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

DTS Ecophone

Type	Acoustic
Typical Price (£)	249
Weight without charger (Kg)	1.4
hxwxd (cm)	7x25x22
Memory (kb)	32
Type of batteries	Rechargeable
Phone status
Phone ringing	Light
Phone being called is ringing	Light
Phone being called is engaged	Light
Phone has lost connection	Light
Display	LCD
Number of lines	2
Words broken between lines	Yes
Number of characters on each line	40
Height of characters (mm)	5
Rounded letters	No
Displays upper and lower case	Yes
Keyboard
wxd (cm)	22x10
Total number of keys	46
Power status
Power on	Light
Low battery warning	Light
Charging	Light
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	Yes
Other features
Loudspeaker and microphone	No
Clock and calendar	Both
Call duration display	No
Pause and review	No
Interrupt facility	No
Printing
Built in printer	No
Connect to computer printer?	Yes
Number of print sizes	N/A
Characters per line	N/A
Available from
B&H Designs, Northern Acoustics