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Hearing Loss Association of America - New York State is an educational and advocacy organization of people working together across New York State to promote issues of importance to New Yorkers with hearing loss.

Information on Transition from Analog to Digital TV:
Click here: Hearing Loss Association of America

Captioned Telephone News:

Sprint WebCapTel® Solution Shows Captions over the Internet During Phone Calls; Facilitating Easier Conversations

Click here: Sprint Web CapTel: Welcome

Sprint WebCapTel is a web-based service that allows a person who can speak but has difficulty hearing over the phone to read word-for-word captions of their call on a web browser during the call, while at the same time hearing the other person using any telephone.

A user would make or receive calls while logged into a website (www.sprintcaptel.com) and hear the person on the other line using their own cell phone, desk phone, cordless phone, or even an amplified phone. The user (if they have any residual hearing) hears the person speaking through any telephone, not through the internet or web browser. During the call, captions appear on the user's web browser.

What equipment does one need to make or receive calls on WebCapTel?
A user only needs three things:

A computer with web browser
An internet connection to the computer
A working telephone that can receive calls

 

More About CapTel Phone:

CapTel Phone is still available in New York State for the special price of $99.00 for individuals at home, one per household. The regular retail cost is $495.00 per phone.

Listed below is how to order a CapTel phone and a list of features of the CapTel phone.

To purchase a CapTel phone (requires analog line/port), you can:
• Order online see http://www.weitbrecht.com/statecaptel/NY.phtml
• For the order form to fax or mail in see http://www.captionedtelephone.com/states/NY_CapTel.pdf
Or contact:

WCI (Weitbrecht Communications, Inc.)
926 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90401-2717

By Email: sales@weitbrecht.com
By Phone (800) 233-9130 (V/TTY)
By Fax (310) 450-9918 2s

Features of a CapTel phone (requires analog line/port).. read on...

Click here: CapTel - Customer Service   How to contact CapTel Customer Service. Please read on.......

 

Click here to learn more about New York Relay / Captel

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 News from HLAA–NYS...

Officers and HLAA–NYS Board for 2008 elected in Harrisburg, PA on October 6, 2007

New State Groups in Formation

For a listing of movie theatres showing captioned films in your areas, please click here www.fomdi.com
and enter your zip code

HLAA–NYS Leadership Training

Emergency Preparedness for People with Hearing Loss

Legislative Advocacy Update

New York State Legislator Form

 

 

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