Close caption phones question.?

Question

I'm hearing impaired and bought a closed caption phone. The problem is I have to have a third party to interpreter what the caller is saying and send it to me on my phone monitor in caption mode. But the phone company I use doesn't have that option. Does anyone know if technology today has a phone that captions without a third party or an outside word processor involved?

Answer 1

Close caption phone...

You mean you have a TTY or CapTel or???

To call for relay service that relays/interprets for you and the persons on the other line...

CapTel should be set.

TTY, you may need to call a certain number for relay service:

some use 711 and then they'll guide you when you give them the number you want to make a call to

or check some of these websites for relay serivce:

http://relayservices.att.com/content/2/tty_relay_2.html

http://www.fcc.gov/guides/711-telecommunications-relay-service



Some states different with Relay Services:

Ohio:

http://www.puco.ohio.gov/puco/index.cfm/consumer-information/consumer-topics/ohio-relay-service/

New York: http://nyrelay.com/

Texas: http://relaytexas.com/english.html

And many more -just find your state online.



More info about TTY and TTY Relay Services:

http://www.nad.org/issues/telephone-and-relay-services/relay-services/tty

http://odr.dc.gov/release/telecommunications-relay-service-and-tty-guide



Other alternatives...

Online relays:

http://www.ip-relay.com/



Video phone Relay for sign language users can be found online as well

Answer 2

Caption Phones

Answer 3

I agree a hundred%. yet then somebody might whinge {through fact they are ignorant} that they could't see each and every thing on the show. i'm so sorry approximately your mom. It should be very puzzling for her. On our television I each and every sometimes have the closed captioning on. What a help that is!

Answer 4

You could always buy a cell phone and just use the texting feature instead of making actual calls on it. Just make sure the plan you get includes texting in it otherwise you'll have a mighty big bill every month.

Answer 5

If you live in the US this is nationally available by law.It doesn't matter what telephone company you use. You call a deaf relay service.