TTY Telephoning on a Mac – PC Software Compatibility

I need to make TTY phone calls and I only have a cell phone (no land line). The only product I can find that lets you make TTY calls on a computer is NexTalk, which would be perfect except it only runs on an IBM-style PC and there is no implementation that runs on a Mac.
I can run a PC program like NexTalk if I use VMWare's Fusion or Parallel's Desktop. But they both run only on Intel-based Mac processors and I have a PowerPC G5 Mac.
Am I hosed or is there something I can get?

Only solution I can see since it runs on XP is to find a copy of Virtual PC7 for PPC Macs, a bit slow but it lets you install Windows® up to XP anyway & run XP Software.
Hmmmmm, Cell Phones are supposed to allow TTY!?
Consumers are now generally able to use TTYs to complete calls with their digital wireless phones, including 911 calls, if the phone itself is TTY-compatible. To find a TTY-compatible digital wireless phone, contact your wireless service provider or handset retailer.
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/ttywireless.html

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