Anij
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ok .. I'm sure this has been discussed a million times in the past but ...
I live in canada & I'm Hoh/Deaf ... I am able to use an amplified phone with my BTE - however (with the exception of a very very few people - ok actually 1 person) the phone isn't something that is "comfortable".
The truth is I'm 200% MORE comfortable using IM & TTY ... I've literally hung up from phone calls so frustrated that I've given myself a headache, and I'm on the verge of tears - I just HATE it. I have 'hearing speech' ... so when I talk on the phone everyone forgets how hard it is for me to understand what is being said
my home setup is fine ...
I have a Uniphone TTY - which I either use in amplifed phone mode, or in tty ( I don't ever use VCO) & and I use various IMs to stay in touch with my family and friends.
but work is kinda a communication nightmare ( though if you asked my co-workers they'd say I do fine ... hmmm what it really means is that I "fake it " well )
does anyone know if ANY of the internet relays , or the new ( to me ) IM based relays work within canada ????
The only IM based relay I found that didn't say that they refused canada based calls was AOL ??? but I don't know if that actaully means that they ACCEPT calls ... or if they just don't tell you until you call that the REFUSE to connect canadian based IPs ??
I'm looking for something that will allow calls from canada, to canada.
thanks
I live in canada & I'm Hoh/Deaf ... I am able to use an amplified phone with my BTE - however (with the exception of a very very few people - ok actually 1 person) the phone isn't something that is "comfortable".
The truth is I'm 200% MORE comfortable using IM & TTY ... I've literally hung up from phone calls so frustrated that I've given myself a headache, and I'm on the verge of tears - I just HATE it. I have 'hearing speech' ... so when I talk on the phone everyone forgets how hard it is for me to understand what is being said
my home setup is fine ...
I have a Uniphone TTY - which I either use in amplifed phone mode, or in tty ( I don't ever use VCO) & and I use various IMs to stay in touch with my family and friends.
but work is kinda a communication nightmare ( though if you asked my co-workers they'd say I do fine ... hmmm what it really means is that I "fake it " well )
does anyone know if ANY of the internet relays , or the new ( to me ) IM based relays work within canada ????
The only IM based relay I found that didn't say that they refused canada based calls was AOL ??? but I don't know if that actaully means that they ACCEPT calls ... or if they just don't tell you until you call that the REFUSE to connect canadian based IPs ??
I'm looking for something that will allow calls from canada, to canada.
thanks