Job Offers

[C-NICE]

I have a job offer for a phone job & the only reason I am considering it is my new Nada Qs.

 

[Limited02]

I think you should do it and not hold back! I used to work construction for the longest time because that meant not having to talk with people all day and then decided I wanted to do better for myself. Got into the IT world 3 years ago (Software QA Engineer) and it was the best decision I ever made!

The scariest part for me was now having to call people and discuss issues or call into meeting, but come to find out there are devices to assist us. My work bought my a captioning phone and I use my neckloop to plug into it to better hear.

I use the CapTel 840i phone: http://www.captel.com/captel/phones
And this neckloop: [ame]http://www.amazon.com/CLA7-V2-Amplified-Neckloop-Accessory-Cordless/dp/B001OAG2AW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1437140736&sr=8-3&keywords=neckloop&pebp=1437140741994&perid=11W76PP8T52N6YV01RWN[/ame]

My co-workers are very good at repeating anything I miss and keeping me informed. Again, don't limit yourself because there are several assistive devices that can help hard of hearing people like ourselves function. Good luck!

 

[danimart62]

I have a job offer for a phone job & the only reason I am considering it is my new Nada Qs.

It works that well? I just lost a job due to my hearing impairment. They said I was "missing things". I'm just wondering what I can do next.

 

[Jiro]

It works that well? I just lost a job due to my hearing impairment. They said I was "missing things". I'm just wondering what I can do next.

does your work require using phone?

 

[DeafDucky]

does your work require using phone?

according to their intro thread- they have difficulty with speaker phones at work so it sounds like using the phone is a regular part of their job (or was since they were just let go). As they said in another thread, they work in IT- I know that there's quite a bit of phone usage (I hate it) and a lot of meetings. Wondering if the "missing things" means more to do with missing things in meetings with the team (depending on size of the team).

http://www.alldeaf.com/showthread.php?t=123182

 

[Snowball]

I think you should do it and not hold back! I used to work construction for the longest time because that meant not having to talk with people all day and then decided I wanted to do better for myself. Got into the IT world 3 years ago (Software QA Engineer) and it was the best decision I ever made!

The scariest part for me was now having to call people and discuss issues or call into meeting, but come to find out there are devices to assist us. My work bought my a captioning phone and I use my neckloop to plug into it to better hear.

I use the CapTel 840i phone: http://www.captel.com/captel/phones
And this neckloop: http://www.amazon.com/CLA7-V2-Ampli...pebp=1437140741994&perid=11W76PP8T52N6YV01RWN

My co-workers are very good at repeating anything I miss and keeping me informed. Again, don't limit yourself because there are several assistive devices that can help hard of hearing people like ourselves function. Good luck!

What is this captioning phone? It needs someone behind type TTY, or it works by itself? Should the caller repeat the words all the time so the phone may caption them?

 

[DeafDucky]

What is this captioning phone? It needs someone behind type TTY, or it works by itself? Should the caller repeat the words all the time so the phone may caption them?

Here's a video that will show you exactly how it works

http://www.captel.com/video-captel-how-it-works.php

Person A has a captioned telephone. They just need to set the phone to caption, dial the number directly.

There is a transcriber that will pick up the call (newer phones are hooked through the internet- it used to be you had to call a special 800 number then have them call- like text relay)- they will caption everything that person B will say

Person B picks up the call on the other end- and usually- doesn't know that the conversation is assisted by captions (since the phone is also VCO (Voice carry over and person A can (sometimes) hear person B.


The other person does not need to repeat all the time unless person A doesn't hear or understand something or if the transcriber types something so unusual or something like <garbled> or <mumbled> then it is Person A's responsibility to ask person B to repeat what they said.

person A---->transcriber---->Person B
Person A<---transcriber<----Person B



hope this helps.

 

[Snowball]

Here's a video that will show you exactly how it works

http://www.captel.com/video-captel-how-it-works.php

Person A has a captioned telephone. They just need to set the phone to caption, dial the number directly.

There is a transcriber that will pick up the call (newer phones are hooked through the internet- it used to be you had to call a special 800 number then have them call- like text relay)- they will caption everything that person B will say

Person B picks up the call on the other end- and usually- doesn't know that the conversation is assisted by captions (since the phone is also VCO (Voice carry over and person A can (sometimes) hear person B.


The other person does not need to repeat all the time unless person A doesn't hear or understand something or if the transcriber types something so unusual or something like <garbled> or <mumbled> then it is Person A's responsibility to ask person B to repeat what they said.

person A---->transcriber---->Person B
Person A<---transcriber<----Person B



hope this helps.

Thank you,

the hint is that my company has to pay the transcriber (a person or a computer) so that I receive this kind of service....

 

[DeafDucky]

Your company doesn't have to pay the transcriber. The captioned phone is a free service. Depending on state I believe that the captioned phone is free to the Deaf consumer as well. I don't know if that's the case for all states or not- I know it is free in GA and NC.

The only thing your company would have to do is make sure that the captioned phone is compatible with their phone system.