Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!104!809.2!Karen.Keil
From: Karen.Keil@p2.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Deaf And/or Hearing Impai
Message-ID: <18288@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 91 05:49:37 GMT
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: Karen.Keil@p2.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org
Distribution: misc
Organization: FidoNet node 1:104/809.2 - Fantasy Mountain, Golden CO
Lines: 68
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP

Index Number: 14124

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 AS> I, too, have a Superprint 400a by Ultratec along with two Krown
 AS> Research models which are really my favorite.  I don't think I'm
 AS> familiar with the Compact TDD - is it anything similar to the
 AS> Intele-Type by Ultratec?

The Compact TDD is a new TDD that is very portable--you just fold
it up and snap it shut when you are done on the phone.  It is
fairly small--about the size of  slightly more than a third of a
standard sheet of paper. (9" x  5"?) (folded up)  It has a backlit
LCD display with two lines of dialogue visible.  You can store
phone numbers and memos and conversations.

Some people think Ultratec is a better brand than Krown.  I
wouldn't know, not having much experience in TDDs.  Interestingly,
Krown makes the AT&T brand of TDDs, too.  I was very interested in
an AT&T model that had a full screen display, but felt it would
take as much room as a computer, especially on my desk at work!  I
have a Superprint 400 at work.

 AS>Isn't there a dealer in your area (Denver) where
 AS> you could have purchased the units directly?

Yes, there are.  I thought I would save money by ordering from
Ultratec directly.  At this writing, I think the parts used in the
TDDs are part of the problem, not just the handling by UPS.

 AS> Oh, I'm so glad you are going to make this year's SHHH convention.
 AS> The SilentTalkers will all have to get together for dinner,
 AS> gab session and perhaps satisfy our fix of BBSing during the
 AS> convention.

Well, it's SO tempting to attend, especially with it being right in
town!  It should be fun and very interesting!  Besides, I want to
meet more people like me who are dealing with many of the same
things I'm dealing with.  BTW, how would one satisfy the fix of
BBSing during the convention?  Would someone rent or bring a
computer?   (Just curious.)  :-)

 AS> BTW - are you familiar with Listen-Up in Denver? ..... the main one is
 AS> on Pearl Street. A very close relative of mine is the owner - Walt
 AS>Stinson.

No, I am not familiar with Listen-Up offhand.  Just looked it up in
the Yellow Pages--it's an audio/video, autosound and compact disc
store doing custom installation, also.

 AS> I feel confident that techology will improve in the future but
 AS> I do feel it'll be with laptops and perhaps that little pocket
 AS> gadget one can carry around to print out conversations/voices
 AS> in crowds and the like.

You mean those gadgets that would translate the conversation around
you into captions?  I've often wished for something like that,
especially in staff meetings at work with all the information they
throw out at you.....it sounds like a spy thing on Mission:
Impossible (come to think of it).

For right now, it's just a wishful fantasy (sigh).

Karen

--
Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!104!809.2!Karen.Keil
Internet: Karen.Keil@p2.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org