{"id":637,"date":"2026-10-12T08:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T13:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/account-accountability-channels\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T15:06:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T20:06:43","slug":"account-accountability-channels","status":"publish","type":"rd_doc","link":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/help\/account-settings\/account-accountability-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Choose how accountability nudges reach you"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What it is<\/h2>\n<p>Nudges can reach you by text message, by email, and by push to the RealDialer app on your phone. You switch each one on or off, choose whether your why photo comes along, and choose one nudge or up to two per alarm.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to find it<\/h2>\n<p>Settings &gt; Account &gt; Accountability alarm &gt; How to reach you<\/p>\n<h2>Steps<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch on <strong>Text message<\/strong>. If it says &#8220;Verify your mobile number first&#8221;, press <strong>Verify my mobile<\/strong> and follow the steps.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-account-accountability-channels-1.webp?v=1791835602\" alt=\"Switch on text, email or push to the RealDialer app\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Switch on text, email or push to the RealDialer app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Switch on <strong>Email<\/strong>. Nudges go to the email address on your profile.<\/li>\n<li>Switch on <strong>Push to the RealDialer app<\/strong>. You need to be signed in to the RealDialer app on your phone.<\/li>\n<li>Turn <strong>Include my why photo<\/strong> on or off.<\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Nudges per alarm<\/strong>, pick <strong>One<\/strong> or <strong>Up to two<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<figure class=\"rd-shot rd-shot-howto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/realdialer-help-howto-account-accountability-channels-2.webp?v=1791835603\" alt=\"Pick how many nudges per alarm, then press Send me a test\" width=\"1440\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption>Pick how many nudges per alarm, then press Send me a test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/li>\n<li>Press <strong>Send me a test<\/strong>. The message under the button says which channels sent.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Texts come from RealDialer&#8217;s own number, only when an alarm you set goes off. Reply STOP to stop them. Message and data rates may apply.<\/li>\n<li>If you texted STOP, the text switch is locked. Text START to the number shown to allow texts again.<\/li>\n<li>The mobile you verify here is the same number your returned calls ring, so verifying it here sets that too.<\/li>\n<li>With <strong>Up to two<\/strong>, a second nudge comes 30 minutes after the first if you still have not started.<\/li>\n<li>The test result names any channel that could not send, such as &#8220;no verified mobile&#8221; or &#8220;no phone signed in&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nudges can reach you by text message, by email, and by push to the RealDialer app on your phone. You switch each one on or off, choose whether your why photo comes along, and choose one nudge or up to two per alarm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1731,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_rd_doc_route":"\/settings\/accountability","_rd_doc_source_id":"account-accountability-channels","_rd_doc_checked":"2026-10-12","_rd_doc_meta_description":"Nudges can reach you by text message, by email, and by push to the RealDialer app on your phone. You switch each one on or off, choose whether your why photo comes along, and choose one nudge or up to two per alarm.","footnotes":""},"rd_doc_category":[30],"class_list":["post-637","rd_doc","type-rd_doc","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rd_doc_category-account-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rd_doc"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1733,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc\/637\/revisions\/1733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"rd_doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realdialer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rd_doc_category?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}