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This is a transcript of the SEVENTH IP relay service call I made to the same number in as many minutes: ------------------------------- Operator: SPRINT IP 0140F DIALING 253-572-2118 THE number YOU ARE CALLING DOES NOT ACCEPT UNIDENTIFIED CALLS IF YOU ARE A SOLICITOR please HANG UP NOW...

Hi all, I finally got the Blackberry Bold set up and running. It is one sweet device and I can already envision it as the be all, end all for all my communication needs. Right now, one stumbling block I'm encountering is trying to get a 10-digit number for Webcaptel. I did sign up with...

Hello all, I'm married to a hearing person and we don't have kids yet but we hope to have one soon. I am just wondering what are the pitfalls of being a deaf parent of hearing kids, beyond the normal parenting activities (diaper changes, potty training, etc). For example, I have a pretty...

Here is an interesting question for the deaf/hearing impaired community: How exactly would you deal with the newly deaf people who have been hearing most of their lives? The baby boomers are becoming old and they are starting to lose their hearing. So we are going to see the ranks of deaf...

C-Net News article on new technology called Translation Glasses This could be THE be-all and end-all technology for deaf people. This is the HOLY GRAIL. If it works as advertised, it could change all our lives. With Translation Glasses, we would be able to use the telephone like regular...

Has anyone successfully used their FSA accounts to purchase technologies for the deaf, without having to worry about the tax man breaking down the door (since you wouldn't be able to hear the knocking :deaf: ) Would a Blackberry handheld qualify as a "technology for the deaf"? The IRS rules...

I'm looking for a low cost paging service that offers unlimited or close-to-unlimited Operator-Dispatch text paging or Voice-to-Text. I used to have this with Sprint a very long time ago but it seems that Sprint is no longer offering this service. Does anyone know of any paging companies...

I got my cochlear implant in 1998 when I was about 23. Before that, I was totally deaf since I was 4 and could not hear anything at all and can't remember what it is like to hear. If there are other adults like me who got a cochlear implant while they are adults and who have 100% hearing...

Requirements -------------- 1) Computer. 2) Voice phone line with 3-way conference calling feature. 3) Voice phone with 3-way conference calling capability. 3) Internet connection (preferably broadband. otherwise dial-up through separate line). PSEUDO-CAPTEL HOW-TO...