Interruptions are a normal part of everyday life. They can be a real irritant and inconvenience when you are listening to or reading something important though. Sun Dial II has made it easier than ever before to read long documents or due research even if you get interrupted. Whenever you use Sun Dial II, it tracks where you've gone on the World Wide Web, or what you've been listening to. If you have to stop in the middle of something, it used to take a long time to call back and find your place again. But no more. Now, stop whenever it is convenient, and know that you can call back when you get the chance, and pick up right where you left off. To do this, from the main menu say "resume" or press the 4 key. Sun Dial II will take you straight to where you were before you hung up. If you don't want to resume, no problem, log in and make a selection as you normally would.
As you explore Sun Dial II and the World Wide Web, you will find particularly interesting pages to which you wish to return often. Maybe you are a member of ACB and want to quickly check meeting updates and such, or there is a particular catalog you
like to browse for special deals, or maybe you avidly follow a favorite team, and you want to keep tabs on who is injured, who has been traded, or the latest
scores. Having to navigate to these very specific pages every time you call can become tedious and a waste of time. Sun Dial II has solved this problem by
enabling you to bookmark a page for later retrieval. When you create a bookmark, then that page is marked and stored for you in a list called Favorites. So next time you call, you check your list of favorites, pick the one
you want, and go straight there; no navigating, no muss, no fuss.
To bookmark a page for later retrieval, say "bookmark" while you are browsing the page, or press the 3 key in the navigation menu. Sun Dial II will immediately mark the page,
and return you to the Main Menu.
All pages you've previously bookmarked are stored in your personal list of pages called Favorites. To get to your favorites, call Sun Dial II, and from the Main Menu, press the 3 key, or say "favorites".
You will then be given your personal numbered list of favorite bookmarked web pages or files. You can save up to nine bookmarks in your
favorites list. To select a favorite and go to that spot, just press, or say, the number, one through nine, of the
bookmark.
This section also gives you the ability to delete favorites that no longer interest you. To delete a favorite bookmark, press or say "9". You
will then be presented with your numbered list and asked which one you want deleted. Just press or say the number for the bookmark you want deleted, and it's gone.
Though you are free to visit the Updates and Listings section of Sun Dial II any time to get the latest news. We know you are busy, and we want to help keep you informed while not wasting your time. For this reason, a message or announcements feature has been added to Sun Dial II. The best part is, you don't have to do anything to hear them. Whenever you call Sun Dial II, and make a selection from the Main Menu, before you are taken to your selection, you will be given a short five second message or announcement which may be of use to you. It's kind of like a really short public service announcement. You're welcome!
Practically every device and appliance in the house nowadays, including your telephone, displays the time and date for your convenience. The only problem is, it isn't convenient when you can't see well enough to read the display. Sun Dial II makes it easy and fast to get the current time, and date, while you are using Sun Dial, or any other time for that matter. When you call Sun Dial II, press the 5 key on the main menu, or say "time" and Crystal will tell you the time, and the date. If you are browsing within Sun Dial II, to get the time say "main Menu" or press the * key, and then say "time" or press the 5 key. There, fast and easy right?
Sun Dial II will continue to improve and develop over time. If you have suggestions, feel free to let us know and we'll take them under consideration. Some ideas which will not be a part of Sun Dial II initially, but we hope to add in coming years are the following: