Tag Archives: Textrelay

Guest Blog Plus Net and TextRelay call charges

Posted on September 10, 2011 by

I had to find a qualified interpreter today so I could contact my telephone and internet service provider to ask them why my phone bill has gone up from £20 per month on average to £64 last month and £73 … Continue reading →

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Guest blog – Experience of bad access when relying on telephony

Posted on August 23, 2011 by

This is a guest blog from Tony: Right, this is the actual event of what has happened today (Monday 22nd August 2010) of my trip to the HMRC Office in Norwich which ended with almost bad experience for me. I … Continue reading →

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Using Textphones with a deaf person

Posted on August 16, 2011 by

This is a follow up from my previous blog about telephony and deafness. Let’s look at issues caused by using a textphone (minicom). A textphone is NOT simply a  mobile phone with sms facility. I have a uniphone, this is … Continue reading →

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Telephones and deafness…

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

This blog has been a long time coming. Lack of access for deaf people is rife. You may not have thought we would have issues. But we do. Lots of them. I’m going to start with the main one. That … Continue reading →

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