Phone captioning services in England #Captioning
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Wayne Giese
Friends, I am told that phone captioning services are not available in England due to outdated data transmission lines, etc.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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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. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque 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Friends, I am told that phone captioning services are not available in England due to outdated data transmission lines, etc.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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Wow! If he doesn’t know what it is, it sounds as tho’ they don’t have captioning. Yet they are so far ahead of us on looping.
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Carol Agate
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I don't use a cell phone because I am too deaf
and too dyspraxic to use texting. I only have one for
two-factor authentication messages, and for use as as a camera. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque On 2021-10-28 11:43, Carol in Boston
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Wow! If he doesn’t know what it is, it sounds as tho’ they don’t have captioning. Yet they are so far ahead of us on looping. |
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John,
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We have captioning available on both cell phones and land lines. It’s government funded. The spoken words appear on a screen. That isn’t a service provided in England? How about the rest of the UK? Carol
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It's the same all over, England, Wales,
Scotland, Northern Ireland. However, I haven't been able to find
proof that such a service is unavailable from any UK telecoms
service provider. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque On 2021-10-28 13:22, Carol in Boston
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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: http:/clearcaptions.com 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:
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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. ======================================================================================
Best wishes John Woodgate OOO-Own Opinions Only www.woodjohn.uk Rayleigh, Essex UK Istae nunc praetereunt nisi non ubicumque On 2021-10-28 14:38, Bruce Nelson
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Jack Clevenger, AZ
All, I should mention that there is also CaptionMate which is especially great with cell smart phones. It provides captioning on both sides of the conversation while talking on the phone. In addition, it sends an email when one has a VoiceMail message to read and saves the conversations as desired. CaptionMate works with smart cell phones, tablets, computers, and ..... landline phones. Here is the website for more information: http://www.captionmate.com The captioning is paid for by the FCC. I like it most from among the list Bruce shared and it is free like the others. I wish I had this app while I had my working career as a student services professional in postsecondary education. This app and others as discussed would have saved me a lot of misunderstanding, confusion, and yes, sometimes reprimands from the sup through no fault of my own. Jack Jack Clevenger HLAAofPrescott@... Prescott, Arizona 928.899.3987 (Please text first if possible and I will call back.)
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, 06:39:12 AM MST, Bruce Nelson <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: http:/clearcaptions.com There are several phone apps which are similarly government supported. I hope this helps clear up your confusion. Bruce Nelson |
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In the US we have captioning telephones. The services are regulated by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). They are available for landlines, internet connected phones, mobile. and computer. Some examples are CapTel, CaptionCall, ClearCaptions, InnoCaption to name a few. A French company called RogerVoice is also approved to use in the US and can be use globally.
https://rogervoice.com/en/ |
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