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Confirmation: Captioned Telephone works on iPhone! (Sprint WebCapTel)
Big news for Captioned Telephone users!
Mobile Handheld Captioned Telephone is here to stay! (Thanks to Apple putting a nearly full version of Safari browser on iPhone) Here's the pix as proof: ![]() ![]() 1 Open Safari on iPhone 2. In Safari, log onto www.SprintCapTel.com (or Hamilton CapTel) If you don't already have an account, get one first via your desktop computer first and get familiar with it first, it's originally designed for desktop use... 3. Place a call, using your iPhone number and your party's number 4. For best experience, hold the iPhone horizontally and make sure font size on SprintCapTel is set to large (point 36 or 42), so you can zoom out on Safari and still be able to read the whole Captioned Telephone conversation on the tiny screen. The font size is configurable as a pulldown box at the bottom of the WebCapTel webpage during a conversation. Remember to save the font size, so the font size is automatically used next time. 5. Answer the call. 6. Go into speakerphone mode on the iPhone. (This allows you to keep talking while reading captions on the iPhone, holding the iPhone in front of you) 7. Once the call is answered, go back to Safari (you can minimize the Phone and go back to the web browser while still in a phone call on the iPhone) 8. If you are in a 3G area (high speed wireless), it supports simultaneous voice and data. Does not work in EDGE or GPRS, but works in 3G high speed wireless. 9. Captioned Telephone continues working Also... I will also test this on BlackBerry Bold at the end of July or early August, which is supposed to support AJAX (Web 2.0 technology), which WebCapTel requires. Important Note... You must live in a 3G high speed wireless data area to be able to do both voice and web browsing simultaneously on the same phone, or this doesn't work properly! (Unless you use two cellphones, one for voice and one iPhone for the web browser, or you combine WiFi for browser + cellphone for voice, etc.) |
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I can imagine other applications of this:
"Mobile FM System". 1. Get two phones (one being an iPhone, and the other one having a Bluetooth headset) 2. Initiate a Captioned phone call between the two. 3. Give the second phone to the professor, lecturer, or the other person who's speaking to you in person but you want his words to be closed-captioning. Have him/her keep the second phone in his pocket while wearing the headset microphone. 4. Now you've got the equivalent of an FM system that automatically captions everything the professor and lecturer is saying. This is probably against the TOS of Sprint WebCapTel, as they frown on this application, but it should work perfectly (if there's good 3G reception in the room) as a captioning system, as long as the lecturer is not too fast for the captioning operators... But I did hear they are working on a Captioned Telephone system for this type of application. This is getting a little bit closer to the Holy Grail of a handheld realtime captioning device for real life use... (For people who can afford about $100 per month of cellphone bills and owning 2 cellphones for this purpose) |
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I was almost able to get WebCapTel working on a BlackBerry Bold. Not quite working yet, though. Hopefully new BlackBerry OS upgrade will fix the bug (browser AJAX issue). I will keep you all updated about BlackBerry Bold's compatibility with WebCapTel.
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It's a start, methinks. But, yeah, I can independently confirm it did work. |
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First, I have a blackberry and I have the WebCaptel website bookmarked and can pull the site up, log in, put in the phone numbers to call (home and person I'm calling) but after that point it doesn't work. But it will happen soon, I'm sure.
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Last edited by AlleyCat; 07-31-2008 at 03:43 PM. Reason: Added a sentence about professor's own phone. |
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I got my new iphone 3G and was very excited that I could try the WebCaptel. Before setting my voicemail and install jott, I made a call and everything worked like a charm. I setup my voicemail and installed few software then Webcaptel stopped working. When relay calls my cellphone, I never get incoming call, without answering any call the relay calls the destination and the other party answer but since I am not there, he/she disconnect. I tried using speakers, tried with headset, change the voicemail respond to 30 minutes, still I could not make it to work. I navigate to safari and called my cellphone the incoming call is working fine. I tested to be on both safari and phone at once and it is working. It is just not working when I am on WebCapTel. I am wondering if anyone else experiment the same problem and had a solution or recommendation.
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I found the probelm with my iphone. Although it is 3G, it is not always run as 3G. If I go outside I could do WebCaptel call and top of my screen is 3G. When I am inside the top of my screen back to "E" and I enperiment the WebCapTel probelm.
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In the times you're stuck in "E", you might be able to connect Safari over WiFi, and still be able to the phone over GSM/EDGE. Basically use two separate networks (talk over GSM/EDGE, while using Safari over WiFi) Or you can still use WebCapTel with EDGE if you own two cellphones: One for talking and one for web browser. You can only do both at the same time in the same phone with 3G. Also, for BlackBerry, I was able to try out a Bold recently. I think BlackBerry Bold will support WebCapTel, I tested it and it almost worked -- Bold supports the Web 2.0 AJAX technology that WebCapTel uses -- but there was a web browser bug on the Bold that prevented the captions from showing up. I think by Christmas 2008 we'll have WebCapTel working on BlackBerry Bold 3G. It's bleeding edge definitely, WebCapTel was never designed for mobile devices so it is amazing it works at all on the iPhone and almost works on the BlackBerry Bold! |
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Mark Rejhon,
Congratulations on finding the HOLY GRAIL of mobile captel! I have been waiting YEARS for a solution like this one. Once I found out about Sprint Captel earlier this year, I realized that it was only a matter of time until we could start using WebCaptel on mobile phones. The stumbling block has always been the inability of the mobile networks to allow for simultaneous voice and data connections. This is the first time I have gotten confirmation that 3G networks will allow simultaneous voice and data connections so that is very VALUABLE information to work with. The only question now is whether EVDO (Sprint's 3G) also allows simultaneous voice and data connections? I was thinking of getting the Motorola Q9c from Sprint but if EVDO doesn't support simultaneous connections then I think I'll have to wait for the Blackberry Bold. I could get the iPhone right now but it is quite clumsy to use without a physical QWERTY keyboard. |
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One question: Is there any way to receive calls via Webcaptel? As far as I know, webcaptel is used for outgoing calls and there does not appear to be any facility for accepting incoming webcaptel calls.
The only solution I know of is the AIM IP Relay which is not as good as having incoming calls over webcaptel. |
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As for EVDO networks, nope -- at least not today. Maybe in the future. I've been able to use my Sprint HTC Mogul on WiFi and running the new Opera 9.5 beta browser to do it. |
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Sure! You need an AJAX-compatible browser (not sure about IE in Windows Mobile, but you can download Opera Mini 9.5) and you need to be in an area where there's 3G signals coming from the cell towers.
Can you surf the Internet while doing a cell phone conversation (voice)?
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Mark Rejhon,
I just purchased an unlocked Blackberry Bold off eBay and it should arrive early next week. Have you tested Webcaptel on the Bold further? Did you get it to work fully yet? I'm itching to get the webcaptel working on the Blackberry Bold. By the way, for those who are considering the Bold but find it too expensive, you can get as much as 35% off the ebay Buy it Now price of a Blackberry Bold. Here is how: Live.com eBay cashback no longer at 30%... down to 25% - SlickDeals.net Forums Use coupon code for 10% off Paypal purchase CFALLSAVINGS10P (EXPIRES TODAY 10/30) |
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Mark Rejhon,
I just got a new Blackberry Bold and I tried to test it with Sprint Webcaptel. It doesn't wor and I was wondering if you have any updates about this bug? Would the webcaptel work on the Opera Mini browser? Have you tested that? Let me know. Thanks! |
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I'll be hitting up the AT&T store shortly to see if I can do a call on the Bold simultaneously while surfing a data connection. Even though the phone has access to AT&T's 3G HSDPA network, I fear that RIM's OS does not have multithreading capabilities, and that means that you can't be both on a call and surfing the 'net at the same time.
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Is Sprint's version of Blackberry Storm uses EvDO Rev 0? If so, you may not be able to talk and surf at the same time. I got Samsung Ace from Sprint (Blackjack II from AT&T minus GPU and smaller screen), and Sprint customer service told me I am not able to surf and talk at the same time, so I use my AT&T GoPhone for voice calling (Pay As You Go Unlimited). I chose Pay As You Go instead of Pick Your Plan, as I don't talk a lot on a phone (I have Vonage 500 Basic for $14.99).
With a $50 data plan from Sprint and Pay As You Go from AT&T ($1 access for a day and $0.10/minute), I could substitute $20 for a WebCapTel service, even though it's free.
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