Text lifeline to help deaf people

A national trial is being launched this autumn to help deaf people send text messages to contact the police, ambulance, fire rescue and coastguard. The BBC.

The new system will allow hard of hearing people to send a text to 999 to contact the emergency services.

If the trial is successful the service could be up and running in 2010.

For the estimated nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK the new service will transform the way they call for help in an emergency.

emily | 9:31 AM | SMS for Deaf/Disabilities |
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