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Low-cost texts to tempt deaf users
A service for deaf and disabled people that simulates SMS texting, but at a fraction of the cost, has been launched by British company Chatterbox, reports the BBC. "It reduces the typical cost of a text message from 8p to 0.8p - and some mobile contracts will even allow up to 3000 of these messages to be sent free of charge every month." The system, MX Chat, works by converting a text message into data and sending it via the internet to the Chatterbox server. The receiving phone then converts it back so that it appears as a text message. "It looks almost the same as sending and receiving an SMS," Chatterbox managing director, Ted Beagley, told BBC News Online. The difference is that Chatterbox users can only exchange messages with other Chatterbox users - a bit like sending and receiving instant messages via Yahoo or MSN." |
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