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Old 07-01-2009, 08:33 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deafannieboo View Post
also when i do get my new phone line in i use the captel phone. it is awesome phone. i highly advise everyone to get one. its great for hoh and deaf because it amplified and has captions and the operator does not participate in the phone call rather types all of captions w out the person ur talking to even aware they are bing captioned. i love mine. it also has tty capability for 911 calls.
Good suggestion but one problem...there are many deaf people who dont have intelligible speech so captel wouldnt work.

We need to get these companies to change their policies to accept VRS calls because not all deaf people have good speech skills to be able to speak through the captel phone. The policies need to meet all deaf people's needs not just a select few. JMO.
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