The Federal Communications Commission is making big moves to help those with disabilities communicate. In a recent ruling, the FCC determined that it would replace the long-standing teletypewriter ...

AT&T yesterday accused T-Mobile and Sprint of violating federal rules that require wireless networks to be compatible with technology for people with hearing and speech disabilities. AT&T says ...

Deaf people don’t usually carry cell phones, but they haven’t been shut out of the communications revolution. Over the last three years, their lives have been transformed by two-way pagers. The pagers ...

RTT, or real-time text, sends text messages immediately as you type them, without requiring you to hit send. For RTT to work, you need a wireless handset like an iPhone or Android phone using IP-based ...

RTT refers to Real-Time Text, a solution aimed at helping the deaf and hard-of-hearing community have real-time conversations over the phone. RTT calls are an accessibility feature that must be ...

DANBURY - Morton Warnow is "a good man whose heart is in the right place." With these words, Dianne Wixted, director of counseling services for the state Commission on Deaf & Hearing Impaired, ...