Release Note for RealSAM Pocket and RealSAM Phone on 22nd March, 2024

The Handset Release for new RealSAM Pocket and RealSAM Phone builds, known as RELEASE_24_03_13 covers:

Reference Change summary Functionality Implications for Customers
Various Various Minor Bug Fixes to improve stability. Improved Stability
ZT-3025 Screen timeout causes phone call to hang up fixed Users Can now Set Screen Timeout

Customers can now set the time before Pocket’s Screen will Timeout using the touchscreen main menu.

Step 1 Open the main menu using the L gesture

Step 2 Using the slide and lift gesture select Settings

Step 3 Using the slide and lift gesture select Screen Timeout

Step 4 Using the slide and lift gesture select your preferred length of time between 30 second to Never

ZT-3023 Dialogue feature for the Sight Assistant The Sight Assistant, which Includes; Magnifier, OCR & Scene Recognition can now be operated by voice.  The Command List includes:

  • Open Magnifier or Magnifier
  • Focus
  • Zoom In or Magnify or Larger or Maximum Zoom
  • Zoom out or Smaller or Minimum Zoom
  • Turn on flash or flashlight
  • Turn off flash
  • Freeze or Capture or Capture image
  • Detect Object or What is this?
  • Text recognition or Read
  • Increase brightness
  • Decrease brightness
  • Increase Contrast
  • Decrease Contrast
  • Grayscale or Grey
  • Inverse
  • Blue yellow or Change colour blue yellow
  • Yellow blue
  • Black yellow
  • Black green
  • Black blue
  • Reset image or Restore image
  • Unfreeze or New image
  • Close Magnifier

 

Touchscreen Changes for the Sight Assistant:

  • Button labels, positions and menu structure has changed.
  • The Talk Button located towards the bottom of the screen.
  • Directly above the Talk button is the freeze button
  • To the left of the freeze button is the zoom in and the the right of the freeze button is zoom out
  • Button labeled flash is located in the top right corner or the screen, and once an image is captured the button will be replaced by a button labelled Menu.
  • The menu button can be used to edit the image. Once selected a full screen menu will open like the main touchscreen menu.
  • Button labelled exit is located at the top right corner of the screen
ZT-2974 Replace webview with the chrome browser for the user guides. Fixed the userguides loading issue and added a default userguide, if the userguide is not available. How to access the User Guide

Voice

  • Tap the Talk Button say user guide

 

Touchscreen

  1. Open the main menu using the L gesture
  2. Using the slide and lift gesture select Help & Support
  3. Using the slide and lift gesture select User Guide
  4. Open the main menu using the L gesture
  5. Using the slide and lift gesture select Help & Support
  6. Using the slide and lift gesture select Sighted Menu
  7. Using the slide and lift gesture select User Guide
ZT-3021 WiFi Calling Setting WiFi Calling

  1. Open the main menu using the L gesture
  2. Using the slide and lift gesture select Settings
  3. sing the slide and lift gesture select WiFi Calling enabled or WiFi Calling disabled
Adding Device Information “About” to the L menu. How to access the Device Information – About

Step 1 Open the main menu using the L gesture

Step 2 Using the slide and lift gesture select About

Device Information menu options will open:

  • Manufacturer
  • Model
  • Version
  • Release
  • Device IMEI
  • Recognizer
  • WiFi Status
  • Active SIM
  • User
  • Service
  • OS
ZT-3138 Fixed the bug, where the pocket not providing any confirmation after the contact has been saved or updated. Expected behaviour:

User says: Add contact <name> <number>

Device: “Contact saved. Contact, name <name>, number <number>. You can, call, text, change name, change number, or delete”.

These improvements will be rolled out to previous versions of RealSAM in upcoming software releases.

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