What is hearing carryover?

What is hearing carryover?

Hearing Carry-Over (HCO) allows those that can hear but have a speech disability to listen to the person called. The HCO user types conversation for the relay operator to read to the standard telephone user.

What are Voice Carry Over calls?

Voice Carry-Over (VCO) allows a caller with hearing loss to speak directly to a hearing person. When the hearing person speaks to a VCO caller the Communications Assistant serves as the VCO caller’s “ears” and types everything said to the VCO caller’s TTY or VCO phone.

How does TTY relay service work?

TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Services permit persons with a hearing or speech disability to use the telephone system via a text telephone (TTY) or other device to call persons with or without such disabilities.

How many types of relay services are there?

There are many types or forms of TRS that an individual can use. They include Text-to-Voice teletypewriter (TTY) based TRS, Voice Carry Over, Speech-to-Speech Relay Services, Captioned Telephone Services, Internet Protocol (IP) Relay, IP Captioned Telephone Service, and Video Relay Services (VRS).

How does video relay service work?

Video Relay Service is a form of Telecommunications Relay Service that enables persons with hearing disabilities who use American Sign Language to communicate with voice telephone users through video equipment, rather than through typed text.

What does CapTel stand for?

Captioned Telephone
Captioned Telephone (or CapTel for short) is a new telephone technology that allows people to receive word-for-word captions of their telephone conversations.

What is VCO for deaf?

A voice-carry-over (VCO) phone is another telephone solution for individuals who are deaf. VCO is an option for people who use their own voice, but who cannot hear. For example, an individual who has lost hearing later in life may prefer to continue to use their own voice to talk to others on the phone.

What is VCO in mobile phone?

A VCO (Voice Carry Over) phone is a special phone with a text readout that allows you to use VCO mode when making a relay call.

What is the difference between TTY and relay service?

If a deaf individual is communicating with another TTY user, both users send and receive text. If a deaf individual is communicating with a hearing individual who doesn’t have a TTY, they will use the Telecommunication Relay Service (TRS).

Are TTY still used?

Consumers are now generally able to use TTYs to complete calls with their digital wireless phones, including 911 calls, if the phone itself is TTY-compatible. To find a TTY-compatible digital wireless phone, contact your wireless service provider or handset retailer.

How do you handle relay calls?

On a relay call, only one person can speak/type at a time. Say or type “Go Ahead” or “GA” at the end of your response to let the other person know it is his/her turn to respond. Note: For your protection, calls cannot be placed to 900 #’s or any other numbers that charge by the minute.

Is CaptionCall really free?

No costs are passed on to qualified users. Whether you use the CaptionCall phone and service in your home, or you download the mobile app that allows you to take CaptionCall with you wherever you go, there really are no costs for you as the consumer.

What is VCO in cell phone?

For anyone who doesn’t know about Voice Carry Over, VCO is a technology that allows people who cannot hear on the phone, but have good speech to use a phone. Here’s how it works. You dial the relay operator (711), and she connects you to the person you want to talk to.

Why is VCO used?

VCOs are used in function generators, phase-locked loops including frequency synthesizers used in communication equipment and the production of electronic music, to generate variable tones in synthesizers.

Is TTY obsolete?

A teleprinter (teletypewriter, teletype or TTY for TeleTYpe/TeleTYpewriter) is a now largely obsolete electro-mechanical typewriter which can be used to communicate typed messages from point to point through a simple electrical communications channel, often just a pair of wires.

What is TTY hearing impaired?

What is TTY mode on a cell phone? TTY mode allows people with hearing and speech impairments to communicate by using text-to-voice or voice-to-text technology. Today, most cell phones are equipped with built-in TTY technology meaning that you don’t have to purchase an additional TTY device to communicate.