Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts(ohgizmo.com)

9 pointsby cwan17 anni fa4 comments

Iowa 911 Call Center Nation First To Accept Emergency Txts

http://www.ohgizmo.com/2009/08/07/iowa-911-call-center-nation-first-to-accept-emergency-txts/

4 comments

nirmal17 anni fa

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

ergbvreg17 anni fa

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.

elliottkember17 anni fa

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kingsley_2017 anni fa

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