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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: phone ringing alert devices
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Date: 1 Jun 90 17:47:16 GMT
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 >    Hello. That flashing thing to let Vixen know the
 > phone is rining sounds like a good idea. I was just wondering
 > tho', isnt Vixen also Blind?  what can a person with her problem
 > do then to know when the phone is rining?

   Vixen is legally blind but can still see (I am also deaf/blind).  For 
those who are deaf and totally blind there is a (somewhat expensive) 
device called a Silent Page (mfg. by Quest Electronics. $500 for one 
receiver and two sensors).  A sensor would be placed by the phone and 
doorbell and when either ring the receiver, which is worn on the wrist 
like a watch (its about 3 times the size of a mans watch but made of 
lightweight plastic) will start to vibriate.  A dead but sighted person 
would look at the receiver to see which LED light is on, indicating 
which sensore had activated.  For the deaf blind there is a different 
model receiver which has small pips that pop up in place of the LED 
lights.

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