Relay Systems
Federal Relay Services
FRS is a Federal government service, which utilizes the FTS2001 network in order to allow Federal employees who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf-Blind and or have speech disabilities equal communication access. These employees use a Text-Telephone (TTY) to communicate with hearing federal employees who do not have a TTY. Calls are relayed using specially trained Communication Assistants (CA). The CA acts as a transparent conduit for the transmittal of information. The CA is simply relaying the conversation back and forth from the TTY user to the regular telephone user.
Hamilton Internet Relay
Hamilton Internet Protocol Relay (HIP Relay) is a free 24-hour service that allows web-based Internet users to connect to HIP Relay via the Internet and place a relay call to any standard telephone, VCO or HCO user. HIP Relay is the newest way for relay users to communicate with anyone at anytime. During a HIP Relay call, a relay user connects to the relay via the Internet instead of calling 7-1-1 or an 800 number. HIP Relay users enjoy no long distance charges, quick, simple connections to the relay from any place in the country where you can access the Internet, experienced, professional CAs, reliable service, responsive customer support and customized calling with a Customer Profile.
Hamilton Relay Service
http://www.hamilton.net/relay/
Hamilton Telecommunications, a telephone company based in Aurora, Nebraska has been providing telephone service for over 100 years. Hamilton Relay Service is a division of Hamilton Telecommunications, which has been providing Relay Service since 1990. Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) enables people who use a Text Telephone (also called a TTY, a TDD or TT) to communicate freely with people who use a standard telephone. Hamilton provides interstate relay service (calls from one state to another state) and intrastate relay service (calls within the same state) to six states across the country. Hamilton also provides Internet Relay. For more information, contact a customer service representative at 1-800-618-4781 V/TTY or by e-mail at relay@hamilton.net.
MCI Global Relay
Free relay calls over the internet.
Sprint Relay
Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc.
TDI is an advocacy organization promoting equal access to telecommunications and media for people who are deaf, hard of hearing, late-deafened or deaf-blind. We publish the annual Blue Book, a directory of deaf and hard of hearing households, businesses, organizations and agencies that serve people with hearing loss. Listings include TTY numbers, FAX numbers, e-mail and web addresses, pagers, IM, etc. TDI also publishes a quarterly news magazine, The GA-SK, for our members and subscribers. Since 1968, TDI has successfully collaborated with other consumer organizations in passing the ADA (including 911 access and statewide relay services), the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (including captioning standards, product/service accessibility) and many other legislation that gives us improved standards of living.
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