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Types of Equipment Provided by the State

During your Maryland Accessible Telecommunications (MAT) program evaluation, you and a specialist will work one-on-one to try out different equipment options and identify the solution that works for you.

The program has a solution for virtually anyone who has difficulty using a standard telephone—we can even custom-create a solution for you!

Sample Solutions

  • Text telephones (TTYs)

  • Braille TTYs for people who are DeafBlind

  • Hearing Carry-Over (HCO) phones

  • Voice Carry-Over (VCO) phones

  • Tablets

  • Captioned Telephones

  • Amplified phones

  • Ring signalers

  • Phones with large and/or high contrast buttons

  • Phones that talk when dialed

  • Picture phones

  • Phones that amplify speech

  • Hands-free phones

  • Bed shakers to alert you when you are sleeping

  • Wheelchair pad phone switches