O/T? Question about CapTel Phone

[Guest guest]

For anyone on the list who uses the CapTel phone, can you explain how it

differs from using a TTY with relay? How exactly does it work and do you see

any way the CapTel phone can be made accessible to someone who is deafblind?

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I use the CapTel phone. You asked a very good question about the

CapTel phone being accessible to deaf/blind.

From my knowledge at this point right now, I have not seen any

changes made in the Federal Relay Service's in order for the CapTel

phone to work for people who are deaf and blind. CapTel has a display

on the phone itself that shows the text of what is spoken by the

other calling party. I have not seen it being compatible for

telebraille.

Although, I could see it maybe being made available in the future for

people who are deaf and blind if there was the same type of relay

service (telebraille)option with just using one phone instead of two

phone devices.

This is how the CapTel phone works and also what qualifications you

must have in order to use this new phone.

The CapTel phone looks and works like an amplified telephone with one

important addition - everything your " called party " says is displayed

in text, word-for-word, while you are listening to the speaker (if

applicable) and need only one analog phone line. CapTel is not a TTY,

but a telephone with built-in captions, designed to let you have a

more natural interactive conversation. Just dial the number of the

person you are calling and listen while reading the text of

everything they say. A Captionist, using the latest voice recognition

technology for virtually real-time transcriptions of your call,

generates the captions.

The people who would benefit the most from using CapTel are:

1. Anyone with some degree of hearing loss, who is finding it more

difficult to understand telephone conversations

2. People using hearing aids, cochlear implants or assistive

listening devices

3. People who are deaf or hard of hearing and voice for themselves

The Captel phone is a very new teltcommunication option and still in

only available in some states. They have just recently released the

OK in giving out only 50 CapTel phones a month to qualified persons.

So, this is hoping that they can down the line find it to be

accessible to deaf/blind voice users.

Hope that helps your questions and also you may find out more

information or how to address for the deaf/blind to benefit from this

type of phone also. http://www.captionedtelephone.com/

Robin

> For anyone on the list who uses the CapTel phone, can you explain

how it

> differs from using a TTY with relay? How exactly does it work and

do you see

> any way the CapTel phone can be made accessible to someone who is

deafblind?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Does anyone know how much the captel phones cost? Where do you get them? Are

they covered by insurance? I know I would love one! Taryn

" Ms. Smiley " <MsSmiley12002@...> wrote:Hi ,

I use the CapTel phone. You asked a very good question about the

CapTel phone being accessible to deaf/blind.

From my knowledge at this point right now, I have not seen any

changes made in the Federal Relay Service's in order for the CapTel

phone to work for people who are deaf and blind. CapTel has a display

on the phone itself that shows the text of what is spoken by the

other calling party. I have not seen it being compatible for

telebraille.

Although, I could see it maybe being made available in the future for

people who are deaf and blind if there was the same type of relay

service (telebraille)option with just using one phone instead of two

phone devices.

This is how the CapTel phone works and also what qualifications you

must have in order to use this new phone.

The CapTel phone looks and works like an amplified telephone with one

important addition - everything your " called party " says is displayed

in text, word-for-word, while you are listening to the speaker (if

applicable) and need only one analog phone line. CapTel is not a TTY,

but a telephone with built-in captions, designed to let you have a

more natural interactive conversation. Just dial the number of the

person you are calling and listen while reading the text of

everything they say. A Captionist, using the latest voice recognition

technology for virtually real-time transcriptions of your call,

generates the captions.

The people who would benefit the most from using CapTel are:

1. Anyone with some degree of hearing loss, who is finding it more

difficult to understand telephone conversations

2. People using hearing aids, cochlear implants or assistive

listening devices

3. People who are deaf or hard of hearing and voice for themselves

The Captel phone is a very new teltcommunication option and still in

only available in some states. They have just recently released the

OK in giving out only 50 CapTel phones a month to qualified persons.

So, this is hoping that they can down the line find it to be

accessible to deaf/blind voice users.

Hope that helps your questions and also you may find out more

information or how to address for the deaf/blind to benefit from this

type of phone also. http://www.captionedtelephone.com/

Robin

> For anyone on the list who uses the CapTel phone, can you explain

how it

> differs from using a TTY with relay? How exactly does it work and

do you see

> any way the CapTel phone can be made accessible to someone who is

deafblind?

>

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