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FLORIDA RELAY
SERVICE CONTRACT
On January 4, 2005, the Commission approved staff's recommendation to award the
contract to Sprint with service beginning on June 1, 2005. This is
Docket 040763-TP. Sprint has been operating the FRS since June 1, 2000.
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- To connect with Florida Relay… It's Simple, just dial 711... or dial
- 1-800-955-8771 (TTY/VCO)
- 1-800-955-8770 (Voice)
- 1-800-955-1339 (ASCII)
- 1-877-955-8773 (Spanish)
- 1-877-955-8707 (French Creole) available from 8 am to 2 am daily
- 1-800-676-3777 Sprint Relay Customer Service (TTY/Voice/ASCII)
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Florida Relay is the independence link that enables standard telephone users to
communicate with people who are Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, Deaf/Blind or Speech Impaired
who use specialized telecommunication devices, such as, a TTY (Text Telephone or
TDD).
A Relay Operator (OPR) takes the phone call and acts as your confidential link to
reach anybody, anywhere, 24-hours a day, 365 days a year, with no restrictions on
the number of calls placed or on the length of calls. There is no charge for making
local phone calls. Florida Relay accepts long-distance and international phone calls
based on the caller's preference. Many long-distance providers offer discounted
rates for long-distance calls through the relay service. It's the responsibility
of the relay user (caller) to contact their long-distance provider of choice to
see if a discounted rate is available.
Everyday, thousands of Florida residents relay on Florida Relay to make personal
and business phone calls. Relay users have different needs and use different features;
and users can communicate with other users. Some example of the type of relay users:
Text Telephone (TTY or TDD) - the caller types their phone conversation, the operator
(OPR) voices typed words to the hearing person and types back the words being said;
the caller reads the text message on the TTY screen and / or paper printout on the
TTY.
Voice Carry-Over (VCO) - the caller can speak directly to the hearing person the
operator (OPR) types back the words that are being said and the caller reads the
text message on the VCO screen (or TTY).
Two-Line VCO - the caller needs two phones or a computer, one line is for speaking
and one line is for receiving text messages.
Hearing Carry-Over - the caller listens to the person who is speaking, the operator
(OPR) voices text messages to hearing person who speaks directly to HCO user without
operator (OPR) interaction.
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