Another handy tip for wrangling with online life.<\/p>\n
Situation: An online service requires verification of your new phone number. It\u2019s a home phone, not a mobile, but they still send you an SMS message. This is delivered, great. But\u2026 your phone service has turned it into a spoken voicemail. The user only hears the vital verification number being read aloud thus\u2026<\/p>\n
Two hundred and ninety-five thousand two-hundred and forty-two<\/p>\n
Problem: This is puzzling to many users, especially older people. Even if they can write it all down in time, what are they meant to input into the confirmation-box on the website? 20095000242? 295000242? 295,000,242?<\/p>\n
Solution: None of the above. What the above read-aloud number actually translates to, in numbers is this\u2026<\/p>\n
295242<\/p>\n
So write it down \u2018as spoken\u2019 first, then translate it back to (most likely) a six-digit number.<\/p>\n
The above should also work if the same method is used by your service for ongoing two-factor verification. That\u2019s if the same phone is also used for two-factor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Another handy tip for wrangling with online life. Situation: An online service requires verification of your new phone number. It\u2019s …<\/p>\n