I just had a "conversation" through the Relay operator system (what the deaf use to conduct telephone communications). At first I thought I was speaking to an automated machine but then realized it was a real person reading off the deaf caller's message. Each interaction ended with "Go Ahead" and then I had to respond slowly and finish with "Go Ahead".
The caller even wrote in things like "laugh" or umm" or "smile." For instance:
Me: Please send me a detailed email inquiry to 'kathleen@goldleafstudios.com', that's 'Kathleen' spelled with a 'K' and 'Goldleafstudios' all one word. Go Ahead.
Caller (read to me in a stone-cold cyborg voice): Uh, umm. Ok, great. I will do that. Smile. My name is Cathy, spelled with a 'C'. Laugh. Go Ahead.
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I just had a "conversation" through the Relay operator system (what the deaf use to conduct telephone communications). At first I thought I was speaking to an automated machine but then realized it was a real person reading off the deaf caller's message. Each interaction ended with "Go Ahead" and then I had to respond slowly and finish with "Go Ahead".
The caller even wrote in things like "laugh" or umm" or "smile." For instance:
Me: Please send me a detailed email inquiry to 'kathleen@goldleafstudios.com', that's 'Kathleen' spelled with a 'K' and 'Goldleafstudios' all one word. Go Ahead.
Caller (read to me in a stone-cold cyborg voice): Uh, umm. Ok, great. I will do that. Smile. My name is Cathy, spelled with a 'C'. Laugh. Go Ahead.
Equals Circonflex Underscore Circonflex Equals
Go ahead.
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