
BlindShell Classic user guide
BlindShell Classic is a button phone for blind and visually impaired people. The
phone is operated via the physical keypad or by voice commands. Feedback is
provided by the built-in synthetic voice, vibrations and additional acoustic signals.
Important notice:
If you let your phone’s battery discharge completely, it may
appear that the phone is not able to charge at all. In such case leave the phone on
the charger for several hours. Afterwards the phone should start charging again.
Leaving a discharged battery in the phone for longer period of time might lead to
damaging the battery. Such case is not covered by the phone’s warranty. We
recommend you to remove the battery from the device when you are not using it for
more than a week.
Getting started
Package contents
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BlindShell Classic phone
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Battery - is the flat rectangular object. it has a notch on its bottom edge.
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Earphones - on one side of the earphones there is a jack connector, the other
side has two earbuds.
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USB charger - Standard EU USB charger, input 110V~240V, 50Hz, output 5V.
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USB cable - a micro USB cable, with standard male USB A on one side.
Phone description
Front side of the phone
Upper part of the front side of the phone is occupied by the LCD screen, this is the
Smooth area of the phone. The notch right above the LCD screen is an earpiece.
Bellow the LCD screen is the alphanumeric keypad with the control buttons.
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LCD screen - displays information.
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Keypad - controls the phone, also used for inputting text.
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Earpiece - used as a speaker during a phonecall.
Rear side of the phone
All the features on the rear side of the phone are located in the upper part. Going
from the left to right there is a camera and a LED flashlight. Next to it, in the middle
is the SOS emergency button. On the right-most side is the phone's speaker.
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Camera - used in the color recognition and object tagging applications
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LED flashlight - assissts the camera in low light settings.
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SOS emergency button - used in emergency situations to call a previously
assigned emerggency contact.
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Speaker - used for voice and audio output.
Edgess of the phone
On the top edge there is a USB port and audio jack connector. On the bottom edge