Speech and Language Impairments

IBM Phone Communicator



IBM Phone Communicator
IBM PhoneCommunicator, part of IBM’s Independence Series, brings a wide range of telephone communication options to the fingertips of the person who is hearing and/or speech-impaired through the power of the IBM Personal Computer.

IBM PhoneCommunicatior is designed for both home and business use, and it consolidates many functions inn one system that is easy to use and menu driven.


HIGHLIGHTS.

Provides telephone communications with hearing persons using most touch Tone telephones

Communicates with both Baudot and ASCII TDDs, providing the user a full-screen view of the datalog from both parties.

Auto Answer mode records messages from touch tone telephone and TDD callers and notes the time/date of the call

Prints and saves any telephone conversation

Runs other programs while PhoneCommunicator is active

The programmable modem provides the ability to communicate with ASCII bulletin boards, allowing the user to browse, inquire and send messages

Special messages can be generated and saved for later recall and use with the touch tone and TDD conversations

Automatic dialing of telephone numbers from the PhoneCommunicator directory

PhoneCommunicator can be used with emulators and Local Area Networks



SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT/SUPPORTED SYSTEMS

IBM Personal Computer, IBM PC XT or AT, IBM PC XT-286

IBM Personal System/2 Model 25, Model 30 or Model 30-286

PhoneCommunicator requires a minimum of 512K of memory and DOS 3.3 or 4.0

A double diskette configuration is supported, however, a configuration with a fixed disk is recommended

An analog telephone line is required

With 640KB of memory installed, programs up to 256K may be run with PhoneCommunicator active; larger programs require an optional memory management program, ?software Carousel form SoftLogic Solutions.

To transfer files to/from other systems or to use the PhoneCommunicator adapter in terminal emulation, the user needs an optional communications program, CrossTalk XVI (version 3.61A) from Digital Communications Associates (PhoneCommunicator is not available when this program is active).

The optional programs require a fixed disk.


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