A growing number of government agencies and businesses are installing a TTY to provide direct phone communication to and for their deaf employees and customers. Availability of this service is denoted with a "TTY" or "V/TTY" directly following the phone number.
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Text Telephone / Teletype Terminal / TeleTYpewriter; Telecommunication Device for the Deaf; A TTY is a special device that lets people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or speech-impaired ... A modern digital cell phone must support a special digital TTY mode in order to be compatible with a TTY device. See: Digital TTY/TDD...
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A feature of some digital cell phones that makes them compatible with a special TTY text device for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Without this feature, TTY devices were compatible only with analog cell phone service (which is no longer available in the US.);
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As you type, the message is sent over the phone line, just like your voice would be sent over the phone line if you talked. You can read the other person's response on the TTY's text display.
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TTY / TDD Hearing impaired phone device message delivery service using TDD and TTY Message Broadcasting services. Send text messages to TDD and TTY phones using bulk message broadcasting service and systems. ... TTY / TDD Phone Messaging Service For Hearing Impaired...
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The District of Columbia government offers Text Telephone (TTY) and/or Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) services for the hearing impaired. For the Relay Service, call 711.
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People with hearing impairments please dial (425) 388-9438 to reach the Center for Disability Services office TTY phone. ... HOME > Student Resources > Center for Disability Services > TTY Phone Information...
www.everettcc.edu/resources/cds/index.cfm?id=5254
RELAY AND TTY PHONE NUMBER ... Name TTY Voice ASCII Spanish ... AT&TOperator Service Directory TTY to TTY only 800-855-1155...
www.access-able.com/relay.html
A program to communicate with phone TTY/TDD devices (Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf) via a sound card, without TTY modem. A simple interface between sound card and phone line or acoustic connection with phone handset are used.
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When calling TTY users, let the phone ring at least 7 or more times before hanging up. Many deaf and hard of hearing TTY users rely on flashing lights to alert them to ringing phones. Flashers can take longer than sound to attract attention.
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