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Sprint brings captioning service to hearing-impaired iOS device users
Sprint
has announced that Wireless CapTel is now available for all iOS
devices. CapTel gives customers real-time captions of the phone
conversation they're currently having. While Sprint offers landline
phones and a web service specifically for CapTel, the wireless version
of the service makes use of a smartphone app, which displays captions
just as the hardware and web products do.
patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.