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View Post: Defrauding the Federal Video Relay Service - Panopticonic
20 Nov 2009 by David W. Boles  
Here's the dumbfounding part of the whole scheme, Gordon... these Video Relay Services rely on high tech cameras on each end to facilitate the visually signed communication. The Feds pay for those cameras and if you're Deaf, ...
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View Post: JFActivist: Video Relay Abusers Indicted
23 Nov 2009 by JFA Moderator  
From Jenifer Simpson (AAPD): Abuse of Telecommunications Relay Services Fund: Advocates Applaud Fed Crackdown The US Department of Justice indicted abusers of the telecommunications relay services fund November 19, ...
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View Post: Beehive - Public consultation on telecommunications relay and ...
4 Nov 2009 by beehive.govt.nz  
The Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) was established in 2004 to meet the telecommunications needs of Deaf, hearing impaired, speech impaired and Deafblind communities by offering a range of nationwide text-based services. ...
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View Post: Media dis&dat: Video relay services arrive in Northland of New Zealand
27 Oct 2009 by BA Haller  
The new video relay service (VRS) involves a sign-language interpreter acting as a link between the deaf or hearing impaired person using a video screen and the person on the other end of the phone line. ...
View Blog: Media dis&dat - http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/

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View Post: FCC Updates Rules on Relay Services
18 Nov 2009
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued an Order that updates its previous rules on handling emergency calls made through a relay service, usually used by the hearing impaired. The update takes into account relay calls ...
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View Post: NAD Urges FCC and Industry to Protect VRS
National Association ...
20 Nov 2009 by NAD News   ...
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View Post: SnapVRS May Kill Viable Buyout Deal!
26 Nov 2009 by admin  
VRS of Pearl River, a video relay service company, is “working through all the complications that have taken place since the indictments,” said Maureen Ellenberger, vice president of marketing. Snap!VRS agreed to acquire Viable in ...
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View Post: Veratad Technologies, LLC Delivers Identity Verification for ...
9 Nov 2009 by idverificationblog  
By verifying a new Relay Service subscriber's identity, Sprint is helping prevent costly fraud and reduce incidents of Identity Theft. The Sprint Relay Service allows subscribers who are deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind or speech ...
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View Post: HR 3101 Could Help Oral Deaf - Signing Deaf Friends!
10 Nov 2009 by Robert G.  
The term 'telecommunications relay services' means telephone transmission that provides the ability for an individual who is deaf, hard of hearing, deaf-blind, or who has a speech disability to engage in communication by wire or radio ...
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