Vocera T1000 User Manual page 116

User Console Features
Other links allow you to:
• Customize announcement settings for your badge.
• Specify call blocking or call forwarding options (which you can also do
• Create Buddies. A buddy is person or group that you can call by a nickname
• Send text messages to other badge users on your Vocera system. The text
• Create, modify, and delete groups. This requires additional permission from
The User Console has online help for each screen, which you can view by
clicking the
available from the Documentation tab on the navigation bar.
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with voice commands
Forwarding Your Calls
when you give a command to the Genie. In addition to the nickname, which
is required to designate someone as a buddy, you can assign a special ring
tone and give the buddy VIP status (which allows your buddies to contact you
even when you block calls or put the badge in Do Not Disturb mode).
You can have buddies who are badge users, and you can have Outside
Buddies whom you can call from your badge. You can also send voice email
to outside buddies from your badge.
message screen looks like this:
Figure 31. Send a Text Message page
the system administrator beyond access to the User Console.
button. Instructions in Adobe Acrobat (.PDF) format are also
—Blocking and Accepting Calls
on page 80).
on page 87 and