[access-uk] Re: TEXTING LANDLINES

Ian,
I have a vergen mobile.
Will it work with that?
Andrew Summers

 --- Ian Macrae <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> Hi all,
> The following has just been forwarded to the BBC's
> disabled staff email
> list.
> 
> Did you know that you can send text messages to a
> landline? If you do
> send one, then the next time a hearing person picks
> up the phone, they
> need to be prepared to hear a 'robot' on the other
> end of the line!
> Instead of reading the message, the recipient on the
> landline will hear
> it spoken by a synthesised female voice.
> 
> The service - which is already up and running - is
> currently available
> to users on the Vodafone; T-Mobile; BT Mobile; 3 and
> O2 Networks.  You
> simply tap a message out on your mobile phone as
> usual and then enter
> the landline number and then send it in the usual
> way.
> 
> Texting a message to a fixed phone line typically
> costs around 10p, the
> same price as sending one from some mobiles to
> mobiles.
> 
> I am sure you have had those occasions when you send
> a message to your
> partners, work etc and they don't respond as they
> either don't have
> their mobile on them; the battery is flat or the
> reception is poor -
> well, this service saves time and frustration!
> 
> 
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