How does the radio meet the weather alerting needs of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons?
• It provides visual and vibrating alarms and simple text readouts. • Three warning lights indicate the level of alert (Statement, Watch, or Warning). • Liquid crystal display readout indicates specific warning such as “Tornado Warning” or “Thunderstorm Warning”. • Programmable state/county selections screen out warnings for other areas. • Accessible technology, now being developed, will enable deaf and hard-of-hearing persons to obtain NOAA Weather Radio alert messages in text format. • The battery-operated NOAA Weather Radio can be portable at home, work, school or play, or while traveling, boating or camping. • For deaf-blind persons and hearing-impaired persons with low-vision, special-needs NOAA Weather Radio receivers may be equipped with special adaptions which convert the weather messages into large print and/or Braille version without depending on volunteering reading services.
