relay service
Message passing system
A relay service enables communication between people who use different modes—typically allowing deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired individuals to communicate with hearing people by telephone.
An operator or automated system relays messages between parties, converting between voice, text, or sign language: She called the doctor's office through the relay service.
Video relay services connect sign language users with interpreters who voice their signs to hearing callers.
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- phone callRemote voice conversation
- deafUnable to hear
- hearing impairedReduced auditory function
- interpreterOne who conveys meaning between languages
TTY · operator · switchboard · call · hearing · sign language · captioned · accessible · phone · message · dispatch · communication · sprint · emergency · transcription · speech to text · assistance · connection
- hearingear, cochlea, hearing loss, deaf, hearing test
- assistive deviceswheelchair, glasses, wheelchairs, eyeglasses, walkers
- Deaf AccessibilityTTY, videophone, hearing aid, cochlear implant, telecoil
- communication aidsAAC, talker, talkers, voice output, text to speech