Federal Communications Commission makes landmark decision, approves real-time text (RTT) technology

Gallaudet University played a pivotal role in a recent landmark decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to transition from TTYs to a new internet-based, real-time text standard (RTT). RTT is compatible with future smartphones and allows users to instantly see letters, characters, and words as they are being typed.

Learn more about this exciting new technology and find out when it will be implemented into new smartphones by watching this video with ASL, voice-over, captions, and voice-over audio descriptions: https://youtu.be/tfmAblNvr8E