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- From: Karen.Keil@p0.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
- Newsgroups: misc.handicap
- Subject: SHHH report 5 of 13
- Message-ID: <23911@handicap.news>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 21:32:34 GMT
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- X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference
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- Index Number: 23911
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- [This is from the Silent Talk Conference]
-
- Part 5 of the SHHH Convention --- Cedar Rapids, Iowa
-
- More Exhibits, cont.
- ----------------------------
-
- HITEC Group International, Inc.
- 8205 Cass Avenue
- Suite 109
- Darien, Il 60559
- (708) 963-5588 v/tdd
-
- A mail-order assistive devices store, who also produce their own
- products like the item below.
-
- They were celebrating their 10th anniversary by publishing 10th
- anniversary catalogs and passing out hot pink yo-yos with their
- logo. Some of the other exhibitors were spotted yo-yoing with
- those yo-yos!
-
- Their video training tape, '9-1-1 The TDD and You', comes
- complete with 4 video tapes and 4 workbooks. It costs $399 plus
- $6.50 shipping and covers 4 areas:
-
- Sensitivity Training
- Operation of TDD Equipment
- Recognizing and Responding to TDD Calls/Special Language
- Skills
- Situational Examples of Handling TDD Calls
-
- ------------------------------------
-
- Ultratec
- 450 Science Drive
- Madison, Wisconsin 53711
- (608) 238-5400 (voice/tdd)
-
- They had 5 types of items on display:
-
- TDD pay phone
- Superprint 400
- Superprint II
- Compact TDD
- and the latest...
-
- AT (Accessible Telephone)
-
- They have 4 models of AT Tdds....
- AT 2000
- AT 3000
- AT 4000 (with 2 1/4 " wide paper printer)
- AT 5000 (the only one with an extra wide paper printer)
-
- The prices have not been set yet but it's in the range of
- $300-$700.
-
- At first glance, they didn't look different, but they do.
- They all have a telephone receiver attached to the TDD itself.
- You can use it as a voice telephone using the receiver, dialing
- numbers from the keyboard, or use it as a direct connect TDD,
- typing on the keyboard!
-
- According to their brochure/flyer...."An Accessible
- Telephone (AT) is a TDD built into the telephone making it fully
- accessible to everyone who uses it."
-
- This makes it so you don't need a telephone and a TDD taking
- up room on a table--it's all incorporated into one device. Less
- money, less clutter, more convenience.
-
- Some features:
- AT 4000
-
- telephone features:
- multiple voice output messages
- memory dialing
- last number redial
- keyboard dialing
- amplified handset
- pleasant sounding ring
-
- TDD features:
- built-in, 24-character printer
- three sizes of print
- 32 k memory
- TDD voice announcer
- auto-answer
- remote message retrieval
- 4-row keyboard
- 20-character, blue/green display
- AC adapter included
- ASCII code (optional)
- Clock-calendar (optional)
-
- AT 5000
- Telephone features:
- same as AT 4000
-
- TDD features:
- Built-in, 40-character printer
- programmable type sizes
- built-in clock calendar
- 32k memory with message buffers
- 80-character, 2-line LCD display
- 53 key, typewriter-style keyboard
- ASCII and Baudot codes
- Automatic code detection
- TDD voice announcer
- auto-answer
- programmable outgoing-messages
- remote message retrieval
- AC adapter
- Voice and TDD answering (optional--special feature)
-
- The Superprint 400 now has 8k memory with a phone directory,
- remote message access and multiple messages answering.
-
- The pay phone was demonstrated with information already told in
- another post.
-
- The Superprint II seems to be the same as last year.
-
- Please write to them for more information on any of these things.
- PLEASE NOTE THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER AT THE NORMANDY ADDRESS--SEE
- THEIR NEW ADDRESS ABOVE.
- -------------------
- To be continued....
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