• DocumentCode
    3154455
  • Title

    TONETALKER [telephone display]

  • Author

    Sanford, Carol J.

  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    1-5 Feb 1992
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    14
  • Abstract
    TONETALKER is a low-cost, portable, hand-held, battery powered device used with a pane which enables a hearing impaired person to see messages sent from any touchtone phone. TONETALKER has a display and a microphone on a suction cup which attaches to the telephone receiver. Only the keys on a touchtone phone is needed to `type´ messages to the TONETALKER device which is used with the hearing impaired person´s telephone receiver, and receives and displays the messages. No other computer, device or special telephone is required. TONETALKER works with any telephone. Voice communication is not affected
  • Keywords
    handicapped aids; microcomputer applications; portable computers; telephone systems; TONETALKER; hearing impaired; portable computer, handicapped aids; telephone display; touchtone phone; Auditory system; Batteries; Computer displays; Decoding; Microphones; Microprocessors; Power engineering and energy; Presses; Pressing; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computing Applications to Assist Persons with Disabilities, 1992., Proceedings of the Johns Hopkins National Search for
  • Conference_Location
    Laurel, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-2730-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CAAPWD.1992.217407
  • Filename
    217407