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Quick guide


General navigation

To go to the PhoneAnything Voice Portal home page

Press "#" (hash) at any time

To return to the previous page

Press "*" (star) at any time

To enter a web site or WAP site address

Go to the PhoneAnything Voice Portal home page. Say "website" or "WAP site" or press "50"

To bookmark a page

Web: Press "0", then press "5"
WAP: Say "Bookmark" while browsing the page

To access bookmarks

Go to the PhoneAnything Voice Portal home page. Say "Bookmarks" or press "11"



Web and WAP sites

To access web sites or WAP sites within particular information areas

Go to the PhoneAnything voice portal home page. Say the name of the section or type the appropriate section code on your telephone keypad:

Business - press 12
Film - press 13
Food - press 14
Holidays - press 16
Horoscopes - press 17
Leisure - press 18
Local info - press 19
News - press 20
Restaurants - press 21
Search - press 22
Shopping - press 23
Sport - press 24
Television - press 25
Travel - press 26
Weather - press 27



Web page navigation

To access a menu of commands and general help information

Press "0" while navigating a web page

To navigate through the text items on a page

Press "1" once to navigate back through the text items on the page
Press "2" to pause or continue playback of the text items on the page
Press "3" once to navigate forward through the text items on the page

Press "1" twice to rewind through the text items on the page
Press "3" twice to fast-forward through the text items on the page
Press any key from "1" to "9" to stop rewinding or fast-forwarding through text items

To navigate through the links or form buttons on a page

Press "4" to navigate back through the links on the page
Press "5" to select a link, click on a form button or modify a form item
Press "6" to navigate to the next link on the page
Press "7" twice to navigate to the main set of links on the page

To navigate to specific positions within a page

Press "7" to navigate to the beginning of the page
Press "8" once to navigate to the main text item on the page
Press "8" twice to navigate to the largest text item on the page
Press "9" to navigate to the end of the page

Completing forms

Press "5" to modify a form item or click on a form button while navigating a page

Text fields can be edited using the telephone keypad (see "Entering text" below)

Radio buttons and checkboxes can be toggled on or off by pressing the "5" key

Popup fields and multiple selection boxes can be modified by pressing "1" to move back and "3" to move forward through the items in the popup or selection box. Then press "5" to select or deselect particular items. Press "#" (hash) to leave a popup field or multiple selection box after it has been modified

Main menu commands

Press "0" while navigating a web page to access the main options menu

Then press "0" to listen to general instructions
Press "1" to increase the speed of the system voice
Press "2" to decrease the speed of the system voice
Press "3" to bookmark the current page
Press "4" to toggle automatic navigation on or off
Press "5" to go to a specific link
Press "6" to add or remove the pause between links



E-mail

To access your PhoneAnything e-mail account

Go to the PhoneAnything Voice Portal home page. Say "E-mail" or press "10"

From the PhoneAnything messaging menu

Press "1" to read your messages
Press "2" to write a new message
Press "3" to access your personal address book
Press "4" to enter an e-mail address for e-mail notification

From the PhoneAnything personal address book menu

Press "1" to review your address book
Press "2" to add a new address
Press "3" to toggle automatic e-mail address extraction on or off



Internet radio

To access the general radio index

Go to the PhoneAnything voice portal home page. Say "Radio" or press "15"

To disconnect a radio station

Press any key from "1" to "9" while the radio station is playing

To access category-specific radio stations

Go to the general radio index. Say "Information areas" or press "9"



Entering text

Enter each character separately using the character codes listed below:

A

 

2#

  

N

 

66#

  

0

 

00#

  

.

 

1#

B

 

22#

  

O

 

666#

  

1

 

10#

  

/

 

11#

C

 

222#

  

P

 

7#

  

2

 

20#

  

SPACE

 

111#

D

 

3#

  

Q

 

77#

  

3

 

30#

  

@

 

1111#

E

 

33#

  

R

 

777#

  

4

 

40#

  

-

 

1112#

F

 

333#

  

S

 

7777#

  

5

 

50#

  

_

 

1113#

G

 

4#

  

T

 

8#

  

6

 

60#

  


 


H

 

44#

  

U

 

88#

  

7

 

70#

  


 


I

 

444#

  

V

 

888#

  

8

 

80#

  


 


J

 

5#

  

W

 

9#

  

9

 

90#

  


 


K

 

55#

  

X

 

99#

  


 


  


 


L

 

555#

  

Y

 

999#

  


 


  


 


M

 

6#

  

Z

 

9999#

  


 


  


 


Press * (star) to delete the last character entered




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