Useful links
Companies and organisations that support inclusive communication
Find industry related companies and organisations.
A-Z to Deafblindness - http://www.deafblind.com/
A comprehensive list of links to services, groups and equipment for people with deafblindness.
The BT Shop - www.bt.com/shop/accessible_products
The BT Shop has a special section showing which telephones are easiest to use for people with different telecommunication needs.
BT BSL pages - http://www.btplc.com/inclusion/bsl/welcome/welcome.htm
BT has created this site to explain the benefits of broadband and the internet for BSL users.
Action on Hearing Loss - http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk
Action on Hearing Loss (the new name for RNID) represents deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
SignVideo - http://signvideo.co.uk
Bringing people in vision.
Texbox - http://texbox.co.uk
Improving communication between deaf people and organisations.
Connevenas - http://www.connevans.co.uk/
Sarabec - http://www.sarabec.com/
Telecommunications providers
BT – http://www.bt.com/includingyou
Sky – http://packages.sky.com/speak/
TalkTalk – http://www.talktalk.co.uk/products/landline
Virgin Media – http://www.virginmedia.co.uk/
Cable and wireless - http://www.cw.com/
Hull - http://www.kcom.com/
Guernsey - http://www.surecw.com/guernsey
Jersey - http://www.jerseytelecoms.com/
Manx - http://www.manxtelecom.com/
O2 - http://www.o2.co.uk
Vodafone - http://www.vodafone.com
Orange - http://www.orange.co.uk/
T-Mobile - http://www.t-mobile.com/
Thus - http://www.thus.net/
Tiscali - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/
Broadband providers
AOL – http://www.aolbroadband.co.uk/
BT Total Broadband – http://www.bt.com/broadband
02 Broadband – http://broadband.o2.co.uk
Orange – http://www.orange.co.uk/broadband
Post Office Broadband – http://www.postoffice.co.uk
Sky Broadband – http://broadband.sky.com/
Talk Talk – http://www.talktalk.co.uk/
Tiscali – http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband
Virgin Media – http://www.virginmedia.com/broadband
Mobile phone providers
3 – http://www.three.co.uk/Mobiles
The Carphone Warehouse – http://www.carphonewarehouse.com
Dial-A-Phone – http://www.dialaphone.co.uk
02 – http://o2.co.uk/
Orange – http://shop.orange.co.uk
Phones4U – http://www.phones4u.co.uk
T-Mobile – http://www.t-mobile.com/
Tesco Mobile – http://www.tesco.com/mobilenetwork/homepage.aspx?page=3
Virgin – http://www.virginmobile.com
Vodafone – http://www.vodafone.co.uk
Wi-Fi and mobile internet providers
3 – http://www.three.co.uk/Mobile_Broadband
BT Total Broadband – http://www.bt.com/wireless
The Carphone Warehouse – http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/broadband/mobile-broadband
The Cloud – http://www.thecloud.co.uk
02 – http://broadband.o2.co.uk/mobile/
Orange – http://shop.orange.co.uk/shop/mobile-broadband
T-Mobile – http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons/
Virgin – http://www.virginmobile.com/vm/mobileBroadband.do
Vodafone – http://www.vodafone.co.uk
Email providers
Many broadband providers supply email accounts with their broadband service – but if you don't have broadband, here are some free alternatives:
Google Mail – http://www.googlemail.com
Hotmail – http://www.hotmail.com
Yahoo! Mail – http://www.yahoomail.co.uk
Instant messaging (IM) services
Google Talk – http://www.google.com/talk/
Skype – http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/
Windows Live Messenger – http://download.live.com/
Yahoo! Messenger – http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
Online communities
Deaf Tube – http://www.deaf-tube.com
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com
Friends Reunited – http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk
Flickr – http://www.flickr.com/
Picasa – http://picasa.google.co.uk/
LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com/
Sign Tube – http://www.sign-tube.com
Tag Deaf – http://www.tagdeaf.com
Twitter – http://twitter.com/
WAYN Where Are You Now? – http://www.wayn.com
Support and advice
FAQs
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Downloads
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Useful links
Industry related links.
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Important Numbers
To make a textphone call:
dial 18001 + number
To make a telephone call:
dial 18002 + number
Emergency calls: dial 18000
Support & advice
Latest news
April 2012 QoS report | 16 Apr 2012
January 2012 Quality of Service Report | 13 Jan 2012
October 2011 Quality of Service Report | 11 Oct 2011
July 2011 Quality of Service Report | 12 Jul 2011
New research project about text relay services | 17 Aug 2010
Ofcom are asking people to have their say by taking part in their new research project about the future of text relay and other services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or with speech difficulties.