Finding Your Way Around

Navigation of InfoVision X is accomplished through the use of the keys on your touch-tone phone. To follow a link on a web page, simply type the two to four digit code (located to the left of the link) on the keys of your phone. Once you're at the page you want, use the navigation bar located at the bottom of the screen to move around the page.

Scroll View: [2]=UP [8]=DOWN [4]=LEFT [6]=RIGHT
In internet-speak, "scroll" means to move up, down, left or right across a display screen. Thus, pressing '2' will move you "up" the page and '8' will move you "down." The '4' and '6' keys will move you horizontally left and right, respectively.

Navigation: [1]=BACK [5]=HOME [3]=Toggle Speech Mode
To go back one page, press '1'. Pressing '5' from any page will take you to InfoVision's home page, that is, the first page you see when you log into InfoVision. By pressing '3', you alternately activate or deactivate InfoVision's speech engine, which will read all the links and text on the page out loud for you.

Text Size: [7]=smaller [9]=BIGGER [*]=Zoom Mode
If you would like to increase the size of the text, press '9'. To make the text smaller, press '7'. By pressing the asterisk key, you can zoom in on a portion of the page. When you are in Zoom Mode, you can then navigate the page using the '2' (up), '8' (down), '4' (left) and '6' (right) keys. To exit Zoom Mode, press the asterisk key again.

Video on Demand (not available to internet web browsers)
InfoVision X also contains a new QuickTime-based Video On Demand module, which enables you to watch City Council Meetings, Avatar Project shows, and informational programs produced by the City Channel's Media Unit. Videos on third party sites may also be available.  Once you have selected a video, you'll see new prompts at the bottom of the screen. To make the video screen larger or smaller, press the '7' key. To close a running movie, press '0'.

Radio Choices (not available to internet web browsers)
InfoVision X users can choose from a variety of internet radio sources. Your choice will continue to play after you've hung up, and will play until another user chooses another source. You can try different radio stations while you are connected, but once you hang up, your choice will be "locked in" for thirty minutes, and no other callers can change the station until that thirty minutes is over. InfoVision X radio is a 'public commons' space, where we're all sharing the same resources. Please try not to abuse it.

Known Issues
While we have strived to make InfoVision X run as smoothly as possible, there are still a few limitations of which you should be aware:

First, InfoVision X does not support web pages that use frames, nor is it able to open Adobe Portable Document Files (PDFs).  In either event, you will be returned to the previous page. If you choose an email link, InfoVision X will display the email address so that you may write it down for later use.

Also, while InfoVision X allows you access to the Internet, not all content is suitable for use on a government access cable channel. Thus, InfoVision X maintains a "white list" of viewable web pages. If you try to go to a site that is not on this list, InfoVision X will record the URL so our staff can consider its addition to the "white list."