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About Relay Hawaii

What is Relay Hawaii?
Relay Hawaii is a service overseen by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission that provides full telephone accessibility to people who are deaf, hard-of-hearing, deaf-blind, and speech-disabled. Relay Hawaii provides the equipment and the service free of charge to all qualified residents of Hawai`i or kama`aina. Relay Hawaii allows the people of Hawai`i or kama’aina to communicate with friends, ohana, and anyone over the phone using text-telephone (TTY), captioned telephone(CapTel) online and wireless relay services, and video relay services (VRS) through specially trained relay operator and qualified video interpreters (VIs).

Always available:
Relay Hawaii is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Accurate & Transparent:
A relay operator voices everything you type and types everything you say.

Private & Confidential:
All Relay Hawaii calls are strictly private. No records of any conversations are maintained.

Free Services:
The service is free for anyone to use. Long distance charges may apply

Specialized Equipment to use to contact Relay Hawaii:
People who require a TTY or CapTel phone may apply to the Relay Hawaii Equipment Program (RHEP).

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