Comments on: Making Peace With The Phone http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/02/making-peace-with-the-phone/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: It Doesn’t Sound Like Shouting In My Head http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/02/making-peace-with-the-phone/#comment-49 It Doesn’t Sound Like Shouting In My Head Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:15:14 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=287#comment-49 [...] auditory processing issues on top of being stuffed up from a cold tends to compound the problem of not being able to [...] [...] auditory processing issues on top of being stuffed up from a cold tends to compound the problem of not being able to [...]

]]> By: codeman38 http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/02/making-peace-with-the-phone/#comment-48 codeman38 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:14:59 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=287#comment-48 New reader; found this blog via Twitter... I <em>totally</em> can associate on how you describe people's voices over the phone! I think for me it's a combination of lack of visual feedback and the fact that certain low and high frequencies are simply filtered out because of the limitations of the phone system. I've found the <a href="http://www.sprintcaptel.com/" rel="nofollow">CapTel</a> service to be somewhat useful for making calls, but it has its limitations: sometimes things get horribly mistranscribed, there's a bit of a delay while the transcription catches up, it's only usable when you're at a computer, and taking incoming calls through it is just awkward. Still helpful, though. New reader; found this blog via Twitter…

I totally can associate on how you describe people’s voices over the phone! I think for me it’s a combination of lack of visual feedback and the fact that certain low and high frequencies are simply filtered out because of the limitations of the phone system.

I’ve found the CapTel service to be somewhat useful for making calls, but it has its limitations: sometimes things get horribly mistranscribed, there’s a bit of a delay while the transcription catches up, it’s only usable when you’re at a computer, and taking incoming calls through it is just awkward. Still helpful, though.

]]> By: Sandy http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/02/making-peace-with-the-phone/#comment-14 Sandy Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:03:33 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=287#comment-14 Hopefully by then he'll have learned that even phone conversations have a structure and always end with "bye"...even if you can't see the person! Hopefully by then he’ll have learned that even phone conversations have a structure and always end with “bye”…even if you can’t see the person!

]]> By: My Autism Insights http://www.aspieteacher.com/2009/02/making-peace-with-the-phone/#comment-13 My Autism Insights Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:29:05 +0000 http://www.aspieteacher.com/?p=287#comment-13 Interesting, my son hates the phone, except answering it. But then he puts down the receiver and walks away. Or if someone, like his grandparents, is talking to him, he'll just abruptly dismiss them and give the phone to someone else. I guess I won't expect that to change much when he gets older! :-) <abbr><em>My Autism Insights’s last blog post..<a href="http://autisminsights.today.com/2009/02/19/thankfulness-thursday-3/" rel="nofollow">Thankfulness Thursday</a></abbr></em> Interesting, my son hates the phone, except answering it. But then he puts down the receiver and walks away. Or if someone, like his grandparents, is talking to him, he’ll just abruptly dismiss them and give the phone to someone else. I guess I won’t expect that to change much when he gets older! :-)

My Autism Insights’s last blog post..Thankfulness Thursday

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