Sprint First to Launch WebCapTel® On the Go, a New and Free Mobile
Solution for Hard of Hearing Customers
Allows customers to read word-for-word captions on select Sprint
devices
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Oct. 20, 2008 – Sprint (NYSE:S) today
announced the availability of Sprint WebCapTel® On the Go, a new,
free mobile Web-based service that allows hard of hearing customers to
read word-for-word captions on Windows Mobile 6 Web browsers, such as
the Diamond by HTC, Mogul by HTC, Palm Treo 800w and the MOTO Q9c by
Motorola. In addition, this service is also compatible with the Safari
2.0 Web browser. This new service is expected to help an estimated 30
million Americans with hearing loss.
“Sprint is committed to equal access to all individuals,” said
Mike Ligas, director of Sprint Relay. “As such, we pride ourselves
on offering the newest technology to hard of hearing individuals. This
new solution offers the hard of hearing community mobility by being
able to read real-time Web-based captions on Windows-enabled mobile
devices.”
With Sprint WebCapTel On the Go, users can make calls using two
phones — reading captions on a wireless phone and listening and
speaking on a second phone. Prior to making a call, the user would log
onto http://www.sprintcaptel.com
on one mobile device to read text captions of what the other party
is saying. For more information on Sprint’s wireless devices and
select plans, go to the Sprint Relay Store at
http://www.sprintrelaystore.com
.
Sprint WebCapTel On the Go is an extension of Sprint’s existing
WebCapTel service, which also provides captions during phone calls,
but requires a computer with an Internet browser of Internet Explorer
7.0, Firefox 3.0 or Safari 2.0 on which to display the captions. This
new and free service is available almost anywhere as long as the
wireless device is equipped with Windows Mobile 6 or an Apple Safari
Web browser. Sprint WebCapTel On the Go changes spoken words and
sounds heard on a telephone into words to read.
“Sprint WebCapTel On the Go allows individuals with hearing loss
the mobility that many of us take for granted,” said Robert Engelke,
president of Ultratec, Inc., the company that developed CapTel
technology. “It gives people with hearing loss the independence to
make and receive telephone calls without the necessity of wireline
phones or computer connectivity.”
This free service is available for customers anywhere in the United
States and within U.S. Territories. However, calls to or from
international locations, such as Canada or Mexico, are not available.
To learn more about this free service, visit www.sprintcaptel.com or
http://www.sprintrelay.com/webcaptel.htm
CapTel and WebCapTel are registered trademarks of Ultratec, Inc.
About Sprint Nextel
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline
communications services bringing the freedom of mobility to consumers,
businesses and government users. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized
for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including two wireless networks serving nearly 52 million customers at
the end of the second quarter 2008; industry-leading mobile data
services; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. For more
information, visit http://www.sprint.com
.
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