Telephone

I have a new telephone! exciting like christmas!






Its a screenphone. It is very similar to a minicom, but no keyboard. 


The ScreenPhone is ideal for people who want to voice their call but can no longer hear the response.

The idea behind the ScreenPhone is simple - you can speak your part of the call as usual but at the press of a button you can receive your caller's conversation back in words on a screen (using Text Relay operator*).
Text Relay (formerly known as Typetalk) is the phone relay service run by BT where an operator listens to the person talking to you and types words that appears on your phone's screen. 
One of the nice things about using the ScreenPhone is that it allows friends and family to hear the deaf person's voice, making calls more personal than using a conventional textphone.  
The appearance and functions of the ScreenPhone are similar to a standard amplified phone but with the addition of a large screen. The size of the font can be increased to make it easy to read and answer phone messages can be replayed on the display in text. This large display is good and the controls are easy to use. The ringer is very loud with a good bright strobe.


There always and will be... lack of knowledge and understanding from people who dont know what is Text Relay/Typetalk. I dont use it myself because I always get hung up by people who dont know how to use it.


This is a link to another deaf lady who have explained the problem with communication via minicom and typetalk. Suzy's blog

no posts?

Goodess I havent post anything for sometime...

I have been busy, with my new job at school.
I have also been busy slowly build my business, a new freelance job for myself so I can teach sign language and deaf awareness all over Derbyshire.
I started up sign language class for children because of the demand that there were from the families, complaining there is no where for children to go and learn BSL.

I have new website for this... www.deafissue.co.uk

24 months programming!

Went back Ropewalk Clinic today for annual visit.

Not much change in my programming. Only fine tuning because I complained that when turn up the volume, my left eye twitch!

I decide to have Clear Voice removed because it was not doing any good for me. it only turn everything down, not just background noise, it included voice. I could not hear, I had to turn the volume up.

I not back for another year!

Am I a thicko or what??

Really annoying me when people set this rules..

Deaf people who use BSL no matter how deaf they are.. no matter hearing aid or CI..

• CANNOT lipread at all..
• CANNOT hear at all..  They must be complete deaf
• CANNOT speak at all..

Deaf people who dont use BSL.. no matter how deaf they are.. no matter hearing aid or CI..

• CAN lipread
• CAN hear something
• CAN speak something

This really annoying me...

• They get shock and jump off their seat when they ask me if I sign at home with my family. I said only a little, I talk all the time.
• They get shock and jump off their seat when I response to their questions when I am not looking at them.
• They PANIC when I dont bring my interpreter for one to one or even two to one meetings.
• They get shock and jump off their seat when I stop signing too much and start use my speech more. (Especially when I not at work)

They need to learn that EVERY deaf people.. no matter how deaf they are.. no matter if wear hearing aids or CI or none at all.. ARE different.
Not one deaf person are the same.

Where has the summer gone??

Amazing the summer has flew fast.. it was not much of the sunshine weather.April/May were the hottest compare to July/August/Sept.. dont you agree??

I had a very busy summer, in between with the family holiday for 1 and half week at beginning of August on the boat toward Newark.. and a lot of events with the Derby Branch of Hearing Dogs for the Deaf.

There were so much opportuinty in the summer for me to practise using my CI..

On the boat with the family, we could see how important wearing CI was..
I heard a lot of sounds.. motor was very noisy on the boat.. the birds making a lot of noises.. not very pleasant sounds they were, I cannot believe that most people really enjoying listen to the birds, It sound like war zone to me!
You will laugh, at the nearly end of the holiday, I spilt my coffee on my CI, it just went dead.. not working at all! James rang Ropewalk to see if we can get a replacement. They had to post it to my grandparents because we were on the canal, with nowhere for the postman to deliver the parcel, so I had to be without CI for FOUR whole days. Oh boy!! James was ever so frustrated, because he was so used to shout out my name and doing everything against the deaf awareness rules for example dont stand with light behind you, dont whisper and use clear speech. He had to 100% sign to me. When he want my attentions, he had to get Rosie to fetch me or waving his arms like mad. I thought it was so amusing to watch him to blow his head with frustration!

I understood a bit more when having conversation with strangers, I still have to lip read because it was so noisy at the events that i was doing for Hearing Dogs, but people understood me better because my speech has improve so much.

you see all the work I have done for the Hearing dogs over the summer, and look Rosie's Diary for more details about Derby Branch.

DragonFly.. my first attempt!

    

A monster face paint I did

Flower painting I did

     

Texting James

Tiger face painting I did

    

face painting area at Newark event Oct 2010

Glitter tattoo I did..

Glitter tattoo again I did..

     

Media shoot in April

Remember back last April, we went to have our photographs taken for a student at Stoke on Trent University.

We just got the photographs back..
Lovely they are..