Enhanced SMS Allows Vision, Hearing Impaired To Text 911

Iowa's Black Hawk County, a public-safety group, is launching mobile phone texting technology that allows impaired individuals to contact a 911 dispatcher without specialized communications devices or relay centers. Information Week reports.

To establish the texting-to-911 connection, the various partners enhanced the Short Message Service to establish a text-conversation link directly between the caller and 911 dispatchers.

The Black Hawk County system is being installed and is expected to go live in early July.

emily | 7:20 AM | SMS for Deaf/Disabilities |
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