Show A18 — The Herald journal Logan Utah Sunday November 23 2003 to RflessagDinijg gsoaagsfts By The ' Associated Press GO®aff option for the deaf " In some ways the pagers When Cary Harbin's car broke Jimn al 2 am on a reunite mud in New Jersey pulling iiut a cell phone and calling the auto cluh wasn't an option lake his parents grandparents and millions ot' other Americans lie's deaf BulBurbin w’asn't helpless He tH)k out his BlackBerry wireless pager and ivped an e- liiail to a hearing friend who ' called the Harbin 35 researches Jecb-£nologics for the deal' at Gal- - ' even take the pail of the radio for the deaf Users can subscribe to services that send news and traffic reports or V ’ ' SSfi'Cell police-departmen- in t - - Sacramento Calif may be showing the way It started in accepting 1 1 ’’e-mai- ls - : February-’Hie service is intended for the city's deaf but it clearly 'tills an unmet need Deaf peo- pie from as far away as Los Angeles and Texas have sent in askii g Sacramento to emergency relay police 'information id their local ' cully e:mail or message plune-si- e ' '’'"gadgets like the Blac'kBerry' Sidekick’-ffand the on have Caught quickly the deal smee being mtro- duced a few years ago giving them freedom to move around and communicate like never ' ' 1 - tow-truck- 'Hie tips on' where cltised-cap- -' 'lioncd movies are playing ' The pager network in New York helX'd the deaf under-stan- d what was happening during the Sept 1 terrorist attacks Burhin said Iil one important area how- ever the pagers fall behind cell phones in useful- ness — you can’t use them to Call d 11 directly Like Harbin jr in emergenciesthe ' number professionals in the V US are beginning to do so" said Judy llarkin director of the Technology Access Pro-gram at Gallaudet ' from cell phones with TTY features but since cell phonos AP photo Brjan Blaisdell 15 from Pascoag R lt a student at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf holds up aT- Mobile Sidekick Nov 6 in Providence RI Cell phone-si- e messaging gadgets like the BlackBerry and Sidekick have caught on quickly with the deaf giving them freedom to move around and the communicate like never before y San Luis Obispo Calif star: ed out sclling'c-mui- l pagers to “I talk ti mv friends almost But in travelers It corporate 'everyday with the pager is ' e- the an companv got really greatr'said Bryan1 ' mail from a deal' lawyer who Blaisdell a deaf pointed out that the pagers in Pascoag RI He uses his were great for the deaf Sidekick to message his parr ' "We began to explore the in and cart for rides ents stay ' touch with them when he's Opportunity arid found that there was a decent sie market ouL things that would have million deaf or hard of few ii been hard or impossible " in the US:" Karp hearing years iigdi ' The pagers have become ' v saidW nJ intro- month this even more important to the iluced for-thice that titakes its a ser deaf than cell phones are useful in commit- - ' more since the pagers deaf hearing mealing w ith the hearing can'fuse regular phones or-- ' ' Users can now send text mes- -' pay phones sages tit human operators "Before you were set to a who call a hearing recipient’ strict 'plan thaLWas set in ' on thi: phone and read the advance There was no way td message:- The 'recipient can change the plan rf sotnehixly ’’ then tell the operator hi send a Joe :was running late said ' hack to the deaf per-- : message at director of marketing Kaip son's one pager Communications Wynd The human operator is pari ' of a coupie'of eotiipanies that ' a of w ireless relay ser- specialie in selling vice designed for older equip- - ' rviiWto the machines: These’ can send and receive text messages through regular phone lines ( )f course lugging around these before- 1 : W state-mandat- " ' :: are erwise they’re not very ' popu- lar ’"The whole area of messaging and l) needs to be examined and the emergency 1 machines which luiok like electronic txpewriters and plugging them into phone lines hasn't been an 'attractive r of little use to the deaf oth- - f - 1 Oh the Net: http:wwwwyndcom Y- fr ' Gallaiidet’s Technology Assis-- " tance Program: http:tapgal- ' Iaudetedu ' : Sacramento Police Department: http:wwwsacpdorg Rediscover the True Jylefag pf Christmas ed ilr-n- t' iQWBStiWOntiiaiiciiccii Mphonenumberitransfersi f: Qwestplfitfeasand naiioiiwide March '24 DENVER jAP) 7 roles ccyjuld persuikle siiiik1 Communications International Inc has darided not to chal-- l' cust()ifx:ni U) go completely wireless if they can use their lk&S-lengfederal rules allowing' Home transfer their to people Mgrkind line numlvrsas tlicir ccll frfione numbers to ti cell phorte ph()nc''n'unibeniif§S & Ai'The Federal Communications l- Traditional phone companies'll Commission apprtjycd the rule i have argued that the FCC rules '?ii$-las- t week fhe FCC also will Iel l4 do not make it as easy for therii h- Sfi- DECEMBER i i- ii i A 2- -3 ii&kt Kent Concert Hall Utah State University - i - CHIUSTNAS HINT Don't leave yoar framlnl to the last George is jgointf to be busy! 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