The limitations of telecommunication relay services are being addressed with the development of a new program that explores how to make deaf and hard-of-hearing users’ experiences with cellular ...

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There was a Not The Nine O’Clock News Sketch about phones for the deaf which highlighted how perverse the idea of phones for the deaf is. But the truth is that mobile phones have huge value for the ...

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Built by a Sacramento area company called Purple, the SmartVP is a video phone that’s mounted on a television. Deaf individuals can sign directly to each other, and the SmartVP also offers American ...

For people who are deaf or hearing-impaired and use traditional phone relay services, making a phone call to order pizza or just getting a call from a friend can be a lengthy process. Although the ...

For those who are deaf or hard of hearing, cell phone use has largely been limited to text messaging. But technology is catching up: Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that ...

Gah!<BR><BR>I've had to make yet another phone call through the ever wonderful phone relay services for the deaf (http://www.sprintrelayonline.com this time around ...

The history of telephone aid for the deaf spans decades 1960s - When Western Union Telegraph was getting rid of its old teletypewriters, a deaf man invented a coupler that would allow deaf people to ...

Got that? Good, because there are some who don't seem to grasp the meaning of the word "deaf," including Verizon, the phone company that gets your directory listing wrong each year. When I make a ...