However
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At the present time -- these non-TTY methods cannot be used to call 9-1-1
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AND it is unlikely that NON-TTY methods will be supported by most 9-1-1 systems for some time to come
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THERE IS A NEED TO SUPPORT NATIVE TTY SEND RECEIVE CAPABILITY FROM CELL (and IP) PHONES
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Receive only TTY is very valuable to people who are hard of hearing or who are deaf but can speak - and can be done on any cell phone.
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Send and Receive TTY can be done on some phones with text generation capability with no hardware changes -- and could be done on all with next generation chips (or last generation if planned for).
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