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Dr. Ed Bosson, true founding father of VRS
Open the Directory! Ed Bosson wasn't Dr. Bosson yesterday, but today he will be. Ed Bosson is being awarded a honorary doctorate degree today from Gallaudet University for his early work in Video Relay Service. Thank you, Dr. Bosson. Thank you for VRS! VRS changed our lives. Throughout years of hard work and persistence, one [...]
Tech Culture Fri, May 16 2008 · 11 hours ago hide this blog

Why boycott Sorenson? And other answers
Open the Directory! I get asked this a lot. Why petition Sorenson? Why not other companies? Aren't they all in this? None of them are yet taking the bold step to fully commit to a solution bringing 10 digit phone numbers to videophones, so why did I choose Sorenson? I explain below. 1. It [...]
Audism Education Tech Mon, May 12 2008 · hide this blog

FCC requires your videophone to call any VRS
Open the Directory! For some time, the Sorenson VP-100 videophone would not allow you to make VRS calls through any other VRS company. FCC passed a mandate requiring interoperability a few years ago. You may already know this. However, I had an online conversation with a friend who is young, tech-savvy and knowledgeable about [...]
Education Tech Thu, May 08 2008 · hide this blog

Deaf 911 expert talks about Next Generation 911
Open the Directory! Hello This is Tayler Mayer and I have with me an expert on 911 services. Working with various local governments and national organizations, he is knowledgable in 911 calling issues. Not only that, he is an advocate for providing effective 911 services to all deaf people. Allow me to introduce [...]
Education Tech Mon, May 05 2008 · hide this blog

FCC/VRS Live captioned webcast going on right now
Open the Directory! For those interested in the FCC workshop I mentioned yesterday, the FCC workshop is going on right now. The webcast is live and captioned. The workshop, in FCC's headquarters in Washington, D.C. is about the ten digit phone numbers issue. You can send your questions to be asked amongst workshop attendees. E-mail [...]
Tech Tue, Apr 29 2008 · hide this blog

Your chance to participate in VRS workshop at FCC
Open the Directory! However slowly FCC moves under the helm of the Bush Administration, I like the fact that they've kept their channels open for communicating our feedback regarding the VRS industry. *hint* *hint* Anyway, speaking of open channels, tomorrow FCC is hosting an important workshop regarding ten digit phone numbers. Even though it's [...]
Education Tech Mon, Apr 28 2008 · hide this blog

VRS e911: the difference between life and death
Open the Directory! Hello everyone! This is my first of a vlog series in which I hope to explain different issues we are seeing with the VRS industry and the effort to push for ten digit telephone numbers. The first issue is e911. Notice the “e” in e911. This is different than 911. “E” [...]
Education Tech Thu, Apr 24 2008 · hide this blog

Breaking: Sorenson files request with FCC to stall
Open the Directory! Someone just emailed me a PDF that contains SorensonVRS' recent filing that was sent to FCC. In it, SorensonVRS asks for more time beyond the implementation date of December 31, 2008. Before I started this campaign, I hadn't the idea that SorensonVRS may have been stalling (with other companies as well), [...]
Audism Education Legal Fri, Apr 18 2008 · hide this blog