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Text to 911 will not be available if the wireless carrier cannot determine the location of the device sending the message. Text to 911 is not available if you are roaming. A text or data plan is ...
The system is strictly for used by the 'deaf, deafened, hard of hearing, or speech impaired persons' and is not available for the general public. [7] Furthermore, a voice call to 911 must be made to initiate the text connection and cannot be contacted simply by texting to 911. It also requires registration and a valid messaging plan.
In addition to calling 911 from a phone, it intends to enable the public to transmit text (see Text-to-911), images, video and data to the 911 center (referred to as a public safety answering point, or PSAP). The initiative also envisions additional types of emergency communications and data transfer. [1]
An aging infrastructure in the U.S. has many deaf or hearing impaired Americans in danger as 911 text services are still not available in many areas.
Here's good news: people can now text 911 in an emergency instead of having to call. Definitely helpful, but there are still frustrating limitations to the service. The four major wireless ...
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By Wilson Ring May. 20, 2014 12:49 AM EDT MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Sometimes a voice call to 911 just won't work, such as for deaf people in need of help or in certain domestic violence cases. Now ...
The overall text is mostly fine, but the use of the 911 image displayed at the top of the page gives the article US bias. Yes it's just an example, but if you want to use an example image use one showing 112 as it's used in over twice as many countries around the world as 911 and there for has far more relevance to the global audiance that ...