Textphones

Some deafblind people find that textphones are a great help to communication. A textphone is simply a telephone with a keyboard attached and messages appear as text in a display. The conversation is typed, rather than spoken.

You can also communicate with someone without a textphone using TypeTalk and TextDirect. Visit the TypeTalk website for more information about this system.

More information

Ricability have a guide sbout buying a textphone. Click here to view the guide.
The RNID produces a factsheet about textphones, including information about the rebate scheme.

Product	Supplier	Product code	Price
ScreenPhone	RNID	T374	£233.83 (inc VAT) £199.00
This is a textphone with a handset that enables a deafblind person to talk their part of the call and receive the reply on the screen via Typetalk. It has extremely large buttons and the option of magnifying the text on the screen up to 48 point.
Textlink	RNID	T363	£264.38
A textphone that can also be linked to your PC

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