I'm behind you with this! I would applaude if anyone come up with simplicity, and quick service without any unnecessary delay involved. I don't care who would accomplish this. If it would Sorenson, I clap my hands, If it would be HOVRS, then I'd clap too, I don't care whoever comes up. But SOME DAY... SOME DAY... there will be one! Perhaps independent VRS dedicated for 911 calls only, who knows? So, I think we all need is really a dedicated E-VRS.
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Originally Posted by Dennis
I am very aware of Sorenson's proposed 911 system. I didn't need to attend a workshop where they only share what they want you to hear. I can get to know the really nitty gritty details.
Their system will entail that YOU CALL VRS, you get to the front of their 5 minute wait system. So, if you want to make a VRS call ASAP, just dial 911 and then tell the interpreter you misdialed but since you have them now just dial this other number.
With other VRS, they have their system set up so you get an interpreter right away WITHOUT dialing 911 to "get ahead" of everyone else.
You still have to interact with a VRS interpreter, and the VRS interpreter has to make 2 calls. That's a LOT of time to waste. The industry wants ONE call and that one call to be locatable. Sorenson is trying to force their solution out so that they don't have to go to the trouble of making their VPs compatible with the solution that I'm talking about. They're trying to create "buzz" that they are 911 compatible when they're really not, they just happen to say if you want to get a VRS call right away just dial 911.
When they have a way to make one call and have the VP person not say anything at all to get emergency services to where they are, THEN I'll applaud them.
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