--- title: "Text Messaging" slug: "text-messaging-1-1" updated: 2026-09-20T20:12:38Z published: 2026-09-20T20:12:38Z canonical: "documentation.prc-saltillo.com/text-messaging-1-1" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://documentation.prc-saltillo.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Text Messaging ## Getting Started ### Step 1: Install the AeroText App on Your Android Phone To install the app, type the following address into the Web browser on your phone or point your phone’s camera at the QR code below. [prc-saltillo.com/texting/](https://prc-saltillo.com/texting/) ![An example of a QR code.](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/applications-image-jua90zsj.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) > [!WARNING] > **Important:** It is critical that you scroll down and read all of the directions for installing the app on your phone before checking the End User License Agreement box. 1. Check "I agree" to the End User License Agreement, then select the **Download AeroText** button. 2. When the download is complete, open the download and select **Install**. 3. You will receive a warning message that the app was built for an older version of Android and doesn’t include the latest privacy protection. If you want to proceed with the installation, select the text **Install anyway** at the bottom of the message. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/aero-text-chat-software-01.jpg?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) You may receive another message to confirm that you want to install. ### Step 2: Set the AeroText App as your Default Messaging App #### For Google Pixel: 1. Before opening the AeroText application, go to **Settings**. Select **Apps**, then **AeroText**. 2. Select **SMS app**. Select the grayed out **AeroText** option. Read the warning message, and then select **Ok**. 3. If you want to proceed with using AeroText, select the Back arrow two times; select **AeroText**; select the three dots (**…**) menu at the top right of the screen; and then select **Allow Restricted Settings**. You may receive another message to confirm you want to proceed. 4. Select **SMS app**. Select the **AeroText** option. Select **Ok**. 5. AeroText is now installed and set as your default SMS text messaging application. #### For Samsung: 1. Select **Messaging App**, then select **AeroText**. 2. You will receive the following pop-up message: “Note: If you restart your device and have a screen lock set, this app can’t start until you unlock your device.” 3. Select **OK**. 4. Select the Back arrow and then select **Set as default**. 5. Make sure that “Open supported links” is enabled. 6. Close the Settings and open the AeroText app. 7. AeroText is now installed and set as your default SMS text messaging application. ### Step 3: Make AeroText Discoverable from the Accent Device 1. Open AeroText. 2. To make AeroText discoverable from the Accent device: 1. Select the No Bluetooth Connection banner at the top. 2. The following message will appear: “An app wants to make your phone visible to other Bluetooth devices for 120 seconds” 3. Select **Allow**. 3. AeroText is now waiting for the device to connect to it. ### Step 4: Connect Your Android Phone to the Device 1. Select **Menu**. 2. Select **Toolbox**. 3. Select **System Settings**. 4. Select **Devices & Connections**. 5. Select **Bluetooth Phone.** 6. Select **Pair Device**. 7. Once your phone appears in the list, select **Pair**. 8. Select **Close** and exit from the Toolbox. 9. You will see a Phone ![](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/applications-image-tg6ryfa9.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) icon in the Multi-bar of your vocabulary to indicate that your device is connected. ### Step 5: Open Text Messaging in Empower 1. Select **Menu**. 2. Select **Toolbox**. 3. Select **Applications**. 4. Select **Text Messaging**. ![A Toolbox example shows Text Messaging highlighted by a red box on the Applications tab.](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/applications-image-h5i0xc76.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) --- ## Conversations and Messages 1. Your existing Conversations will appear in the left-hand column. Messages within a conversation will appear to the right. 2. Select a conversation to read and respond to messages in that conversation. **Note:** Give the messages time to populate. If a conversation has thousands of messages, you will need to wait longer. 3. To respond to a message, select the **Enter Text** button and then compose your message. Select **Finished** when your message is complete. 4. Select **Send**. 5. If you cannot read an entire message from the home screen view, select **See Entire Message**. Then select the message you would like to view. This function will stay on, until you select **See Entire Message** again. ![An example of the See Entire Message function.](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/applications-image-lv9r6r3a.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) --- ## Send a Message to an Existing Contact 1. Select **Contacts**. 2. Search for and find the contact you want to send a message to. 3. Select the green **New Conversation** button. 4. Select your desired contact. 5. Compose your message and then select **Finished**. 6. Select **Send**. --- ## New Text Message Notifications You will see the message ![](https://cdn.document360.io/7e1d5036-9a43-443d-8ea7-a17280ea302d/Images/Documentation/applications-image-u1tta0wv.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-04T21%3A12%3A29Z&se=2026-11-04T22%3A12%3A29Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=a78ajHQs%2BDZizEIm%2FXYL29BNuNZgvWQw3AUCZPKRlrE%3D) icon in the multi-bar of your vocabulary when you receive a new text message. In addition, the Conversation will be in **bold**.