Posts Tagged VRS
Relay Users’ Toll Free Numbers Terminated in August 2012
8/10/11…..The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) www.nad.org is pleased to announce that on August 4, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its final rules on the use of toll free (800 or 866 numbers). The order stops the assignment of new toll-free numbers to Video Relay Service (VRS) users and requires the transition to [...]
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Must See Vlog regarding to E-911!
Please click the vlog to see what experience the 90-year old deaf lady had! She wishes to advise you how to use E-911 on VRS. www.deafnation.com/news/marge-solomon-e911-user
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OPA Seeking Factual Stories About VRI in Hospitals!
The Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (OPA) has received several complaints about the hospitals in Connecticut using the VRS (video remote services) for any patients who are deaf. Some hospitals do not honor these patients’ requests or preference of using live interpreters instead of VRI (video remote interpreters). The OPA needs [...]
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FCC Protects Federal Funds for VRS
Federal Communications Commission wants the public to be aware that it is protecting its funding to continue any video relay services that are eligible to do these businesses in the United States. Click for more information or captioned video with sign language: www.fcc.gov/cgb/dro/vrs_policies.html
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FCC Needs Your Input Via VRS (Video) Conference Call
Everyone is welcome to call or email FCC about your rights to use VRS call conference, no matter, who, deaf or hearing callers. Here is the website for the FCC about their meeting on Dec. 17 and how you can attend the meeting online or by calling in through an interpreter. http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-294966A1.pdf. IMPORTANT: YOU can [...]
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FCC Hosts Workshop on VRS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 3, 2009 FCC ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP ON VRS REFORM TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 17, 2009 Washington, DC – The Federal Communications Commission today announces it will hold a workshop on December 17, 2009, as part of its comprehensive review of the Video Relay Service (VRS) program, to ensure that the program’s [...]
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Good News, VRS continues to serve….
Thanks to Eds Telecom Alert, FCC and the Congress would not shut down VRS but be sure that VP users and VRS providers should continue to submit comments relating to VRS or VP issues. Source: Ed’s Telecom Alert.
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Seven Companies Arrested by FBI for VRS Fraud
Excerpts from several articles about VRS fraud and TV CBS Evening News (with closed captioned): Source: CBS Evening News The Seattle Times Company – Politics & Government US charges firms defrauded deaf phone fund Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal charges against more than two dozen people accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars [...]
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SNAP! VRS Acquires Viable Communications
More info, visit SNAP! VRS Press release and Viable Press Release.
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Businesses Refuse to Accept VRS Calls – Read Consumerist Articles
Wells Fargo Keeps Hanging Up On Your Deaf Grandmother By Laura Northrup, 7:24 AM on Tue Jun 16 2009, 8,520 views Rachel’s 86-year-old grandmother was a loyal Wells Fargo customer for more than thirty years. She’s been forced to take her business to a new bank because Wells Fargo representatives refuse to talk to her. [...]
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