User guide
8
e
provide specialized telecommunication equipment
that
enables people
who
are
Deaf, Hard
of
Hearing,
DeaVBlind,
or
Speech
Impaired
to
place and receive their
own
phone
calls.
If
you
qualify,
FTRl
will
provide the equipment and training
at
NO
CHARGE.
Available equipment and their descriptions
are
listed
below.
Qualifying residents
may
receive
one
piece
of
equipment from
each
category
at
no
charge.
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Specialized
Telephones
(Category
A)
I
volume
Control
Phone
for
the
Hearing Impaired (VCPH)
40
d
Text
Telephone
(m),
also
known
as
a
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD)
Makes incoming speech
clearer.
adjustment.
Built-in nng flasher that lights up
Ring
volume up to
95
dH
Used to type a message to another
ITY
user
or
a
person using
a
standard
Includes a volume control telephone through the relay service.
when the phone rings.
Voice Carry-Over/Hearing
Carry-Over/Text Telephone
NCO/HCO/TTY)
Voice
Caw-Over Telephone
(VCO)
30
dB
*
Used as a standard telephone, Allows
a
person to receive a text message
through a relay service and verbally reply
to
the caller with
his
or
her own voice.
Ring volume up
to
85
dB.
*:,
VCO,
HCO,
or
TTY
Allows
you
to
listen to the
caller and typc a reply
on
the
telephone keypad.
Volume
Control Phone
for
the Speech
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Captioned Telephone
Impaired (VCPS)
18
dB
(Capfell
Provides more volume when speaking Displays every word the
Ring
volume
up
to
75
dB. caller says.
Allows user
to
listen
to
the caller.
Ring
Signaling
Devices
(Category
B)
Audible Ring
Signaler
(ARS)
95
dB
Plugs
into ajack away from the
Makes
lamp flash
on
and
off
telephone when the telephone rings.
Or
Connects directly
to
the Has
a
remote receiver that
telephone
Rings when the telephone
nngs
rooms.
and allows
you
to
adjust the tone
and
volume.
Visual
Ring Signaler
(VRS)
Connects
to
a lamp.
allows lamp to flash
in
other
Florida Telecommunications
Relay,
Inc.
1820
E.
Park Avenue,
Suite
I01
Tallahassee,
FL
32301
Monday-Friday
8:30
a.m.-5:00
p.m.
Phone:
1-800-222-3448
(Voice)
1-888-447-5620
ITlY)
Web
Site: www.ftri.org