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Re: Phone captioning services in England #Captioning

John Woodgate
 

Thanks, Bruce. I've heard about it vaguely before.A Web search indicates that  we do have some sort of service here, but it's paid for in one way or another by the users and it doesn't seem to advertise where I might expect.

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On 2021-10-28 14:38, Bruce Nelson wrote:

In the US, there are several companies that provide real-time captioning of phone calls. They are paid for by the Federal Communications Commission and are currently not available outside of the United States.

The websites for the land-line companies are:

There are several phone apps which are similarly government supported.

I hope this helps clear up your confusion.

Bruce Nelson


On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:36 AM John Woodgate <jmw@...> wrote:

I can't help because I don't know what you mean by 'phone captioning services'. We don't have the fastest broadband, but most people get a pretty good service.

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www.woodjohn.uk
Rayleigh, Essex UK
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On 2021-10-28 01:35, Wayne Giese wrote:
Friends,  I am told that phone captioning services are not available in England due to outdated data transmission lines, etc.  Is there any truth to that?  Thanks!

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