I think this is where I introduce myself. My name is Bernard Peek, I'm Head of Technology Development for RNID - the Royal National Institute for Deaf people. We are the largest UK charity supporting deaf and hard of hearing people.
My reason for monitoring the list is that we have an interest in text-mode communications used by deaf people. In particular instant-message type applications. In fact we wrote one of our own (TalkByText) because nothing available supported the protocol we needed - Real Time Text, RFC 4103. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Simon McVittie > Sent: 02 August 2010 14:34 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Standards] Addition of client types > > On Mon, 02 Aug 2010 at 11:44:58 +0200, Peter Saint-Andre wrote: > > In service discovery, how would I communicate via XMPP with an SMS > client? > > The idea here is that you'd send a perfectly normal <message>, which some > gateway will translate into SMS and send onwards. > > Some reasons why it's significant to know that a contact will receive SMS > (more so than general gatewaying), even if the mechanics of sending a > message > are identical: > > * it's likely to interrupt them more, replying is likely to cost them > money, It's significant if the client is using a PSTN gateway, as we built for TalkByText. Any message arriving at the gateway causes it to set up a dial-up connection, which costs someone (possibly us) cash money. We don't mind a message that initiates a useful conversation. That's what we provide the system to do. What we don't want is any unnecessary calls. Or at least no unnecessary calls that aren't prepaid. -- Bernard Peek [email protected] ++Extra message. Check your hearing now - it´s quick, simple and confidential www.rnid.org.uk/hearingcheck [Extra message ends]. ++Disclaimer. This email and attachments (if any) must be swept for viruses before opening. Their contents may be confidential or privileged and are intended solely for the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient and you have received this email in error, you must not read or use this email and should notify RNID on telephone or textphone 020 7296 8282. [Disclaimer ends]. ++Company information. The Royal National Institute for Deaf People. Registered Address 19 - 23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL. A company limited by guarantee in England and Wales Number 454169. Registered charity Numbers 207720 (England and Wales) and SC038926 (RNID Scotland). [Company information ends]. [End]
