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Bonus for iPhone with 3G Users: All-in-One!

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

People who have an Apple iPhone 3G can talk and read captions – all on one device! Use the iPhone to access the WebCapTel* site of your choice, then enter the phone number for your iPhone and the phone number of the person you want to call. Speak and listen on the iPhone like any other call, while reading captions on the iPhone display. If you have an iPhone but do not have 3G service, you can read the captions on your iPhone, but you will need a second telephone for the voice part of the conversation (see directions above).

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Seeing Captions on Mobile Devices

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

CapTel users can benefit from some of the exciting new technology that has recently become available. By using a “smartphone” or mobile device that has Internet access, you can now see captions of your phone calls even when you are away from your CapTel phone.

    To see captions of your calls, you’ll need two things:

  1. A telephone to talk/listen on (it can be a cell phone, a cordless phone – or any kind of phone!)
  2. A mobile device with Internet access to run WebCapTel* on (such as a “smartphone” or mobile device running Windows Mobile 6 or Apple Mobile Safari browser – see Which Mobile Devices Work?)

Using your smartphone or mobile device, go online to the WebCapTel* site of your choice. On the site, enter the phone number of the telephone you will be speaking/listening on. Then enter the phone number of the person you want to call. Next, click on “Place Call”. WebCapTel sets up the call between you and the other person, then displays captions of the call on your mobile device. You talk and listen over one phone, while reading captions on the mobile device.

Which Mobile Devices Work?

WebCapTel supports the following smartphones and mobile devices:

  • Apple 3G iPhone
  • MotorolaQ9C
  • HTC Mogul
  • Treo 800w

WebCapTel may also work on other devices that use Windows Mobile 6 or Apple Mobile Safari. You can also run WebCapTel on any computer with broadband Internet access

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Sprint First to Launch WebCapTel® On the Go, a New and Free Mobile Solution for Hard of Hearing Customers

Monday, October 20th, 2008

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 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 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

www.sprintrelay.com/webcaptel.htm

CapTel and WebCapTel are registered trademarks of Ultratec, Inc.

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