Yes, please distribute this message as widely as possible
and look at the web page : http://www.stsnews.com/
If you have questions about Speech-to-Speech, please contact me.
Thanks, - Bob Segalman, Ph.D.
Founder of Speech-to-Speech
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----- Original Message -----
From: Perk <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 6:10 AM
Subject: Re: Telephone Access for People with Speech Disabilities
> May I forward this?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Segalman <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 1999 6:30 PM
> Subject: Telephone Access for People with Speech Disabilities
>
>
> > Everyone interested in helping people with speech disabilities should
look
> > at http://www.stsnews.com/ This web page describes a free relay
> service
> > for people with speech disabilities. A brief description follows:
> >
> >
> > PEOPLE WITH SPEECH DISABILITIES NOW HAVE A TELEPHONE SERVICE
> >
> > If you have a speech disability and live in : ARIZONA,
> > CALIFORNIA, MARYLAND, NEVADA, SOUTH CAROLINA, WISCONSIN, GEORGIA,
> MINNESOTA
> > and WASHINNGTON STATE, you can now use a new, free telephone assistance
> > service 24 hours a day.
> >
> > This service, called Speech-to-Speech, provides "communications
> assistants"
> > for people with difficulty being understood by the public on the
> telephone.
> > We hope that the FCC will require all states to provide Speech-to-Speech
> in
> > two years.
> >
> > If you have a speech disability, you can dial toll free to reach a
> > patient, trained communications assistant who is familiar with many
speech
> > patterns and has excellent hearing and language skills. This operator
> makes
> > telephone calls for you and repeats your words exactly.
> >
> > Users now make about 5,000 calls a month nationally. Speech-to-Speech is
> > also useful if you use a speech synthesizer. Speech-to-Speech is the
only
> > way for many people to telephone others not accustomed to their speech.
> Many
> > Speech-to-Speech users have Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy,
multiple
> > sclerosis, or Muscular Dystrophy. Other users include people who stutter
> or
> > have had a laryngectomy or ALS.
> >
> > I have cerebral palsy and Speech-to-Speech made telephone use much
easier
> > for me. You can try out Speech-to-Speech, report problems or get more
> > information by calling 800-854-7784 and asking for Dr. Bob Segalman (in
> the
> > communication assistant's directory). See also the new web page on
> > Speech-to-Speech:
> >
> > http://www.stsnews.com/
> >
> > Here are the U. S. Speech-to-Speech access numbers:
> >
> > ARIZONA 1 800 842 6520
> > CALIFORNIA 1 800 854 7784
> > MARYLAND 1 800-785-5630
> > SOUTH CAROLINA 1 877 735 7277
> > WISCONSIN 1 800-833-7637
> > GEORGIA 1 800 229 5746
> > WASHINGTON STATE 1-877-833-6341
> > NEVADA 1-888-326-5658
> > MINNESOTA 1-877-627-3848
> >
> > Sweden and Australia have completed Speech-to-Speech Trials. Australia
> > began permanent service on November 1. For Swedish information e-mail:
> > [log in to unmask] (Inga Svanfeldt)
> >
> > and for Australian information
> > e-mail: [log in to unmask] (Tom McCaul)
> >
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