Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

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Post by cwan » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 1:35 PM UTC

Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts
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Re: Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

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Post by elliottkember » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 1:58 PM UTC

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Re: Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

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Post by nirmal » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:03 PM UTC

I've done some work in this area. We enable the caller to text but all of the data transmission done over the voice channel. This allows for locating the call, a live conversation and it could be made compatible with all 911 centers.

Our users are deaf but anyone could use this.

See http://nirmalpatel.com/research/deaf911.html

Re: Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

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Post by ergbvreg » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 3:25 PM UTC

About time. Many people's lives have been saved by being able to send a text to a friend from somewhere in the backcountry / offshore where they couldn't make a call but there was enough signal for a txt.

Re: Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

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Post by kingsley_20 » Fri, Aug 07, 2009, 4:46 PM UTC

One obvious use is for when you have an intruder in your apartment.