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Accessible
Education
 makes the education process
accessible for students with hearing or speech disabilities.
provides
interactive communication with TTY devices. That is often the only way
that students or parents with hearing or speech disabilities can talk with
faculty or administration regarding the students educational situation or
progress.
is also an ideal educational tool
for curriculums that include:
diversity
awareness
sensitivity
training about disabilities
alternative
communications options
employment
training for students with
disabilities
business
communications skills
English
language and spelling skills
Telecommunications is ubiquitous to the educational process. Students and
parents who are denied ready access to
information and services offered as part of the educational process are
denied a learning opportunity and are
being denied their equal rights under many different laws.
E-Rate Eligible
is a specialized centrex-like
TTY telephone service designed to provide interactive communications with
people who use TTY devices. As a telecommunications service,
qualifies for funding in the E-RATE
Priority
One funding
category. E-Rate
qualification makes it very easy and affordable for schools at all levels to
order, install and affordand
equal access to education.
Traditional TTY
Problems
Traditional
TTYs used in schools are often part
of the
barrier to effective educational communications
and equal
access. Often,
only a few
of the traditional TTYs are installed because they are expensive and require
dedicated phone
lines.
Calls are not easily transferred and often the parent or student cannot talk
with educators or administrators. According to the FCC, school systems that
are using voice menu and IVR telephone systems have created barriers* to TTY
access even through TTY relay services.
solves those problems.
*FCC Report
and Order 99-181 |
Americans with
Disabilities Act
(ADA) and
other Legal
Mandates
In addition
to enhancing the educational process,
concurrently helps the school, school district, library or consortium more
fully comply with the mandates of the ADA, Sections 504 and 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act, IDEA and Section 255 of the
Telecommunications Act. makes
telecommunications accessible to TTY users even if the school is using
telephone equipment or technologies like voice menus, Interactive Voice
Response (IVR), or Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
Cost Effective &
Easily Installed
Thetelephone service
provides a seamless link
between the public switched telephone network and the Internet
infrastructures that are installed in virtually every school. TTY telephone
calls that originate on the telephone system are routed through thetelephone
switching center onto the school systems LAN or WAN. TTY calls are
received and/or originated on the appropriate PCs. No additional hardware or
networks are required. Installation is straightforward and involves
five basic steps
determining the number of simultaneous access lines
determining the number of users
loading
user software
determining call flow and phone number routing
providing
basic training to users.
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