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Advancing Towards Total Conversation: The Significance of Real-Time Text (RTT)
The European Accessibility Act (EAA 2019/882) has introduced new requirements to ensure that vital communication services, including emergency calls, remain accessible for individuals who are ..
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Implementation of RTT in Europe
The new EU directive, the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC 2018/1972), will come into force on January 1, 2023. Among other things, this means that ..
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Surge in Interest for RTT in Emergency Calls
Real-time Text (RTT) is essential for the Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard-of-Hearing to be able to make emergency calls. Yet many emergency service centers and service ..
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RTT Provides Meaningful Accessibility to Emergency Services
For most people, it is a given that they will quickly be able to reach Emergency Services when facing a crisis. For Deaf, DeafBlind and ..
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nWise launches unique iPhone communication app for the DeafBlind community in the US
myMMX DB is an easy-to-use communication app aimed to enable people in the DeafBlind community to make and receive phone calls. Calls can be placed ..
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How the COVID-19 crisis impacts the deaf in the Netherlands
The coronavirus affects society profoundly, but in which ways has the pandemic influenced access to and need for sign language interpretation around the world? In ..
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How COVID-19 impacts the deaf in the UK
The coronavirus affects society profoundly, but in which ways has the pandemic influenced access to and need for sign language interpretation around the world? In ..
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How COVID-19 impacts sign language interpretation in Germany
The coronavirus affects society profoundly. But in what ways has the pandemic influenced the access to and need for sign language interpretation around the world? ..
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Hur covid-19 påverkar dövtolkning i Tyskland
Coronavirusets effekter slår hårt mot samhället. Men på vilka sätt har pandemin påverkat tillgängligheten och behovet av teckenspråkstolkning runtom i världen? I vår bloggserie ”Dövtolkning ..
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Major challenges for DeafBlind individuals during COVID-19 and other crises
In the US, a significant percentage of DeafBlind people live alone, in distant rural areas, or in isolation with very limited access to in-person assistance. ..
