[Athen] TTY numbers -- still a thing?

Kathleen Cahill kcahill at mit.edu
Fri Apr 29 04:23:23 PDT 2016


Thank you for all the responses regarding TTY retention. We will use this
information going forward, to figure out what ones to retain.

Kathy

Kathleen Cahill
MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC)
77 Mass. Ave. 7-143
Cambridge MA 02139
(617) 253-5111
kcahill at mit.edu





On 4/28/16, 2:34 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lane, Lori"
<athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu on behalf of
lorilane at illinois.edu> wrote:


>I do know that some older folks (60 +) in the Deaf/HH community still use

>them. Many of us (younger than 60) are into text, IM, email, and video

>relay. I personally stopped using the TTY since 2003 or 2004.

>

>I agree with everyone on the listserv to keep this option open for those

>living in the rural area or still using the older technologies.

>

>Lori

>University of Illinois

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu]

>On Behalf Of Jeffrey Dell

>Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 1:06 PM

>To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

><athen-list at u.washington.edu>

>Subject: Re: [Athen] TTY numbers -- still a thing?

>

>Our campus police department was required to keep theirs to pass the

>accreditation they go through. If we had a specific request we would

>provide them but we haven't had any requests for having a TTY device in

>the past 8 years. the only request we have had since we stopped making

>TTY available is for video phones which we do have.

>Jeff

>Cleveland State

>

>On 4/28/16, Maria Bohn <mbohn at bergen.edu> wrote:

>> Also there are a lot of service organizations who still have TTY¹s to

>> communicate ­ think police stations etc.

>>

>> Maria Bohn

>> Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office

>> of Specialized Services Bergen Community College

>>

>> From: Kathleen Cahill <kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>>

>> Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

>> <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>

>> Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10:17 AM

>> To: Access Network

>> <athen-list at u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list at u.washington.edu>>

>> Subject: [Athen] TTY numbers -- still a thing?

>>

>> Hi Colleagues,

>>

>> We recently had a discussion with our Telecommunications staff who

>> were trying to track down the former sites of all TTY devices that

>> were on campus. A lot of them have been disconnected and or gotten

>> rid of since they are an older technology. However, I would like to

>> ask how your university is handling this issue. Do you have any TTYs

>> on campus? Are they advertised on the university contact page? I

>> know that Video Relay is much more in use as well as email by deaf/HOH

>> users but I would like to know if there are any good reasons to retain

>> TTYs, perhaps for consumers who have older technologies they still use

>>for communication.

>>

>> Thanks

>> Kathy

>>

>> Kathleen Cahill

>> MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC)

>> 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143

>> Cambridge MA 02139

>> (617) 253-5111

>> kcahill at mit.edu<mailto:kcahill at mit.edu>

>>

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