as a speaker during a phonecall.
Rear side of the phone
All the features on the rear side of the phone are located in the upper part. Going
from the left to right there is a camera and a LED flashlight. Next to it, in the middle
is the SOS emergency button. On the right-most side is the phone's speaker.
• Camera - used in the color recognition and object tagging applications
• LED flashlight - assissts the camera in low light settings.
• SOS emergency button - used in emergency situations to call a previously
assigned emerggency contact.
• Speaker - used for voice and audio output.
Edgess of the phone
On the top edge there is a USB port and audio jack connector. On the bottom edge

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  • Page 1: Getting Started

    BlindShell Classic user guide BlindShell Classic is a button phone for blind and visually impaired people. The phone is operated via the physical keypad or by voice commands. Feedback is provided by the built-in synthetic voice, vibrations and additional acoustic signals.

  • Page 2: Taking Off The Back Cover

    there is a microphone. In the right bottom corner there is an opening slit. • Audio jack - earphones connector. • USB connector - used for charging the phone and connectiong the phone to a computer. • Microphone - used as voice input during a phonecall, voice control, voice dictation, and taking voice memos.

  • Page 3: Operating The Phone

    Inserting an SD card SD card slot is located above the right-hand side SIM card slot. To insert an SD card, you need to open the cover of the slot first. Push the metal cover of the SD card slot to the right, until you hear a click.

  • Page 4: Function Buttons

    Function buttons Two function buttons are located below the volume buttons. Left function button - confirm button • The left function button, called a confirm button, is used for confirming actions, selecting menu items, and accepting calls. You can think of this button as OK/Send/Confirm.

  • Page 5: Numeric Keypad

    tell you the current time. Numeric keypad Layout of the numeric keypad is identical to layouts which were used in older button phones. There are four rows of three buttons each. First row contains buttons one, two, and three. Second row contains buttons four, five, and six. Third row contains buttons seven, eight, and nine.

  • Page 6: Voice Control

    If no contact is assigned to the SOS emergency button, then long pressing the button will bring up a menu for assigning a contact to it. BlindShell Functions This section of the user guide describes each item in the menu and its function.
  • Page 7 Dial contact Selecting the dial contact menu item will produce a list of contacts. Move in the list of contacts until you find the contact you want to call. Alternatively you can use the find function to locate the contact faster (this is especially useful for contact lists containing a lot of entries).
  • Page 8 contact you want to send message to, select it by the confirm button. Write the text of the message and send it by pressing the confirm button. Write SMS to number Selecting the write SMS to number will open a menu with three items. The first one being number, the second one text, and the last one send message.
  • Page 9 Contacts The contacts menu item allows you to access, edit, and add contacts. You can back-up contacts to, and import contacts from a .VCF file. You can also assign a quick dial contacts. Contacts list Contact list contains all your contacts from the phone's memory and your SIM card. You can move in the list of contacts using the left and right buttons, use the find menu item, or jump to contacts by using the keypad and typing letters.

  • Page 10: More Applications

    You can either remove it, or change it to another contact or phone number. Backing up and importing contacts BlindShell allows you to backup contacts into and import contacts from a .VCF file. Importing contacts • The filename of the file, from which the contacts will be imported has to be Contacts.vcf.
  • Page 11 Tools The tools menu item follows these applications: • Alarm • Minute timer • Calendar • Notes • Voice recorder • Calculator • Weather Alarm The alarm feature, allows you to utilize multiple alarms at once. For each of those alarms you can set time, and days of a week on which the alarm should go off.
  • Page 12 Activating, pausing, and canceling the countdown • To activate the timer select the timer and activate menu item afterwards. Timer will start counting down. • While the timer is counting down, you can either pause it (the timer will freeze on its current time) or cancel it (the timer will reset to its initial time). •...
  • Page 13 Email You need to have an e-mail account created prior to using the BlindShell e-mail client. The BlindShell e-mail account is capable of managing one e-mail account at a...
  • Page 14 Logging in to an e-mail account. During the first start of the email application you need to log into your e-mail account. To do so, select the new account menu item. Enter your email address, SMTP server address, IMAP server address, and your password. You can find information about the SMTP and IMAP server addresses on the website of your e- mail provider.
  • Page 15 • Music player • Book reader • Internet radio • FM radio Music player To make use of the music player you first need to copy audio files to a Music folder of the phone, either to the internal memory of the phone or onto an SD card. To do so, connect your phone via USB cable to a computer, on which your music files are stored.
  • Page 16 To make use of the book reader you first need to copy the book files to a BlindShell/Books folder of the phone, either to the internal memory of the phone or onto an SD card. Book reader can play audio files and read text (.txt) files. Every file in the first level of Book folder is recognized as a single book.
  • Page 17 Playback context menu - text file specific Speech rate - changes the book readers rate of the speech. Speech language - changes the language in which the book is read. Internet radio Internet radio allows you to listen to radio stations via Internet. You can choose country of origin for the radio station, or search radio stations by genre.
  • Page 18 For this function you will need coded tags that can be purchased separately from your BlindShell distributor. The tags are squares stickers about one and half centimeter by one one and half centimeter.
  • Page 19 possible, avoid sticking the tag on rough or curved parts of objects. • Open the tagging application and select the "add tag" option. Periodic tapping starts, informing you that the detection is running. • Point the camera of your phone towards the tag on your object. The recommended distance is around 20 to 30 centimeters or inches.
  • Page 20 Voice output This menu item allows you to set the speech rate of the phone's voice and the level of intonation. You can try various speech rates to find out which fits you the best. You can also turn the information about time and date, which is announced after unlocking your phone, on or off.
  • Page 21 Repeating during writing characters During writing a text you can choose following options of repetition of the input text. • Repeat word after you write a space - Repeats the last written word after you input a space or a punctuation mark. •...
  • Page 22 (case-sensitive). • Every time an attempt to connect to an encrypted network is made from the BlindShell menu, BlindShell will check for presence and correct format of this file. • If the file is found and is valid, the phone will check, whether the first line, with the network name, matches the selected network name.
  • Page 23 Some devices may turn themselves off after a period of inactivity. • There is a vast number of Bluetooth devices on the market. BlindShell cannot guarantee compatibility with every device available. Your BlindShell vendor might be able to give you an advice or offer you a tested model.
  • Page 24 BlindShell update Important notice: In order to update your phone, you have to be connected to the Internet via WiFi. Updates for the BlindShell phone are released for two reasons: • Enhancing current features and fixing bugs • Bringing new features When a new update is available for download you will receive a notification message.
  • Page 25 The service menu is not a part of the BlindShell system and you will not be able to receive calls or operate your phone in a standard way in this mode.

  • Page 26: Technical Specification

    Information about state The information about state can alternatively be brought up from anywhere, except when inputting text, by pressing the up button. It contains following items: • Time and date - displays current time and date information. Pressing the confirm button will take you to the calendar application.
  • Page 27 This product is CE marked and fully complies with all applicable EU legislation. At the end of the product’s life you can return it to the supplier or manufacturer for free of charge disposal. This is to comply with ‘The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive’...

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