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12th May 2009Deaf people will be able to send text messages to get in touch with police and call ambulances, fire engines and the coastguard as part of a national trial.
The trial is going ahead in the autumn and if successful could be put into practice by 2010. Guido Gybels, director of technology at the RNID, said: "We hope to create a solution so that people with hearing impairments are on an equal footing with the rest of society. It is not a perfect system, but it is better than having nothing."
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Title: 999 text to help deaf people
Author:
Jess Laurence
Article Id: 11333
Date Added: 12th May 2009
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