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Summary of Contents for BlindShell Classic 2
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Contents BlindShell Classic 2 User Guide Getting started Package contents Phone description Taking off the back cover Inserting SIM card, SD memory card, and battery Charging Turning the phone on Controlling the phone Volume Navigation Action buttons Numeric keypad Text input... - Page 3 Regulatory information Legal information...
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Page 4: Blindshell Classic 2 User Guide
1 BlindShell Classic 2 User Guide BlindShell Classic 2 is a button phone for blind and visually impaired people. The phone is controlled via the physical keypad or by voice commands. Feedback is provided by the built-in synthetic voice, vibrations, and additional acoustic signals. -
Page 5: Getting Started
2 Getting started 2.1 Package contents • BlindShell Classic 2 phone. • Battery - a flat rectangular object. • Earphones - on one end of the earphones, there is a 3.5MM connector (jack), the other end has two earbuds. • USB wall charger - standard USB charger, input 100V~240V AC, 50/60Hz, output 4.7V-5.3V DC 0-2A. -
Page 6: Taking Off The
• Camera - highlighted by a tactile edge. Used for image taking in phone applications. • Camera LED flashlight - the round-shaped notch next to the camera. It assists the camera in low-light settings. • SOS button - the round-shaped button under the camera. Used in emergencies to call an assigned emergency contact. -
Page 7: Charging
To insert a SIM card, place it in a way that card contacts are facing downwards, and its beveled edge is its upper left corner. Then slide the card into the slot. Removing a SIM card To remove a SIM card from a slot, place a tip of your finger on the edge of the SIM card, push down on it and slide your finger with the SIM card out of the SIM card slot. -
Page 8: Turning The Phone On
2.6 Turning the phone on To turn on the phone, long press the back button. The phone will play a start-up melody after a while. The phone is ready when it starts speaking. Registration to the mobile network may take up to a minute after the phone turns on. -
Page 9: Controlling The Phone
3 Controlling the phone 3.1 Volume Volume buttons are on the left side edge of the phone. The volume up button increases the current volume of voice or audio output. The volume down button decreases it. 3.2 Navigation Navigation buttons are in the upper part of the keypad. Their usage is to navigate through phone menus and item lists. -
Page 10: Action Buttons
• Press to move to the next item in a menu. • While writing a message or other text input, press to move to the next character. • While being on the main screen, press to open the main menu. Up button The up button is the line-shaped button placed in the middle in the first row of buttons. -
Page 11: Numeric Keypad
Right action button The right action button is the dot-shaped button placed on the right in the first row of keypad buttons. Press to repeat the last utterance. Long press to spell the last utterance. Side action button The side action button is the oblong button on the right side edge of the phone. The following actions can be performed: •... -
Page 12: Voice Control
contains a group of characters. You can cycle through the group of characters by pressing the respective button multiple times. For example button two contains characters A, B, C, and number 2. To enter the letter B – press the button twice. To enter the number 2 – press the button four times or long press the button. -
Page 13: Sos Button
If no contact is assigned to the SOS button, then the long press of the button opens a menu for assigning an emergency contact. 3.8 File transfer from PC to BlindShell Windows machines The phone should be recognized as an external device. Afterward, files can be copied via any file explorer application from the computer to the phone. -
Page 14: Blindshell Functions
4 BlindShell functions 4.1 Main screen The main screen is a starting point when using the phone. It provides the current time information and brief information about the number of missed notifications such as unread messages, missed calls, etc., if there are any. The following actions can be done from the main screen: •... - Page 15 of contacts, type the letter on the keypad to move to the contacts starting with that letter. Dial number The Dial number menu item opens a place where you can input numbers. Type the phone number and press the confirm button to initiate the call. Call history The Call history menu item contains a list of all incoming and outgoing calls and their details.
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Page 16: Messages
Stop recording call. The recorded phone call is saved in the BlindShell/recordings folder and can be found in the Records list of the Voice recorder application. Turn on speakerphone during a phone call To turn on the speakerphone during a phone call, press the confirm button during an active phone call. - Page 17 • Number - enter the recipient’s phone number. • Text - enter the text of the message. • Send message - select to send the message. Write SMS to multiple recipients The Write SMS to multiple recipients menu item opens a form menu with the following items: •...
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Page 18: Contacts
Messaging settings The Messaging settings menu item opens the menu to set notifying about message delivery or to turn on and off sending messages with diacritics. 4.4 Contacts The Contacts menu item allows browsing contacts, adding new ones, or editing existing contacts. - Page 19 phone number, work phone number, another phone number, e-mail address, and postal address. Select the Save contact menu item to save the contact. Single button dialing The Single button dialing allows setting quick-dial contact for each number on the keypad. The quick dial is used for quick dialing of up to 10 selected contacts. To assign a quick dial contact to a number, move through the list of numbers (0-9) and press the confirm button on the chosen number.
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Page 20: Applications
• Sort contacts - changes contact sorting, the contacts list can be ordered alphabet ically by given name or by surname. • Display order - changes the order of reading the contact items. Either a given name or a surname can be announced first. •... - Page 21 • To perform the operation, press the confirm button. • To choose a mathematical operator, press the asterisk button. • To input the decimal point, press the hash button. Calendar The Calendar application allows creating and tracking the agenda. Adding new event To add a new event, select Add new event menu item.
- Page 22 Public holidays To show public holidays on agenda, select the Settings menu item and set public holiday visibility to visible. To use this function, an internet connection is required to download the list of public holidays. Flashlight The Flashlight application turns on the camera’s LED light. Minute timer The Minute timer is a basic countdown that plays a notification melody after a specified amount of time.
- Page 23 • To start the stopwatch, press the confirm button to open the menu and select start stopwatch. • To stop the stopwatch, press the confirm button while the stopwatch is running. • To resume the stopwatch, press the confirm button to open the menu and select resume stopwatch.
- Page 24 Log in to an e-mail account To log in to an e-mail account, enter e-mail address, SMTP server address, IMAP server address, password, and select Save. Information about the SMTP and IMAP server addresses can be found on the website of the e-mail provider. Important notice: In some cases, you need to explicitly allow third-party applications to remotely access your e-mail, or you have to enable IMAP access for your e-mail account.
- Page 25 Media Camera The Camera allows capturing images using the integrated camera of the phone. • A periodic clicking sound indicates that the camera is opened and ready to take a picture. • To take a picture, point the camera towards the object or scene and press the confirm button.
- Page 26 • Share image by e-mail - opens a new e-mail with an image added as an attachment. • Share image by text message - The image will be encrypted and uploaded to BlindShell servers. The recipient will receive a text message with a link to this image. This function requires an internet connection.
- Page 27 • We access YouTube in anonymous mode. BlindShell does not require or support user login. YouTube Premium content or age-restricted content is not available. • The lists of your favorite videos, history, or channels stored in your BlindShell are not synchronized to other devices or your YouTube account.
- Page 28 To list a book in the Book reader, download a book in the Library application or copy the book files to a BlindShell/Books directory of the phone’s internal storage or SD memory card. The folder or file in this directory is recognized as a single book in the Book reader.
- Page 29 Library The Library contains a list of online library services which allow downloading books readable in the Book reader. Some libraries may require login with an existing account. • To browse available books, select the library service from the list. •...
- Page 30 Mau-mau The Mau-mau is a simple card game you can play against the phone. Gameplay This game uses a deck of 32 cards, either German suit (values seven to ten, Unter, Ober, King, and Ace) or French suit with only values seven to ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.
- Page 31 Beepers Beepers help to find personal objects such as keys, bags, wallets, apparel, etc. Simply place the beeper on the object and use the BlindShell phone to ring the beeper in case of need. This function requires the beeper device. The beeper can be purchased separately from your BlindShell distributor.
- Page 32 Simply place the NFC tag sticker on the object and scan it with the phone. This function requires NFC tag stickers which are included in the phone’s package. Stickers can be also purchased separately from your BlindShell distributor.
- Page 33 Tag an object • To tag an object, place the NFC tag sticker on the desired object. • Select the Add tag menu item and bring the tag close to the back of the phone. Then type or record object description. Read object tag To read a tag, select the Read tags menu item and touch the tag to the back of the phone.
- Page 34 • Clean up Browser files - deletes the cache and temporary browser files. BlindShell App Catalog BlindShell App Catalog allows downloading and installing new applications to the phone, managing installed applications, and checking for their updates. The applica tions are represented as packages. The package may contain a set of multiple related apps or only one app can be included in the package.
- Page 35 • Select All categories menu item to browse packages regardless of the category or select a specific category to browse. • To download and install the desired package, select the package and then select the Install package menu item. • To get more information about the package, select the package and then select the Information about package menu item.
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Page 36: Settings
4.6 Settings Sounds Profiles The Profiles menu item allows setting the sound profile used for incoming calls, mes sages, and other notifications. To quickly access these settings, long press the hash button. The following profiles are available: • Ringtone and vibrations. •... - Page 37 • Incoming call caller announcement - when set, caller name is announced automat ically during incoming call. Otherwise, press the right action button to announce the caller’s name. • Locked keyboard announcement - when set, the phone announces that it is locked when any key is pressed multiple times when the phone is locked.
- Page 38 Reading during deleting characters The Reading during deleting characters menu item allows setting what is announced while deleting characters in a text input. The following options are available: • Read the last remaining character after deletion. • Read deleted character. Repeating during writing characters The Repeating during writing characters menu item allows setting the repeating of written text during text input.
- Page 39 Color scheme The Color scheme menu item allows selecting different color schemes of the phone’s environment. The first color denotes the text color, the second is the background color. The following options are available: • White on black. • Black on white. •...
- Page 40 • Some devices may require entering a verification code. In this case, enter a code provided by the BlindShell phone to the external Bluetooth device. • To unpair a device, select the device in the Paired devices list and select Unpair device.
- Page 41 • Before you can connect a paired device, you usually need to turn it on by a switch on the device. Some devices may turn themselves off after a period of inactivity. • There are 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 advice or offer you a tested model.
- Page 42 The Language menu item allows changing the default language of the phone. BlindShell update The BlindShell update menu item allows updating the phone’s software. The updates bring new features, enhance current features, and fix bugs. A new update is announced via notification.
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Page 43: Manual
The service menu is not a part of the BlindShell system and receiving calls and other standard phone functions are not available. To leave the Service menu, select the Restart phone menu item. -
Page 44: Missed Notifications And Information About Phone Status
4.9 Missed notifications and information about phone status To show status information about the phone, press the left action button. This action is available anytime while using the phone. The list contains the following information: • Notifications - select to list missed notifications. •... -
Page 45: Technical Specification
5 Technical specification 5.1 Connectivity • GSM (2G): 850/900/1800/1900 MHz • WCDMA (3G): B1/B2/B4/B5/B8 • FDD-LTE (4G): B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B20/B25/B26/B28/B66/B71 • TDD-LTE (4G): B38/B40/B41 • VoLTE • Bluetooth: 4.2 • WiFi: 2.4 GHz + 5 GHz (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) • GNSS: GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou •... -
Page 46: Certifications
• Gyroscope • Proximity sensor 5.4 Certifications • CE, FCC, IC, ICASA, ACMA, RoHS, HAC, UN38.3, MSDS, IEC 62133 • HAC: M3/T3... -
Page 47: Regular Use And Safety Information
6 Regular use and safety information Personal use • Do not disassemble the phone. The only removable parts of the phone are the back cover and the battery. No tools are necessary to access the battery compartment. Disassembling the phone will void its warranty. •... - Page 48 • Try to keep the battery between 41°F and 86°F (5°C and 30°C) for optimal per formance. Short exposures to warmer or colder temperatures will not damage the battery, but extended periods of exposure to extreme temperatures will reduce the capacity and lifetime of the battery.
- Page 49 Interference with medical devices • Operation of radio transmitting equipment, including wireless phones, may interfere with inadequately shielded medical devices’ function. Consult a physician or the medical device’s manufacturer to determine if it is adequately shielded from external radio energy. •...
- Page 50 If you have any questions, concerns, or encounter a situation where you need assistance, please contact the distributor from which you have purchased the phone. You may also contact the manufacturer of the phone directly via an email at info@blindshell.com.
- Page 51 7 Regulatory information Regulatory information - United States FCC ID: 2ATXD-BS-02 FCC RF exposure information In August 1986 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States with its action in Report and Outer FCC 96-326 adopted an updated safety standard for human exposure to radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy emitted by FCC regulated transmitters.
- Page 52 Those standards were based on comprehensive and periodic evaluations of the relevant scientific literature. For example, over 120 scientists, engineers, and physicians from universities, government health agencies, and industry reviewed the available body of research to develop the ANSI Standard (C95.1). Nevertheless, we recommend that you use a hands-free kit with your phone (such as an earpiece or headset) to avoid potential exposure to RF energy.
- Page 53 • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help Do not use the device with the environment which below minimum -10℃ or over maximum 50℃, the device may not work.
- Page 54 Directive 2014/53/EU The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: www.blindshell.com/conformity Information on disposal for users of WEEE This symbol on the product and / or accompanying documents means that used elec...
- Page 55 • 5GHz WIFI - 5,2GHz: 17,68dBm; 5,8GHz: 16,03dBm • NFC: 0,000000261mW Regulatory information - South Africa Declaration of conformity This device complies with ICASA standard(s). The full text of the declaration of con formity can be found online at following internet address: www.blindshell.com/con formity...
- Page 56 Regulatory information - Australia & New Zealand Declaration of conformity This device complies with ACMA standard(s). The full text of the declaration of con formity can be found online at following internet address: www.blindshell.com/con formity...
- Page 57 • Failure to respect the information provided in the Safety, Regulatory and Legal Information document. • Damage caused by using an unoriginal battery, or using the BlindShell battery in another device. • Damage resulting from an attempted repair done by unauthorized personnel.
- Page 58 Limits of the manufacturer's liability The warranty described herein sets out the full extent of Matapo’s responsibilities, and the exclusive remedy regarding the product. In no event will Matapo be liable for damages in excess of the purchase price of the product or for, without limitation, commercial loss of any sort;...
- Page 59 30 calendar days from the date of the first consumer purchaser’s purchase of the Product. To opt out, you must send notice by e-mail to info@blindshell.com, with the subject line: “Arbitration Opt Out.” In the opt out email you must include following information: 1.
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How to make calls
You can make calls on the BlindShell Classic 2 using voice control or manual dialing.
1. Using Voice Control: Simply ask the device to make a call by saying the contact's name or number.
2. Using Quick Dial: Press and hold a pre-assigned number to call a saved contact.
3. Manual Dialing: Navigate through the menu using the Down button until you hear “Call, 1 of 7,” then press the Confirm button to dial a number manually.
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