Manage / Contacts |
When you add a contact to your system you provide basic information to identify the entry, and contact information such as phone numbers and email addresses.
The New Contact page includes the following three sections:
Field |
Maximum Length |
Description |
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Facility |
N/A |
Select the facility associated with your contact from the dropdown list.
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Is a person? |
N/A |
Select this checkbox if the new contact is a person, or clear the checkbox if the new contact is an organization. This checkbox is selected by default. |
First Name * |
50 |
If the new contact is a person, specify the first name of the contact. This field appears only if the Is a person? checkbox is selected. The value you provide in all name fields must start with a letter or digit. It must contain only letters, digits, spaces, apostrophes ('), underscores (_), or dashes (-). No other characters are allowed. The speech recognition system uses the names you provide to recognize contacts. |
Last Name * |
50 |
If the new contact is a person, specify the last name of the contact. This field appears only if the Is a person? checkbox is selected. |
Name * |
50 |
If the new contact is an organization, specify the name of the organization. This field appears only if the Is a person? checkbox is cleared. |
Field |
Maximum Length |
Description |
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Phone |
50 |
Specify the phone number for the new contact. |
Pager |
50 |
Provide a pager number for the person or place in the Pager field. If you enter a value for this field, any user can issue the Send a page voice command to send a numeric page to this Contacts entry; when the recipient returns the call, it is connected directly to the user's badge. |
Email Address |
60 |
Enter an Email Address to allow users to send voice messages as an email attachment. |
Field |
Maximum Length |
Description |
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Alternate Spoken Names |
50 |
Specify an alternate spoke name, you can add up to 3 alternate spoken names for a contact. Use these guidelines to ensure the best result when you are
defining alternate names for users:
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Identifying Phrase |
50 |
Specify an Identifying Phrase to help Vocera distinguish this user from another whose first and last names are spelled the same. For example, if there are two users named Mary Hill on the system, but they are in different departments, you could enter "Mary Hill in Pediatrics" as the identifying phrase for one user and "Mary Hill in Admissions" for the other. |