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push to talk One thing I found helpful when I was merely profoundly hard-of-hearing was to use a push-to-talk switch that alternated between the microphone and HA output. Otherwise the feedback due to high gain was a real problem. The main downside was idiots who did not understand, even after...

Tough road ahead Speech to text has been a promising technology for the future ... for a long time. There is a need for something simple with a limited vocabulary that would enable deaf people to get "codes" used in two-factor authentication as is done increasingly by banks, credit card...

For Internet services, "two factor" authentication is becoming common. I can't use one of my credit cards because I can't receive a "code" by phone. I tried Office 2003's voice feature on some numbers that I know would have a menu tree and got complete gibberish. Any ideas anyone for...

A couple of solutions Early in life I used light bulbs to wake up. I got "flasher buttons" from the hardware store. They just go in the socket, then you screw in the light bulb. It makes the bulb flash even with constant power. Hooked it to a timer to serve as alarm clock. Power in dorms does...

Just built my own TTY I am a little late to this thread, but I recently built my own TTY. Here is why: 1. I live in the middle of nowhere. Landline only, no high speed Internet. No cell service. 2. Many big financial firms (like banks) have TTY connections. I can safely give account numbers...