RNIB In Your Pocket

HM61

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Contents

Contents

General description

Items supplied with RNIB In Your Pocket

Orientation

Getting started

Using the product

What can I say?

Selecting from a list

Newspapers and Magazines

Books

Podcasts

Location, weather and time

Admin

Configuring Wi-Fi

How to contact RNIB

Terms and conditions of sale

General description

RNIB In Your Pocket is a service which allows you to listen to books from the RNIB Library Talking Book service, Newspapers from RNIB Newsagent and podcasts, on a mobile device that you control with your voice.

RNIB In Your Pocketcombines a Samsung media player handset, a subscription to the RNIB Newsagent, RNIB Talking Books and RealSAM software. RealSAM software guides you through the menus in order to listen to RNIB Library Talking Books, RNIB Newsagent, RNIB and BBC podcasts, or to simply check the weather, time or your current location.

Items supplied with RNIB In Your Pocket

  • Samsung handset with software pre-installed
  • Handset cover and lanyard (already in place on the handset)
  • Charger plug
  • Charger cable
  • Earphones
  • Audio CD instruction disc

Orientation

  • Talk Button - is the button on the front of the device, at the bottom
  • Pause - hold talk button down to pause the output, and hold again to un-pause
  • Volume up/down - is the bar on the left hand side of the device, press the top of the bar for volume up, press the bottom of the bar for volume down
  • Power - is the button on the right hand side of the device

Getting started

Your In Your Pocket may come with some residual charge but it will need charging fully the first time you use it. This will take between 2-3 hours.

Locate the USB to micro-USB cable. Take the small end (micro-USB) and using your fingernail, feel the surface of the surround around the connector. On one side there is a detailed recess, the other side is smooth. Hold the phone so the lanyard is furthest from you and the screen is facing up. With the smooth side facing down, insert the connector into the socket found at the bottom edge of the phone, in the centre. Do not force into position as this could damage the socket and connector.

Now connect the other end of the cable into the USB plug. One side of the USB connector surround is smooth and the other has a tactile pattern. On the short edge opposite the longest edge of the plug there is a USB socket. Hold the plug so the USB socket is facing up and the prongs are pointing left. Insert the USB cable with the smooth side facing towards the prongs. Again, do not force as this could damage the socket and connector.

Using the product

Your RNIB In Your Pocket device comes with a mobile data connection on the O2 network, so it can be used anywhere there is O2 mobile coverage, or where you have access to a Wi-Fi network. To turn the device on, hold the power button for 2 seconds, then you will feel a vibration, and a minute or so later, SAM will introduce herself to you.

Please note: If you do not have O2 coverage at your location, you can connect to Wi-Fi. Please see “Configuring Wi-Fi” section.

What can I say?

Press the talk button once, wait for the tone, and then ask for what you want. To get started say “Go to Help” or “User Guide” which provides top-level help and information.

You can also request context sensitive help at any time by saying “Help”.

Selecting from a list

  • Say, “Number 1” or “The last one” or “The third one”
  • Interrupt the listing at the item you want, by pressing the talk button and say “That one” or “Yes”

Newspapers and Magazines

  • Say, “Which newspapers do you have?” or “Choose a magazine” or “What newspapers are there?”
  • Say “I want to hear The Guardian” or “Go to The Times” or "Read me BBC Good Food”
Sections
  • Say, “Which sections do you have?” or “Choose a section” or “What sections are there?”
  • Say, “Read me the Sport section” or “Go to the News section”
  • Say, “Go to the Sport section of The Sun” or “Read me the Business section from The Times”

Articles

When listing headlines:

  • Say, “Number 2” or “The second one” to read an article and mark the previous headlines as read
  • Say, “Next page” or “Next” to go to the next page of headlines and mark this page as read
When reading an article
  • Say, “Stop” to pause the output, and then “Continue” to resume where you stopped
  • Hold Pause (Talk) button to immediately pause the output, hold Pause again to resume
  • Say, “Next” to move to the next article
  • Say, “Go to the headlines” or just “Headlines” to go on with the headlines
  • Say “Automatic Reading” to have SAM continuously read through the articles in the current paper
Navigating Newspapers and Magazines
  • Say, “Go back” to step backwards through your browsing history
  • Say, “Repeat” or “Say that again” to repeat the last thing that was said
  • Say, “Reset the paper” or “Reset The Independent” to reset the articles you have read in this paper
  • Say, “Skip this section” or “Next section” to leave the rest of the articles in this section, and move to the next section
  • While listening to an article say, "Jump back 3" to jump backward 3 sentences or, "Jump forward 8" to jump forward 8 sentences
  • If you wish to add a newspaper or magazine to your favourites list, simply say "subscribe", while reading it. To access your favourites list at any time, say, "go to my favourite newspapers", or, "list my favourite magazines".
Example dialogue for newspapers

USER: Which newspapers do you have?

SAM: I have the following newspapers: 1. The Sun, 2. Daily Express, 3. Daily Mail, 4. Evening Standard, 5. Financial Times. Please select one or say next.

USER: Number 2.

SAM: Ok, selecting Daily Express. The first page of 29 unread headlines from the News section. 1. Alzheimer's cure at last: First drug to stop disease in its tracks. 2. Quitting EU would put millions of Britons…

USER: Read me the Sport section from The Independent.

SAM: There are 13 unread articles in the Sport section. Here are the headlines. 1. Champions League: Diego Simeone salutes Saul's goal. 2. Hillsborough disaster: South Yorkshire police chief sus-pended…

USER: The first one.

SAM: Diego Simeone had the perfect view of the perfect goal until…

USER: What sections are there?

Books

Sources of books
  • Say, “Read me a book” or “What books do you have” or “List books” to hear the list of book sources
  • When you have chosen a source, you will hear a list of books from that source (based on popularity). Select by number, or at the end of a list of five books say, 'Next page' or just, 'Next'. Say, 'Jump forward 30' or 'Jump back 12' and so on, to jump through the list
  • You can refine your search by <author>, with title <title> or about <topic>. For instance say, 'Find books by John Steinbeck' or, 'Search for books with title The Catcher In The Rye' or, 'Find books about Christmas'
  • The 'Recent Books’ source allows you to choose from a list of books that you have recently read without having to search for that book again. Select by number from the list of book sources or say, 'Go to my recent book list' or, 'Go to recent books'
Sections

Books are divided into sections, which are numbered from 1; note they do not correspond tochapters:

  • Say, 'Section index' or, 'List sections' or, 'What sections do you have?'
  • The first one or more sections of the book comprise the publishing information and other introductory content found at the start of a book
  • SAM will automatically start reading the book at the section she thinks is the main text of the book (she is not always correct). Section two is often the start of the main text or first chapter of the book, and the sections after that are the subsequent chapters
  • If you would like to hear the introductory information say, "Section one" or, "Previous section"
Navigating Books
  • SAM will read the book section by section
  • To jump between sections interrupt the book at any time and say, 'Next section' or, 'Previous section' or, 'Go to section 5'. (NB. If you ask for a chapter SAM will understand you to mean section and move you around accordingly. If you change sections, SAM will begin reading that section from the start)
  • To jump forward or back by sentences (or minutes in an audio book) say, 'Jump forward 25' or, 'Jump backward 5' and so on
  • Say, 'Reset the book' to start the book over again
Example dialogue for books

USER: Read me a book.

SAM: I have books from three sources: 1. Recent books. 2. RNIB Library. 3. Project Gutenberg. Please select.

USER: Number 2.

SAM: Sure, RNIB Library is the largest of its kind in Europe….the first five of lots of books coming up. 1. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. 2. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton. 3. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes….

USER: Number 3

SAM: Sure, The Adventures of Sher-lock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Say "yes" at any time to begin reading this book. This is the synopsis….

USER: Yes

SAM: Right, loading, this may take a while. Now reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes just started section 2. One percent into the book. Contents; 1. A Scandal In Bohemia, 2. The Red-headed League, 3. Case of Identity…

USER: Next Section

Podcasts

  • To hear a list of all the podcast sources say, "Play me a podcast" or, "Listen to podcasts" or, "What podcasts do you have?"
  • To go straight to a podcast source say, "Play me podcasts from BBC" or, "Find podcasts from NPR"
  • To search by topic say, "Find podcasts about black holes" or, "Search for podcasts on Africa"
  • To search for a particular program by name say, "Play me Future Proofing" or, "Play me The Archers"
  • Select from a list in the same way as you do for newspapers.
  • The 'Recent Podcasts' list allows you to choose from a list of podcast episodes that you have recently been listening to. To access your recent list say, 'Go to my recent podcast list' or, 'Go to recent books'
  • If you wish to add a podcast to your favourites list, simply say "subscribe", while listing the episodes of the podcast, or while listening to an episode. To access your favourites list at any time, say, "go to my favourite podcasts".
Navigating Podcasts
  • Say, “Go Back” to step backwards through your browsing history, for example to select another podcast from a list you have heard
  • While listening to a podcast say, "Jump back 3" to jump backward 3 minutes or, "Jump forward 8" to jump forward 8 minutes (choose the timeframe that you want, don't say 'minutes')
Example dialogue for Podcasts

USER: Play me a podcast.

SAM: I have podcasts from 6 sources: 1. ABC 2. BBC 3. CBC 4. NPR 5. Ted Talks 6. RNIB. Please select one

USER: Number 2.

SAM: Fine, selecting BBC I have 366 BBC podcasts 1. Five Live Investigates. 2. Best of Natural History Radio. 3. Beyond Belief. 4. 100% Homegrown with Target, 5. 1913: The Year Before. Select one or say next to move on.

USER: Number 3

SAM: Ok. I have 98 Beyond Belief episodes. 1. Apparitions of Mary from yesterday. 2. Fixed Easter from first of April …

USER: That one.

SAM: Ok, Playing Fixed Easter from first of April. "Hello, Easter has come very early this year…"

USER: (I chose the wrong one) Go back.

SAM: Right, going back. I have 98 Be-yond Belief episodes. 1 Apparitions of Mary from yesterday…

USER: Number one.

Location, weather and time

  • Say, “Where am I" to hear your current location and "What's around here?" for more information
  • Say, "What is the weather?" or "What is the temperature?" or "What is the forecast?" to get local weather information. To get the weather forecast for another location say "What is the weather in Rio?". Note that if there are multiple locations with the same name around the globe, you may need to also give the country. For example say, "What is the weather in London, UK", or, "What is the weather in London, Ontario, Canada".
  • Say, "What time is it?" to hear the local time. Alternatively, "What time is it in London?" or "What time is it in Paris?" to hear the time in another location

Admin

  • Say, “My name is Susan” or “Please call me gorgeous” to change the name SAM uses for you
  • Say, “Change your voice” to select a different voice output
  • Say, “Feedback: that didn’t sound right” to record a problem or some feedback to the developers
  • Say, “Battery” to check battery level
  • Say, “Speak faster” or “Speak slower” or “Change your speed” to change speech speed

Configuring Wi-Fi

Please note: RNIB In Your Pocket is connected to the O2 network. However you can also use it with a Wi-Fi connection if you wish. To configure Wi-Fi, sighted assistance may be required.

RealSAM must be powered on to configure Wi-Fi. To power RealSAM on, press and holdthe power button for 2 seconds then release the power button. RealSAM will vibrate, and you will know that RealSAM is powering on. Wait afurther minute or so, and you will hear a welcome message.

Once RealSAM is powered on, in order to bring up the Wi-Fi settings screen, you simply ask SAM to, "configure Wi-Fi" or "configure Wireless". If you do not have a connection with the O2 network, then you will need to do this using an alternate method: Pressand hold the TALK button (the main button at the bottom of the front faceof the device)for up to 15 seconds. After around 15 seconds, SAM will say: “Now press the volume up button within5 seconds to enter Wi-Fi configuration.”

As per this instruction, press the volume up button (the volume up is the top of the

volume bar on the top left hand side of the device).You will now hear an announcement that the Wi-Fi settings window is on the screen.

At the top of the "Wi-Fi settings" window there is a heading that says "Wi-Fi" witha sliding round toggle beside it on the right hand side. Touch on this sliding toggle and ensure that it turns green. This indicates that Wi-Fi is turned on.

Now select the Wi-Fi network that you wish to connect to from the list that is shown further down the screen by touching on it. If the network you select is password protected, then a window will pop up asking you for the password, which youmust typeusing the touchscreen keyboard. (Tip: turn the device on its side to use a larger touch screen keyboard). At this point you can touch to tick the small box that says "show password" to check that you have typed in the password correctly. If the password is notcorrect, then touch on the password field and correct it. Once it is correct, touchthe 'Connect' button. RealSAM will then attempt to connect to your network.

When you have finished configuring the Wi-Fi network, click the talk button to

resume normal operations.Once RealSAM has successfully connected to a Wi-Fi network, it will automatically try toconnect to it again whenever it is within range.

RealSAM can remember multiple networks,so you can configure one for home, the office and more. RealSAM will connect to any of the configured networks within range.

How to contact RNIB

Phone number: 0303 123 9999

Textphone: 0845 758 5691

Web address: rnib.org.uk/shop

Postal address: RNIB Peterborough, Midgate House, Peterborough PE1 1TN

Email:

RNIB Technology Team

Telephone 0207 391 2280

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Terms and conditions of sale

This product is guaranteed from manufacturing faults for 24 months from the date of purchase. If you have any issues with the product and you did not purchase directly from RNIB then please contact your retailer in the first instance.

For all returns and repairs contact RNIB first to get a returns authorisation number to help us deal efficiently with your product return.

You can request full terms and conditions from RNIB but these are also provided with the device and are available on the device. For RNIB general terms and conditions, these can be requested or located on our website.

Registered Charity No. 226227

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’ (WEEE).

Date: February 2017

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