Typetalk was introduced in 1991, since then over 21 million calls have been made from Textphone users to hearing people. Without Typetalk deaf and speech–impaired people would not be able to make telephone calls to hearing people, having to rely on friends and family to ring their bank, doctors etc. on their behalf.
The service is simple and free to use. Calls are charged at standard telephone rates (please contact your telephone service provider for information about how you are billed). A Textphone user simply dials 18001 followed by the full telephone number of the person they wish to call. Once the call is answered by a hearing person a Typetalk Operator will join the line to relay the call. The text user can type or speak their conversation to the hearing person, the hearing person will speak their part of the conversation and the Typetalk Operator will type exactly what is being said.
The assistants are sensitive and well trained and handle each call with complete confidentiality.
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