From: Karen.Keil@p0.f809.n104.z1.fidonet.org (Karen Keil)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: SHHH report 5 of 13
Date: 12 Aug 92 21:32:34 GMT
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X-Fidonet: Silent Talk Conference

Index Number: 23911

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Part 5 of the SHHH Convention --- Cedar Rapids, Iowa

More Exhibits, cont.
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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

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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.
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To be continued....

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