Text Telephones at UC Berkeley

Text telephones are telephones with typewriter-like devices that permit hearing or speech impaired persons to communicate by typing message over telephone lines. These devices are also known as teletypes (TTY) or telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD).

Campus Text Telephone Numbers

• Admissions, Graduate: 642-7405, Undergraduate: 642-8396
• Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive: 642-8734
• Campus ADA/504 Compliance Office: 643-5116
• Campus Operator: 642-9900
• Career Center, Students with Disabilities Program: 642-5373
• Disabled Students Program: 642-6373
• Doe Library, Reference Desk: 642-8592
• Human Resources: 643-9421
• Office of Student Life: 642-6778
• Police Department: 642-6760
• Residential Hall and Family Housing: 642-8672
• School of Law Student Life Services: 642-3263
• The Student Learning Center: 642-7332
• University Health Services, Tang Center: 643-1233

Pay Text Telephone on Campus (map, large map)

• Barrows Hall (inside, ground floor, west end, near elevators and stairway no. 4)
• Berkeley Art Museum (inside, first floor near rest rooms, in hallway off Durant Ave. lobby)
• Boalt Hall (inside, off Laub Lobby near Elevator E and room 165)
• Boalt Hall (outside, in Darling Courtyard next to Laub Lobby entrance)
• Botanical Gardens (outside, at Conference Center restrooms in middle of gardens)
• Clark Kerr Campus, Building 1 (inside, in lobby)
• Dwinelle Hall (inside, in hallway near east entrance and room 160)
• Edwards Track Stadium (outside, in middle of west tunnel near restrooms and room 6A)
• Evans Hall (inside, in east entrance foyer near stairway)
• Evans Hall (outside, next to east entrance)
• Haas Business School Student Services Building (inside, fourth floor, near Cronk Gate entrance)
• Haas Pavilion (inside, near northwest arena entrance and room 176)
• Hertz Hall (outside, next to southwest entrance)
• Doe Library (inside, in south hallway off southeast entrance near room 131)
• Lower Sproul Plaza (outside, in breezeway at northeast corner of plaza)
• Moffett Library (outside, next to café entrance near south entrance)
• Sproul Hall (inside, next to south entrance to basement, near UC Police office)
• Tang Center (inside, off lobby near restrooms)
• Tolman Hall (outside, in plaza between building wings)
• Valley Life Science Building (inside, second floor, east end, in the Onderdonk Lobby)
• Wurster Hall (inside, first floor, near restrooms behind stairway)
• Zellerbach Hall (inside, stage entrance)

Telecommunication Relay Services

Relay services allow TTY and eligible Internet users to contact "voice-only" telephone users and vice versa. Speech-to-speech relay allows persons with speech impairments to contact persons with normal speech and vice versa.

• California Telecommunication and Speech-to-Speech Relay Services

California DDTP www.ddtp.org	California Relay Service access numbers: Statewide Service 7-1-1 TTY to Voice 1-800-735-2929 1-866-735-2929 ASCII 1-800-735-0091 1-866-735-0091 Voice to TTY 1-800-735-2922 1-866-735-2922 Español 1-866-833-4703 Inbound International 1-209-863-0162 (preceded by international dialing access code) Customer Service Voice 800-735-0373 TTY 800-735-0193
	Speech-to-Speech Relay Service access number: Voice STS (& to TTY) 1-800-854-7784 Customer Service Voice 800-735-0373 TTY 800-735-0193

User Guides and Tips

• Using a TTY (The Access Board, USATBCB)
• Tips for Using Digital Wireless TTY (TTY Forum)
• Telecommunications Relay Service FAQ - Guide for TTY and IP-Relay services
• Telecommunications Relay Service (CMP for USDoE) - Guide for hearing persons (PDF)
• TTY Frequently Asked Questions and Answers for UC Berkeley Departments

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