For Implementation of Real-Time Text Across Platforms
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Proposal R1 (Updated) for Implementation of RealTime Text Across Platforms Built on the IndustryConsumer Consensus Provisions on RealTime Text, submitted by the Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC) to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) in April 2008 Developed by the Telecommunications Access Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) Trace R&D Center – University of Wisconsin‐Madison and The Technology Access Program (TAP) – Gallaudet University VERSION 2.0 December, 2013 The contents of this proposal were developed under grants from the Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research grant numbers H133E040013 and H133E90001. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government. 1 Table of Contents 1.) Introduction ................................................................................................................................................4 2.) Goal and Benefits of Proposal R1.........................................................................................................5 3) Proposal R1 (updated 04December2013) ...................................................................................6 4.) Frequently Asked Questions .................................................................................................................7 4.1 Questions About Real‐time Text Usage ........................................................................................................ 7 Q1) If users have IM, why would they want real‐time text?................................................................................. 7 Q2) How would this work with relay services?.......................................................................................................... 8 Q3) Can Proposal R1 support captioned telephone calls?..................................................................................... 9 Q4) Could people (particularly friends and family) with computers, tablets and smartphones use them to communicate with real‐time text users? ........................................................................................................... 9 Q5) Could this reduce the rate of increase in Relay Service Costs..................................................................... 9 Q6) What if I use text prediction (e.g.T9) on my phone keypad. Is that allowed?..................................... 9 Q7) Is speech recognition input allowed?..................................................................................................................... 9 Q8) Can real‐time text be combined with IM? ............................................................................................................ 9 Q9) Could IM and other IP text users (who don't have a VoIP subscription) communicate directly in real‐time text to hearing VoIP customers under Proposal R1? .........................................................................10 Q10) Would users who are blind have access to real‐time text under Proposal R1? .............................10 Q11) It has been suggested that users could make a call with a phone and then use a separate application for the text (maybe even on another device). Why is this not a viable solution?..................10 4.2 Questions of a Technical Nature..........................................................................................................................................11 Q12) When you say a company can use any real‐time text standard they wish within their own systems, what exactly do you mean? ..................................................................................................................................11 Q13) Is a Common Real‐time text Interconnection Standard (CRIS) really needed?..............................12 Q14) If we pick one standard for the CRIS, doesn’t that stifle innovation? What if a better method comes out later? ...........................................................................................................................................................................12 Q15) Which standard would be used as the CRIS for SIP?..................................................................................12 Q16) Would it add cost to every voice communication product to require that it support real‐time text? 12 Q17) Are there real‐time text standards today?......................................................................................................13 Q18) Are these real‐time text standards in use today on network and consumer products?.............13 Q19) Why not just use TTYs with VoIP and the new IP networks?.................................................................13 Q20) Do all PSTN to VoIP gateways need to support translation of real‐time text to TTY? ................13 Q21) Will real‐time text work with normal SIP security measures?..............................................................13 Q22) Will real‐time text be blocked by network security measures and firewalls?................................14 Q23) Would non‐VoIP legacy cellular (GSM, CDMA, etc.) be affected by R1?.............................................14 Q24) How would this apply to DTV and IPTV based telecommunication?..................................................14 2 5.) Can implementing RTT everywhere Reduce the rate of growth of Relay Service Costs .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 USE OF RTT WITH RELAYS.....................................................................................................................................16 RTT ON EMERGENCY CALLS..................................................................................................................................16 6.) General Benefits to Users .................................................................................................................... 17 The benefits of Proposal R1 for individual populations:............................................................................17 7.) Industry Benefits and Considerations ............................................................................................ 19 7.1) Ability to use real‐time text to introduce new mainstream features and capabilities..........19 7.2) Minimizing costs for access features .........................................................................................................20 7.3) Ability to combine with instant messaging functionality..................................................................20 7.4) Concern about the responsibilities of carriers ......................................................................................20 7.5) Concern about the availability of sufficient equipment.....................................................................21 7.6) Concern about every PSTN to VoIP gateway having to do TTY conversion..............................21 What does this look like to the text (IP) and TTY (PSTN) user? ........................................................21 What does this look like to carriers? .............................................................................................................22 What does this look like to manufacturers? ...............................................................................................22 7.7) Benefits from using RFC 4103 as the internal real‐time text format in networks..................22 8.) RealTime Text Standards and specifications.............................................................................. 23 9.) Implementations .................................................................................................................................... 26 9.1) Phones and system components that have implemented real‐time text...................................26 9.2) Network components......................................................................................................................................27 9.3) Implementation tools available ..................................................................................................................28 9.4) Codecs available ................................................................................................................................................28 9.5) Services and service elements available .................................................................................................28 9.6) Activities...............................................................................................................................................................29 10.) References and Extracts .................................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 1 TEITAC Consensus Language (April 2008) ................................................................... 35 Appendix 2 Details on Requirements and Benefits for Different User Groups....................... 37 People who want to use TEXT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS...........................................................................37 People who want SPEECH OUT and TEXT BACK......................................................................................38