News for ASL Interpreters

jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_2824()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_2824(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-2824′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_2824′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_2824′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_2824′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.chazl.com/acd/new-fcc-vrs-rates/&size=large’); }); }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 [...]

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jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_619()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_619(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-619′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_619′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_619′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_619′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.chazl.com/acd/personal-opinion-reforming-vrs/&size=large’); }); } 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 [...]

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jQuery(document).ready(function($) { window.setTimeout(‘loadFBShareMe_610()’,5000); }); function loadFBShareMe_610(){ jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $(‘.dd-fbshareme-610′).remove();$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_610′).attr(‘width’,’53′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_610′).attr(‘height’,’69′);$(‘.DD_FBSHAREME_AJAX_610′).attr(‘src’,'http://widgets.fbshare.me/files/fbshare.php?url=http://www.chazl.com/acd/new-vrs-rates-reasonable-or-destructive/&size=large’); }); }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 [...]

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