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Current Newsletter - Sequel 21

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Previous TAG Newsletters:
Sequel 20 - Winter 2006/07
Sequel 19 - Autumn 2006
Sequel 18 - Summer 2006
Sequel 17 - Spring 2006
Sequel 16 - Winter 2005/06
Sequel 15 - Summer 2005
Sequel 14 - Spring 2005
Sequel 13 - Spring 2005
Sequel 12 - Autumn 2004
Sequel 11 - Summer 2004
Sequel 10 - Spring 2004
Sequel 9 - Autumn 2003
Sequel 8 - Spring 2003
Sequel 7 - Autumn 2002

Sequel 6 - Spring 2002

Equipment in the spotlight

TextDirect - solving some problems

Making mobiles more accessible

BT's sponsorship

NHS Direct

'Way Cool Relay'

Text takes off - on mobiles

SMS to a fixed line phone

RAC emergency number

New NDCS helpline number

Comms equipment in hospitals

Blue Ear meets Bluetooth

Parents of deaf children - are you being served?


Sequel 5- Winter 2001/2002

Four in ten hearing-aid wearers cannot use digital mobile phones

Text User Rebate Scheme changes

Are they really talking to me?

BT TextDirect teething problems

Join in the Total Conversation

Text payphones rollout

A new lower cost videophone

I know a man who texts - AA SMS scheme

Rent a textphone

Several new neckloop-type devices

A Call-Sign switch for only £7.99


Sequel 4 - Winter 2000/2001

New telecoms regulations to help disabled people

TextDirect and textphones for rent - coming soon

USA subtitled telephone

The fading line between broadcasting and telecoms

When TextDirect is formally launched...

Hearing aid users and mobile phones

Mobile phones and deaf people - a TAG initiative

Dovetail - no longer a snug fit

How do you label a textphone number on letterheads?

Text payphone developments

Changes at BT Age and Disability Unit


Sequel 3- Spring 2000

Mobile phones & hearing aid users - your views wanted

Voice Text Network - VTN

Did you know that calls to 0800 numbers from mobile phones are not free?

Textphones for rent - coming this spring

Disappearing text payphones?

Need help choosing a phone? New guide for older and disabled customers

Mobile phone package for text users

Bob Twitchen appointed chairman of DIEL

Who's calling - fax, textphone or voice? Call Sign can help

Does Nokia's neckloop work in poor reception areas?

Would you like an application form for Sequel?


Sequel 2 - Autumn 1999
Virtual Text Network to bring huge benefits to textphone & Typetalk users
Text Payphones - where are they ?
No Nynex, some rebates, great doubt
Speech recognition - no easy solutions for deaf telecoms
New products on show at NDCS Expo
Deaf people can use mobiles - but maybe not exactly in the way they'd like
Telephones - what features do disabled people need ?
Y2K bug - Do you have a Nokia 9000 Communicator ?
Rr-ing rr-ing - Are companies with text phones answering ?
Nokia’s neck loop – a solution for mobile phones ?

Sequel 1 - Summer 1999
New rules on better telephone access for deaf people awaited
The new Terminals Directive
Essential Access and great fun to use
Short calls don't always mean smallest bills
Do hearing aid users have problems with mobiles
A message from Ruth Myers, TAG's chair
TAG bargains
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