We are in the information age. Internet, pagers, emails. fax, videophones, cell phones, etc. This page contains a listing of links for you to explore and learn about the technology we deaf + hard of hearing uses.

National Organizations

Telecommunication for the Deaf, Inc - A deaf national organization that advocacy issues to address equal access in telecommunication and media for the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing .

Gallaudet University Technology Assessment Program (TAP) - a research group focusing on technologies and services that eliminate communciation barriers.

Relay Services

Telecommunication Relay Services

WA State 911/TTY calls

WA State 911/TTY - Provides educational workshops offers 911/TTY training to both TTY users and 911 telecommunicators

Loopset/Wireless Phones, Communicators, Services, Pagers

AT&T -  Good website with a listing of products  + services used by the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing.

Ericsson - Outstanding website with a listing of products used by the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing.

Motorola - Outstanding website with a listing of products used by the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing.

Motorola Smart Pagers - Outstanding website with a listing of products used by the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing.

Nokia - Has no displays any product often used by the deaf, deaf-blind, late deafness, and hard of hearing. Too wordy and technical.

WyndTell - WyndTell is the most complete wireless communication service available, designed specifically for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Teletext Telephone (TTY)

Ultratec - World's leading manufacturer of TTY's

NXi Communications, Inc - Produce TTY compatible high speed modem with personal communications software for computer-based TTY calls.

Captioning

Captioning Center at WGBH - is the world's first captioning agency and a non-profit service of the WGBH Educational Foundation. With offices in Boston, Los Angeles and New York, The Caption Center captions nearly 100 hours per week of programming from all segments of the television industry as well as thousands of commercials, home videos and music videos.

NCI - National Captioning Institute - With offices in Washington, DC; Burbank, CA; New York, NY; and London, England, we are a non-profit National Captioning Institute and is the global captioning leader, supplying the highest quality closed-captioning services to the television, cable, and home video industries.

CaptionMax - In Minneapolis, New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, we are your one-stop shop for Captioning, Subtitling, Webcast Captioning, WebTV Links, Transcription, and much more.

Personal Captioning System - A prescription eyeglasses or clip-on glasses that has close captioned text or transcribed dialogue that you can read inside the lens.

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One-stop shopping

Harris Communication  

Weitbrecht Communication Incorporated