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Other ways to connect

There are a lot of ways that people who are d/Deaf, hard of hearing or who have a speech communication difficulty can communicate directly with other people using smartphones, tablets and desktop computers. These options don’t use the National Relay Service.

Options include:

  • Use Auslan and lip read

    Video call apps

  • Use Auslan

    Video remote interpreter services

  • Speak and read

    Captioning apps

  • Type and read

    Communicating by text

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