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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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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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New Proposed VRS Rates – Reasonable or Devastating

By On May 12, 2010 · 3 Comments

The VRS program is managed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide “functionally equivalent” communication for the deaf over the standard phone system. Sign language interpreters are hired by VRS Service Providers to interpret calls between deaf and hearing callers. Fees collected on every land line and cell phone in the U.S. go into [...]

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