A guide to buying a textphone, 2001 (view report contents)

Compact

Type	Acoustic
Typical Price (£)	239 (available with pink, blue of grey keyboards)
Weight without charger (Kg)	0.4
hxwxd (cm)	3x22x10 (when folded)
Memory (kb)	32
Type of batteries	Rechargeable
Phone status
Phone ringing	None
Phone being called is ringing	None
Phone being called is engaged	None
Phone has lost connection	Light
Display	LCD
Number of lines	2
Words broken between lines	No
Number of characters on each line	40
Height of characters (mm)	4.5
Rounded letters	Yes
Displays upper and lower case	Yes
Keyboard
wxd (cm)	21x8
Total number of keys	57
Power status
Power on	None
Low battery warning	Text
Charging	None
Dialling features
Dial key for Typetalk	No
Emergency dial key	No
Redial last number	No
Phone book - numbers stored	No figure available but has large memory
Answering and recording features
Text answering machine	No
Remote message retrieval	N/A
Personalised messages	Yes
Personalised greetings	N/A
Other features
Loudspeaker and microphone	No
Clock and calendar	Clock
Call duration display	No
Pause and review	Yes
Interrupt facility	Yes (when using CCITT code)
Printing
Built in printer	No
Connect to computer printer?	No
Number of print sizes	N/A
Characters per line	N/A

Available from
Connevans, C&P Hearing equipment centre, Equipment for Equality, Gordon Morris, Newtech International, RNID Sound Advantage, Sarabec, Teletec International