User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Vocera Badge User Guide
- Contents
- What's New
- Welcome to Vocera
- Badge Features
- Commands
- Basic Calling
- Advanced Commands
- Calling Telephone Numbers
- Calling an Address Book Entry or Buddy
- Sending and Receiving Numeric Pages
- Redialing Phone Numbers
- Using Instant Conferences
- Broadcasting to a Group
- Forwarding Your Calls
- Placing a Three-Way Conference Call
- Issuing Urgent Commands
- Joining or Leaving a Group
- Locating a Vocera User or Group Member
- Recording Your Voiceprint
- Blocking and Accepting Calls
- Recording a Dictation Session
- Getting Other Information
- Navigating IVR Phone Trees with a Badge
- Special Features
- Communicating with Multiple Sites
- Commands for Group Managers
- Sending Text Messages to Vocera Devices
- Using Vocera Access Anywhere
- The User Console
- Maintaining Your Badge
- Reference
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Why does the Genie have trouble understanding me?
- Why is my device chirping or beeping?
- Why does my device beep when I'm talking to someone?
- Why does my device display say "Searching for Server"?
- Why does the Genie ask me to wait when I press Call?
- Why can't I receive calls or messages?
- Why do some text messages begin with strange characters?
- Why does my badge beep and then restart?
- What can I do if badge buttons are not working?
- How can I stop getting logged out when I charge my badge?
- Agreements, Specifications, and Notices
- Important Safety Instructions
- Command Reference
- Summon and Dismiss the Genie
- Log In and Log Out
- Record Your Name, Greeting, and Voiceprint
- Call a User or Group Member
- Dial a Telephone Number
- Broadcast to a Group
- Forward a Call
- Transfer a Call
- Use Instant Conferences
- Send and Receive Numeric Pages
- Block and Accept Calls
- Send Messages
- Play Messages
- Locate Users and Groups
- Work With Your Groups
- Manage Groups
- Place a Three-Way Conference Call
- Work with Sites
- Dictation
- Getting Help
- Miscellaneous
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Index
Calling an Address Book Entry or Buddy
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Use the same command to make local and long distance calls. When the Genie
prompts you for the number, say both the area code and the phone number,
even when calling a local number. If the area code you say matches the local
area code or toll-free area codes set up by your system administrator, the call
will be considered local.
You cannot place an international call by speaking a series of digits. However,
you can specify an international number for a buddy or an address book entry,
then use the corresponding name in a voice command. For example, if you
specify an international phone number for an address book entry named
German Office, you could place a call by saying, "Call German Office."
The Genie understands numbers, including variations of a number. For example,
"Dial extension four one zero zero," "Dial extension four one oh oh," or "Dial
extension forty one hundred" are all recognized as commands to dial 4100. The
Genie also recognizes "double", "triple", "treble", and "naught". The Genie
does not let you say alphabetical characters in a dialing command, such as "1–
800–VOC–ERA1".
Calling an Address Book Entry or Buddy
The Vocera system provides an address book for the names and phone numbers
of people who are not Vocera users. Your system administrator sets up and
maintains this address book, but all users can access the names of people and
places it contains from their Vocera devices.
For example, if Vocera users frequently need to contact local businesses, your
Vocera administrator can enter the business names and phone numbers in the
address book. Then, getting a price quotation from Northwestern Hardware can
be as simple as using a badge or phone to say "Call Northwestern."
If you have access to the User Console, you can also set up a private address
book of Outside Buddies. Your buddy list contains the names, nicknames, and
contact information for friends who are not Vocera users. For example, if you
set up My Mom as an outside buddy, you can say, "Call My Mom" to dial her
phone number. See the Vocera User Console Guide for complete information
about setting up buddies.
Vocera requires you to have separate permissions to call toll and toll-free phone
numbers. You need one or both of these permissions to contact names in your
private address book. You do not need any special permissions to contact a
person or place in the system address book.
In addition to the Call command, you can use address book entries and buddies
in the following voice commands: