​During your Maryland Accessible Telecommunications (MAT) program evaluation, you and a specialist will work one-on-one to try out different equipment options and identify the solution that works for you.

The program has a solution for virtually anyone who has difficulty using a standard telephone—we can even custom-create a solution for you!

Sample Solutions

• Text telephones (TTYs)
• Braille TTYs for people who are DeafBlind
• Hearing Carry-Over (HCO) phones
• Voice Carry-Over (VCO) phones
• Tablets
• Captioned Telephones
• Amplified phones
• Ring signalers
• Phones with large and/or high contrast buttons
• Phones that talk when dialed
• Picture phones
• Phones that amplify speech
• Hands-free phones
• Bed shakers to alert you when you are sleeping
• Wheelchair pad phone switches