Challenges

The challenges for RTT

 

  • The aim is to facilitate seamless, end-to-end RTT in all IP environments.
  • Right now there is no easy-to-use RTT client available to introduce users to RTT. A RTT Client must work out of the box more or less. Automated methods should be included for traversal of essentially all firewall and NAT router configurations.
  • RTT is too unfamiliar; everybody keeps pushing IM including people who are Deaf/hard of Hearing. They need to EXPERIENCE the character-by-character RTT to understand its benefits.
  • Manufacturers are not eager to use/implement RTT because it is new and unknown to them.
  • There is no easily available hardware that supports a RTT phone.
  • Some companies and organizations are starting with different solutions that are 'word-by-word' or some proprietary form of RTT that might not even perform like RTT. This leads to fragmentation of RTT with interoperability issues and varying performance of RTT.

 

Deliverables

 

The R3TF wants to overcome the challenges by:

 

  • Running a website with timely information for Stakeholders and Users about RTT and standards.
  • Give presentations to organizations, companies and conferences to encourage the inclusion of RTT in specifications and products.
  • Develop User and Technical Requirements for networks and Servers to support an end-to-end RTT service.
  • Produce Interworking Test Specifications.
  • Facilitate the combining of funding and skills in order to develop effective RTT Products.
  • Create a report on the Firewall traversal problems and an assessment of their solutions.
  • Develop User and Technical Requirements for an easy to install and easy-to-use RTT client.
  • Participate with European and other projects to promote consistent Requirements and Usage for RTT.
  • Propose a RTT Interworking Plan to allow 'non-standard' RTT solutions to support end-to-end RTT service.
  • Develop RTT Testing Requirements and RTT Testing Specification

 

Which will allow the creation of services and platforms using RTT:

 

  • Broadcasting RTT to offer (remote) captioning/live transcription at conferences
  • Creation of a web based RTT client that allows users to experience RTT
  • Building a server/platform that supports the web based RTT client
  • Building/maintaining/improving a platform that acts as an inter-working gateway between different RTT technologies.
  • Build the interworking/test platform based on the inter-working gateway project to allow RTT interworking and compatibility testing. (This may lead to the creation of a test lab for product certification of RTT compatibility).

 

Specific projects and activities with the details will be found on this website when available.