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VeeSee TV, an exciting new IPTV web site, enables British deaf viewers to watch British Sign Language and subtitled content via the internet or on a TV set through a set-top box; it will boost deaf community activities in many ways. 21 May 2007.
	21 May 2007. We have long been a supporter of initiatives to help the deaf communicate using videoconferencing technology. There are nine user application stories under the heading “Deaf Persons’ Video” on our web site. Now a new British initiative is using video-on-demand technology (IPTV) and a web portal site to create an interactive forum and user-generated content and so s... (read article)



Sorenson Communications has establishes Video Relay Service Interpreting Centers for the Deaf in 17 major U.S. Cities; this allows a deaf person to communicate with the hearing world. 30 October 2006
	Posted 30 October 2006. The single group of people most likely to benefit from video conferencing technology are the Deaf who communicate with Sign Language. (For a live illustration of sign language visit: http://www.sorensonvrs.com/vids/index.php). Yet it is generally estimated that only 10 percent of the 28 millio... (read article)



The Internet and broadband access enable deaf persons nationwide to use the new American Sign Language Video Remote Interpreting service from SignOn based in Seattle, WA and Portland OR
	17 October 2005. SignOn Inc, a leader in American Sign Language interpreting, has launched a comprehensive Video Relay Interpreting (VRI) service providing Sign Language Interpreting for deaf people throughout the United States and Canada. SignOn has developed an easy to set up process that does not require extensive technical knowledge. In the past, using videoconferencing techno... (read article)



Deaf people in the UK can interact with the SignVideo Contact Centre (SVCC) using Sign Language; Prime Business Solutions is implementing the novel solution for Significan’t; Cisco and TANDBERG technology lies behind it's concept
	5 September 2005. The time of a sign-language interpreter is so valuable that it needs to be used 100% of the time. That’s why Significan’t has adopted a Video Call Centre approach with agents to providing its service at the SignVideo Contact Centre (SVCC). Deaf persons, who call in, speak first with an agent who then routes the call to an available sign-language interpreter or queues it until ... (read article)



Patients in American hospitals that need to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) for deaf people or in Spanish can use the newly-launched Language Line Video Interpreting Service
	1 September 2005. Doctors and their deaf and hard-of-hearing patients who need to speak using ASL, as well as Spanish-speaking patients, can now easily communicate through a new video interpreting service. The Language Line(R) Video Interpreting Service provides hospitals in the United States with immediate access to ASL and medically certified Spanish language interpreters anytime, anypl... (read article)



The Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) is a nonprofit agency providing training and placement for youths and adults who are deaf-blind. It is the first to benefit from the ICIA Shines Initiative
	19 May 2005 posted 6 June 2005. The International Communications Industries Association, Inc. (ICIA) has chosen the Helen Keller National Center (HKNC) as the first beneficiary of the “ICIA Shines Initiative,” a program matching the expertise of audiovisual professionals with organizations in need of AV technology to enhance communications. The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Bli... (read article)



Gallaudet University, a university designed specifically for deaf and hard-of-hearing students, has appointed Polycom’s Michael Baker to its Advisory Board. Polycom helps the Deaf in many ways
	Posted 9 February 2004. There is no more natural use of videoconferencing than to help deaf people at remote sites to communicate; without visual communications to display their sound language, they cannot communcate. Polycom has a continuing commitment to the field of deaf education. This is instanced by the appointment of Michael Baker, Polycom vice president of Vertical Markets, to t... (read article)



Leicester Centre for Deaf uses Motion Media’s videophones to introduce the new video-based interpreting system
	28 January 2004. A new video-based interpreting system is revolutionising the workplace for the hard-of-hearing, enabling them to call and participate in internal meetings and share information more freely. Talk Live Limited, a company specialising in communication solutions for the Deaf, and the Leicester Centre for the Deaf - one of the top 10 Deaf centres in UK - have collaborated t... (read article)



The Canadian Hearing Society will establish International Satellite WiFi Hotspots to enable Deaf and Hard of Hearing People in rural areas to join the Society’s IP Video Conferencing Network
	7 October 2003. The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) based in Toronto, Canada and SkyFrames will team up to aggressively build Satellite/Wireless infrastructures that support businesses and citizens of rural communities while addressing the needs of deaf and hard of hearing people throughout the Western Hemisphere including: Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, the United States and Latin America... (read article)



ITU held a Workshop on Telecommunications for the Deaf in Geneva on 17 October 2003; ITU says the technological advances are opening a world of opportunities for communication for the Deaf.
	4 October 2003. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has the potential to give disabled persons a chance to communicate with the world on the same basis as the community at large. And while work on improving access to these technologies is not new, the latest advances are opening a world of opportunities for communication. These will be the subject of a Workshop entit... (read article)



Sprint renames the nation's first Video Relay Service (VRS) introduced last year to meet the needs of the Deaf in the United States as www.SprintVRS.com; the service is free and powered by CSD
	3 October 2003. Sprint has renamed the nation's first Video Relay Service (VRS) introduced last year by Sprint and Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD). Instead of "USA VRS" it is renamed www.SprintVRS.com with an easier-to-remember name and new streamlined appearance. SprintVRS.com, powered by CSD, will continue to provide industry-leading video relay... (read article)

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