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Speaking Up

by julie @ 3:01 pm. Filed under Politics

A few months ago, I learned of a new technology called CapTel - basically a special phone that provides live captioning unbeknownst to the party on the other line. I’ve tried VCO and relays in the past, but was never comfortable with the unnatural flow of the communication. Now there’s this CapTel that would solve every phonephobia I ever had - BUT…it was not being offered in Michigan.

Feeling cheated, I began writing to the Michigan Public Service Commission, stating all the reasons I felt our state needed to jump on the CapTel wagon. Responses started coming in, asking me to write more letters to more people - that I did. Letter after letter, not knowing if I was even making a dent - but adamently refusing to be silent with my demand.

Just today, I read an article on Michigan’s gov’t website stating that CapTel has finally received the greenlight from the MPSC - a decision reached from reading JUST 20 LETTERS.

The lesson I learned: don’t be silent about what you need. It won’t happen unless you ask for it - speak up!

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8 Responses to “Speaking Up”

Sara (User Verified) :
July 7th, 2005 at 9:13 pm
How wonderful! Congrats, Julie!
Sanctum1972 (User Verified) :
July 7th, 2005 at 9:19 pm
Quite true…only voices can make a difference. One of the reasons why I like this blog very much is due to the focus we put in our career and hearing impairment.

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July 8th, 2005 at 2:45 am
Its nice to see people getting what they need. Good on you Julie for helping.
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