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5745550 Multiply accommodated message relaying for hearing impaired callers  
A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD), and requiring one or more types of expertise from a calling assistant, and another person, including a TDD user, is connected by...
5740257 Active noise control earpiece being compatible with magnetic coupled hearing aids  
Active noise control for use by individuals using magnetically coupled hearing aids is realized by generating a true representation of the handset input signal, which is employed to drive a...
5737389 Technique for determining a compression ratio for use in processing audio signals within a telecommunications system  
A "loudness balance" procedure is used to determine the amount of dynamic range for syllabic compression loss in an individual's cochlea. In particular, an individual is asked to adjust a set of...
5710806 Telecommunications device for the hearing impaired with telephone, text communication and answering, and automated voice carryover  
A telecommunication device for the hearing impaired having the capability of sending text communications via a telephone-style keypad and receiving text communications for display on an LCD display...
5701588 Pictorial display apparatus for receivers for implementing the pictorial display  
In selecting at least one of plural informing mechanisms as a selected informing mechanism, a waveform symbol is displayed on an LCD representing the selected informing mechanism. The waveform...
5680443 Smart messages and smart macros for telecommunications relay service (TRS) and operator services for deaf (OSD)  
A telephone call is received at a relay center for routing to a forward party. A platform at the relay center can detect a call processing event in the relay center during processing of the...
5630206 Position enhanced cellular telephone system  
A position monitoring system having a position finder subsystem connected via a cellular telephone to a central monitoring station, a receive/transmit device carried with the position monitoring...
5627530 Device operable as a TDD and a standard computer keyboard  
A telecommunication device for the deaf includes a standard size computer keyboard and is operable to function either as a standard TDD or a standard computer input device. The device includes a...
5604786 Telephone with unified features for hearing and deaf users  
A unified TDD and telephone incorporate intelligent mode switching to permit users of either device to use the integrated unit with the other features remaining largely invisible by sensing various...
5581593 Combination telephone and alphanumeric entry device  
A combined telephone AED simply integrates the function of a telephone and an alphanumeric entry device required for alphanumeric paging into a single unit by making use of the handset cradle...
5574776 Call redirection feature for relay services  
A telecommunications network is arranged to provide equal access to a user of a text telephone device, such that a TDD user may dial directly a desired telephone number, without having to first...
5574784 Dynamic admission control for telecommunications relay service with text-to-speech synthesis  
In a system for providing telecommunications relay service, the delay in assigning an attendant to an established relay session after the text-to-speech conversion process may be controlled by...
5561710 Interactive voice communication terminal with alpha and numeric keypad  
An interactive voice communication terminal (10) provides alpha and numeric characters transmitted from a DTMF generator (36) to access a database by interfacing with the mouthpiece (24) of a...
5559857 System and method for recognizing and routing telephone calls involving hearing or speech impaired persons  
A system and method are disclosed for recognizing and routing telephone call activity involving a hearing or speech impaired person. A long distance party is called direct using standard 1+...
5557673 Auditory assistance apparatus and method  
An auditory assistance apparatus and method for use with a sound signal source which also produces a magnetic field propagated along a magnetic field axis to increase the signal-to-noise ratio with...
5557671 Dialing apparatus  
A dialing apparatus for transmitting a dial signal to a communication line comprises a numerical input key, a generator for generating an audible sound according to the depression of the numerical...
5539806 Method for customer selection of telephone sound enhancement  
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for improving the clarity and intelligibility of incoming speech in a telephone connection. Improved sound quality is provided by automatically selecting, or...
5521960 Interactive telephonic device for `VCO` relay communication  
An interactive telephonic apparatus having means of connectivity between a hearing impaired individual and the telephone RELAY system employing `Voice Carrier Over` (VCO) technology. The design of...
5517548 Telecommunication device operating under an enhanced TDD protocol  
A telecommunication device for the deaf is designed to operate under an enhanced TDD communication protocol. The TDD is capable of communicating with conventional TDDs operating under normal...
5499285 Automated telephone system with TDD capability  
An automatic telephone answering system employs a switch activated by any of several techniques to select a language for communication with a caller. A single matrix determines the content of a...
5495525 Non-volatile automatic telephone number dialer circuit  
A telephone having a non-volatile circuit for automatically dialing 911 upon depression of a single key includes an oscillator activated in response to depression of the key for transmitting clock...
5481589 Detection of TDD signals in an automated telephone system  
An automatic telephone answering system employs a switch activated by any of several techniques to select a language for communication with a caller. A single matrix determines the content of a...
5475733 Language accommodated message relaying for hearing impaired callers  
A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD) using a one of a number of languages and another including a TDD user is connected by automatically prompting the TDD caller for...
5463665 Relaying of messages between hearing impaired callers using keyboards and other callers  
A call between a caller using a telephone device for the deaf (TDD) and another including a TDD user is connected by automatically prompting the TDD caller for calling information, parsing the...
5457731 Emergency telecommunications device for the disabled  
An emergency telecommunication system for the hearing or speech impaired includes an interface electrically connecting the emergency system to a telephone communication system, a programmable gate...
5450470 Script generator and process for programming automated TDD telephone system application  
A computer-based script generator and associated method for programming TDD displayable messages in an automated interactive telephone communication system (ATS) which connects to a two-way...
5432837 Telecommunication device for the deaf with automatic transmission capability  
A telecommunication device for the deaf is designed to operate under an enhanced TDD communication protocol. The TDD is capable of communicating with conventional TDDs operating under normal...
5395168 In the ear hearing aid having extraction tube which reduces acoustic feedback  
An in-the-ear canal hearing aid comprises a housing which accommodates a microphone, an amplifier and an electromechanical transducer (for example, of a telephone) which are electrically coupled...
5396536 Automatic processing of calls with different communication modes in a telecommunications system  
A multimode service system processes calls routed to it by a digital switch in a telecommunications system wherein choices are selectable by the user. Calls are processed by automatically...
5390238 Health support system  
A home health and communications support system and method which includes at least one health support unit for monitoring and supporting a patient, at least one monitoring terminal, and a network...
5388146 Automated telephone system using multiple languages  
An automatic telephone answering system employs a switch activated by any of several techniques to select a language for communication with a caller. A single matrix determines the content of a...
5388185 System for adaptive processing of telephone voice signals  
A system for adaptively processing a telephonic speech signal performs modification in either the spectral domain or the time domain to bring the power in each frequency above the hearing threshold...
5388154 Alphabetic telephone dialer apparatus and method  
A telephone dialing method relating each key of an alphabetic keyboard to a numeric digit and a telephone dialing apparatus and alphabetic keyboard device for sending dual-tone-multi-frequency...
5375160 Interface apparatus for effecting captioning and communications between a telephone line and a television  
A telecommunications device is disclosed which provides TDD services for the hearing impaired as well as other closed-captioning services. Incoming data is displayed over the television picture and...
5351288 Voice bridge for a relay center  
A voice bridge for a telephone relay for the hearing impaired is constructed so as to pass voice data to and/or from a user who is capable of either speaking or hearing voice. The voice bridge is...
5335313 Voice-actuated, speaker-dependent control system for hospital bed  
A voice-actuated environmental operator system of the kind which enables a user/patient to use simple voice commands to control a plurality of hospital environment room functions including...
5327479 Telecommunication device for the deaf with interrupt and pseudo-duplex capability  
A telecommunication device for the deaf operates under conventional Baudot communication protocol, but has enhanced features enabling it to handle interrupts either from a conventional or a similar...
5327494 Dial tone annunciating system and method  
Dial tone detection circuitry is employed in a telephone of the type which has its dialing mechanism incorporated into the handset. The dial tone detection circuitry is connected to an annunciating...
5325417 Telecommunication device for the deaf with automatic self-identification  
A telecommunication device for the deaf includes a self-identification sequence which automatically commences upon the initiation of communication with the device. The self-identification sequence...
5313522 Apparatus for generating from an audio signal a moving visual lip image from which a speech content of the signal can be comprehended by a lipreader  
A device for facilitating comprehension by a hearing impaired person of a telephone conversation includes a cord coupling to a telephone line a circuit which can convert the received audio speech...
5311175 Method and apparatus for pre-identification of keys and switches  
A method and apparatus for keypads, for conveying audible, visual or tactile information to a user regarding the identity, function, proper usage or potential utility of a given key or group of...
5291541 Coupling apparatus for telephone handsets  
Coupling apparatus for a telephone handset comprises a handset-coupling cradle having a dome at one end thereof for locating the earpiece (receiver) of the handset, and sound ports at the other end...
5289523 Telecommunications relay service method and apparatus  
In a telecommunications relay system employing automated text-to-speech for conversion of a text message entered by a sound impaired person, the delay between the completion of the automated...
5289521 Audio/telecommunications system to assist in speech and cognitive skills development for the verbally handicapped  
A control unit device and system is provided that allows a verbally handicapped person or normal young child to interact with a remote speech development computer system to assist in the...
5283833 Method and apparatus for speech processing using morphology and rhyming  
A method and apparatus for natural language processing using morphology and rhyming. The method and apparatus employ a hybrid of dictionary and rule-based approaches for both speech and speech...
5253285 Automated interactive telephone communication system for TDD users  
A novel automated interactive telephone communication system and method are provided which allow a deaf or hard-of-hearing person, using a TDD device, to send and receive information over a...
5237602 Remotely-activated telephone system for communication with the disabled  
A remotely-activated telephone system for remote caller controlled communication with the disabled having a master unit connected to a telephone line and at least one satellite unit. The disclosed...
5226086 Method, apparatus, system and interface unit for programming a hearing aid  
System and method for programming a plurality of hearing aids physically located at a plurality of remote locations, each of the plurality of hearing aids being capable of being responsive to the...
5200988 Method and means for telecommunications by deaf persons utilizing a small hand held communications device  
A telecommunications device adapted to be positioned between the sending telephone and the line connection thereof or attachable with respect to a sending telephone by way of an audio coupling...
5163081 Automated dual-party-relay telephone system  
A facility is provided for automating dual party relay service so that the cost of such a service may be reduced. The desired result is achieved by automating particular features of dual party...
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