| Did
you know...
that many Georgians
who are deaf, hard or hearing, or have speech
disabilities can now enjoy the convenience of
communicating with family, friends or business
contacts by telephone, thanks to the Georgia Relay?
Here’s
how the Georgia Relay works:
A person who
is deaf, hard of hearing, or who may have a speech
loss types his/her conversation using a text telephone
(TDD/TTY). A specially trained Communications
Assistant (CA) relays the message by reading the
text message to the hearing person at the other
end. The CA then relays the hearing person’s
spoken words by typing them back to the TDD/TTY
user.
Relay
service is also available over the Internet:
Deaf, hard of
hearing and speech disabled customers can simply
go to http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/
to be connected to a CA. Customers may also go
to http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/
to access video relay service, where a certified
American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will
relay your signed conversation to the hearing
party.
Telephone
assistance is now available for people with Speech
Disabilities:
Speech-to-Speech
service lets people with speech disabilities communicate
on the telephone by using their own voice, or
voice-assisted device, through the help of a specially
trained CA by dialing either
7-1-1 or 1-800-229-5746.
Georgia Council
for the Hearing Impaired:
If you want
to learn more about the Georgia Telecommunication
Equipment Distribution Program, please contact
the Georgia Council for the Hearing Impaired at
www.gachi.org
or dial 1-800-541-0710.
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Spanish Relay
Service is available to Spanish speaking residents
of Georgia. TTY and voice users can dial the Spanish
Relay Service for local calls in Georgia and state-to-state
calls anywhere in the United States, including
Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A Spanish
hearing caller may dial 1-800-855-2885
to reach Spanish deaf, hard of hearing, or speech
disabled and Spanish text telephone users may
dial 1-800-855-2884.
These
services are available 24 hours a day, seven days
a week, and enable people to place relay
calls between Georgia and other locations anywhere
in the United States and internationally to English
and Spanish speaking persons. By law, each conversation
is handled with the strictest confidentiality.
There is no additional charge to access Georgia
Relay.
Learn More About
Georgia Relay:
To learn more
about Georgia Relay, visit the website at www.GeorgiaRelay.org.
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