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Text relay

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Text relay

NHS England

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NHS England: Accessible Information Standard v1.1 - Implementation guidance

Text Relay enables people with hearing loss or speech impairment to access the telephone network. A relay assistant acts as an intermediary to convert speech to text and vice versa. British Telecom (BT)’s ‘Next Generation Text’ (NGT) service extends access to the Text Relay service from a wider range of devices including via smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer, as well as through the traditional textphone.

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