Cisco 6961 - Unified IP Phone Standard VoIP Software Manual page 96

Accessibility Feature
5. Hearing Aid
Compatible (HAC)
Handset
6. Acoustic Coupled
TTY and TDD
Support (Handset)
Third-Party
Accessibility
Applications for the
Hearing Impaired
84
Description
Cisco Unified IP Phone handsets support the
following accessibility features:
• Hearing-aid compatible.
• Magnetic coupling of the hearing aid.
• Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) loudness requirements for the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
• Section 508 loudness requirements,
which are achieved by using
industry-standard inline handset
amplifiers.
Cisco Unified IP Phones support the
following TTY and TDD features:
• Acoustic or direct connect TTYs from
industry-leading manufacturers.
• Real-time text transmission over phone
lines.
• Hearing and voice carry over phones
(HCO/VCO).
• VoIP network operating at G.711.
Cisco Unified IP Phones provide an interface
for third-party accessibility applications
from companies such as NexTalk that
support the following features:
• Paging.
• Visual notification.
• Ability to provide single number services
to support Video Relay, Text Relay, TTY
Traffic or voice services.
Information about NexTalk is available at:
http://www.nextalk.com/products/overview
Set Up Requirement
Standard on all phones; no
set up is required.
Standard on all Cisco
Unified IP Phones.
For information about
setting up TTY, see your
system administrator.
For more information about
third-party applications, see
your system administrator.
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