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TTY
TTY(alsoknownasaTDDorTextTelephone)isatelecommunicationsdevicethatallowspeople
whoaredeaf,hardofhearing,orwhohavespeechorlanguagedisabilitiestocommunicateby
telephone.
YourphoneiscompatiblewithselectTTYdevices.PleasecheckwiththemanufacturerofyourTTY
devicetoensurethatitiscompatiblewithdigitalcellphones.YourphoneandTTYdevicewill
connectviaaspecialcablethatplugsintoyourphone’sheadsetjack.Ifthiscablewasnotprovided
withyourTTYdevice,contactyourTTYdevicemanufacturertopurchasetheconnectorcable.
YoucanuseyourphoneinTTYmodewithstandardteletypemachines.
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TochoosetheTTYsetting,fromhome,touchPhone >Menu >Settings>TTYmodeand
selectthemodeyouneed:
l TTYFull: TypeandreadtextonyourTTYdevice.
l TTYHCO: Hearing-Carry-Over—typetextonyourTTYdeviceandlistentovoicereplieson
yourphone’sspeaker.
l TTYVCO: Voice-Carry-Over—speakintoyourphoneandreadtextrepliesonyourTTY
device.
Tip: RefertoyourTTYdeviceguideformodeandusageinformation.
Note: Ifyouneedtochargeyourphoneatthesametime,makesuretofirstpluginyourTTYdevice
sothatyourphonecanproperlyconnecttoit.Thenpluginthecharger.
ForadditionalinformationaboutSprintRelayServicesandTTYcompatibility,callSprintRelay
CustomerServiceat800-676-3777orvisitsprintrelay.com.
Warning:9-1-1EmergencyCalling:
SprintrecommendsthatTTYusersmakeemergencycallsbyothermeans,including
TelecommunicationsRelayServices(TRS),analogcellular,andlandlinecommunications.Wireless
TTYcallsto9-1-1maybecorruptedwhenreceivedbypublicsafetyansweringpoints(PSAPs),
renderingsomecommunicationsunintelligible.Theproblemencounteredappearsrelatedto
softwareusedbyPSAPs.ThismatterhasbeenbroughttotheattentionoftheFCC,andthe
wirelessindustryandthePSAPcommunityarecurrentlyworkingtoresolvethis.