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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...

6 languages?????? how the heck did they manage it?? I thought profoundly deaf people like myself are limited to only one language given the fact that they usually aren't even that proficient in their mother tongue. Can you please provide more details on how they were able to achieve the...

Good to see fellow deaf HTPC users here. I also have a MCE 2005 set-up and am happy with the basic captioning function. You might want to contact this guy amirm (?) on Avsforum.com as he is a Microsoft guy who addresses questions about the MCE 2005. A PM to amirm might get you the info you...

You should check out the HTPC forum on Avsforum.com There is a guy from Microsoft who reads the HTPC forum and will answer questions about the MCE. And there are a lot of knowledgeable people on the forum who will be able to help you out. It may be a video configuration issue. Post this...

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...

Looks like I am the No vote in this group ;) I am saying no because: 1) I don't know what "deaf culture" is 2) It is a waste of time.

Well, when you become deaf, you'll find out :D I can help with that. I became deaf when I was 5 and have been immersed in the hearing world for 25 years. College? Well, thanks to technology, you will have access to a stenocaptioner. Google this term. Office hours? No...

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...

Pricing is a big consideration for me. Go with Tmo - plan is only $30 per month whereas Cingular is $50.

From qwerty's links, here is the relevant information on "Telephone" TELEPHONE: The cost and repair of special telephone equipment that allows a deaf communicate over a regular telephone is an eligible medical. So it sounds like a TDD/TTY is covered as long as it is used to communicate...

What is your source?

Explanation of FSA

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...

The most important question of this thread: What does this information about teenage cell phone usage have to do with deaf people like us? Do we use cell phones? No, unless someone has invented a Captel Mobile Phone. Are we all teenagers? No. Are we all even oral? No. Please...

Mark, Thanks for the info. It sounds like the Blackberry is the best device for me at least until a Captel-style mobile phone comes out in the future. I really wanted the real-time VCO capability of Captel in a mobile phone but I guess the Blackberry features are better than nothing...

Mark, Regarding the IdoKorro MobileSSH, I understand from your postings that it is allows for real-time TDD on a Blackberry so it is faster than AIM. But am I correct in assuming that it works only for outgoing calls? What about incoming calls? What if someone wants to call me? It...

Mark, can you elaborate on this alternative? I am really interested in having a VCO-capable mobile phone as CapTel has spoiled me big time. Thanks.

Mark, Can your software support VCO on the devices that are mobile phones? Example: Treo 650. Connect to Relay. Enable VCO. Operator connects to third party. You speak to the third party via the Treo 650 and read the response on the Treo. This would come closest to being a mobile...

Mark, That is an interesting idea. However, semi-mobile CapTel won't really cut it for me since I am starting to get more involved in a start-up business and people need to get in touch with me 24/7. At this time, a 2-way pager and a desktop CapTel are the only alternatives I have, at least...