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I recently received a message about someone who is working on this (at least the portable real-time captioning device). It looks really interesting, but I wonder how it will hold up in real use.

I think that's excellent -- you might have to add slight explanation after the first use just so it's understood.

Ohhhhh trust me. As long as the AllDeaf community will have us I think we're all happy to talk about these things. We're the exact same way; we've always wanted to talk about it but can't due to protocol!!

Wow, buddy. No wonder you were late.

Only if we have to, if it's too fast. Otherwise, we have to do our best to type every single word. And no, I LOVE your questions. I've been wanting there to be a legal way to discuss relay between operators and the Deaf/HH community for as long as I've been one. It could be so much easier!

Exactly! Those are the best... the "don't type that" people. Poor silly people.

It depends, automated systems are usually very fast. Sometimes they're too fast or I just can't understand a word or two, so if it's towards the beginning you may as well redial to try and get everything. If it's progressed along we just have to skip little words or hope there's a repeating...

If we can understand what they're saying and we're not typing over you, then yes, we'll type it. The basic philosophy is.. if I can hear it, YOU get to read it. Why should the hearing person be able to say whatever they want without you knowing about it? It's your phone call, you deserve to...

Well, you could always ask the relay operator to tell the hearing person that when they answer the phone, that way you can just type it in the instructions instead of to the hearing person. At our relay company we're taught not to assume anything, so if I were to get a "type slower"...

It's not so much that you're asking, it's that we CAN'T do it. We're not allowed to. Plus, I've noticed a lot of Deaf/HH callers think we can just magically get a live rep. We can't. We don't have all the automated systems memorized and zero doesn't always work. To be perfectly honest, it's...

Yeah I stumbled across that one about a month ago before I joined alldeaf. No one seems to post on it very often. I suppose I could tell my fellow operators about it... but I already know who they are and talk to them about it, so it wouldn't be very fulfilling. I was mostly trying to find a way...

I think the people that tend to use ga less are probably just those from a younger generation. You know.. the kids that really haven't used a TTY or TDD. Also, the AIM users... because in their normal AIM conversations I doubt they "ga" after everything, so using the same medium is just a force...

Yes. There is a MINIMUM typing speed operators have to have; it probably fluctuates some relay service to relay service. Even though the operators can type pretty fast you have to realize how fast a lot of hearing people speak. We're trying to type every single word the hearing person is...

This is a case of relay companies, for the most part. I've noticed also that there are some companies that just don't abide by the Deaf/HH comes first rule, and they'll type over you. It seems to be primarily AIM, because the text isn't appearing on the screen UNTIL YOU HIT ENTER. So there are...

While I think Bend My Ear did a decent job of fielding questions, I did want to add some things. Do remember that some relay services do things differently; I've learned that lesson just from dealing with people crossing over as well as experimenting with other relays myself. One major thing...