Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities

Filing Date
October 18th, 2004

Telecommunications Relay Services and Speech-to-Speech Services for Individuals with Hearing and Speech Disabilities, Second Report on Order, Order on Reconsideration and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (FCC 03-123)

In responding to comments filed by various advocacy groups for the deaf and hard of hearing, CACP emphasized to the FCC the importance of providing parity of service with respect to emergency communications and expand TRS requirements so as to allow text messages to become a regular part of emergency communication services.