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5. Hearing Aid
Compatible (HAC)
Handset
Cisco Unified IP Phone handsets support the
following accessibility features:
Hearing-aid compatible.
Magnetic coupling of the hearing aid.
Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) loudness requirements for the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Section 508 loudness requirements,
which are achieved by using
industry-standard inline handset
amplifiers.
Standard on all phones; no
set up is required.
6. Acoustic Coupled
TTY and TDD
Support (Handset)
Cisco Unified IP Phones support the
following TTY and TDD features:
Acoustic or direct connect TTYs from
industry-leading manufacturers.
Real-time text transmission over phone
lines.
Hearing and voice carry over phones
(HCO/VCO).
VoIP network operating at G.711.
Standard on all Cisco
Unified IP Phones.
For information about
setting up TTY, see your
system administrator.
Third-Party
Accessibility
Applications for the
Hearing Impaired
Cisco Unified IP Phones provide an interface
for third-party accessibility applications
from companies such as NexTalk that
support the following features:
Paging.
Visual notification.
Ability to provide single number services
to support Video Relay, Text Relay, TTY
Traffic or voice services.
Information about NexTalk is available at:
http://www.nextalk.com/products/overview
For more information about
third-party applications, see
your system administrator.
Accessibility Feature Description Set Up Requirement