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Sending Directory Information Over the 'phone Last updated: 27/10/2008 11:36:54 GMT |
 
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Sending Directory Information Over the 'phone Last updated: 27/10/2008 11:36:54 GMT |
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The use of the directory goes a long way beyond dialling 'phone numbers. It can be used to share them as well, and other information.
The ability to automatically transmit information in your directory over the 'phone is a very powerful feature of WTC, which enables you to easily pass on information to the person you are talking to. This can be anything from a telephone number or an e-mail or website address that you want to give to someone, to your full postal address or postcode that you need to give as part of a security check when talking to your bank, for example. You do not need to store this information in separate paragraphs, as WTC provides commands to send specific text from the current paragraph (the one containing the highlighted line).
Firstly, you can send a 'phone number over the line the same way as you would dial it. While in a call, Braille users should press the context menu key to open the directory. Sighted users can right click with the mouse anywhere on the Braille line, or use the drop down action menu. Beware that using Alt+ENTER to return to the directory is not appropriate for sending information, since it causes the call to hang up. Once you are in the directory, select the required number by highlighting it or its paragraph heading if it is on the first information line in the paragraph and pressing ENTER, or clicking it with the left mouse button. A progress window opens telling you that WTC is sending the information, then the window closes and you are returned to the communications window. The text you sent is appended to the communications file, and so appears on the Braille display (but not in the editing window). You can now continue the call as normal, either say something else or type "ga" to invite the other person to respond to the information.
Note that this scenario makes for simplicity and consistency without causing any conflicts. When you select a telephone number offline, WTC dials out to make the call. But when you are already online in a 'phonecall, dialling the number does not make sense and WTC allows you to use exactly the same procedure to pass it to the person you are talking to instead. Exactly the same method is used to send an e-mail address over the line, web page address or any other text entered into the information box when storing an information entry.
You can send other information from the directory over the line. The options are available on the send menu in the directory by pressing Alt+N. If you use the send menu, note that you should not select the "Current item" option at the top; this option selects the information field of the current line (line with the highlight), but is available to provide alternative functionality to sending when online, just select the item you want to send in the directory itself as above to send it out. The other options on the send menu that are not enclosed in square brackets ("[ ]") may be used to send the indicated information over the 'phone. The options at the bottom of the send menu that are enclosed in square brackets should not be selected, their use is to set the "information mode" and is described elsewhere in the
WintextCom Personal Information Manager(tm) documentation. The complete list of commands to send specific paragraph text is provided in the command summary, and includes --
When information is being sent out, the progress window shows you the first 10 characters of the transmitted text, followed by a counter that initially displays the total number of characters to send and then decreases to 0 as sending proceeds. When the counter reaches 0, there are no more characters left to send and the process window closes, returning you to Communications Mode.
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