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New FCC VRS Rates

By On June 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The FCC has announced new VRS rates for 1 year: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-115A1.pdf General Announcement: For Immediate Release:                                         News Media Contact: June 28, 2010                                                         Dan Rumelt at (202) 418-7512 FCC TAKES ACTION TO PROTECT AND SUSTAIN VITAL SERVICE FOR THE DEAF Commission Votes Unanimously on Immediate and Long-Term Approaches Washington, DC — The Federal Communications Commission has [...]

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Ask for Interpreter – Get Stuffed Monkey

By On June 16, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. “One deaf hospital patient in Jacksonville Beach said she was given a stuffed monkey instead of the sign-language interpreter she requested for hours. Feeling isolated, she finally asked nurses for something to hold.” Deaf patients sue Jacksonville hospital over lack of interpreters

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Personal Opinion – Reforming VRS

By On May 13, 2010 · 1 Comment

Video Relay Service (VRS) enables persons who use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with voice telephone users through video equipment, rather than through typed text (like the old TTY). Videoconferencing equipment, videophone, or computer and webcam links the VRS user with an interpreter/operator – called a “Communications Assistant” (CA) – so that the deaf [...]

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