The Federal Communications Commission is making big moves to help those with disabilities communicate. In a recent ruling, the FCC determined that it would replace the long-standing teletypewriter ...

AT&T yesterday accused T-Mobile and Sprint of violating federal rules that require wireless networks to be compatible with technology for people with hearing and speech disabilities. AT&T says ...

On Friday, AT&T submitted a Petition for Rulemaking to the FCC, requesting that the Commission update its rules requiring support for text telephone (TTY) technology. The petition asks the FCC to ...

It has been over a year since this column started, and due to the rapid rate of Linux kernel development, much of what was written back then is now wrong. This month, we cover the changes in the ...

Bill Machrone over at PCMag writes about the lack of serious, OS-level support for TTY/TDD support in smartphones and PDAs and points out a couple of software options hearing-impaired users can add to ...

A feature of some digital cell phones that makes them compatible with a special TTY text device for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. Without this feature, TTY devices were compatible only with ...