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DTV for the Deaf | KSFY.com - Your Source for News, Sports, Weather, and Community Events Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 | Local News
"When a deaf person sits down and enjoys the analog TV, and all of the sudden, it becomes static, they're going to wonder where to go for help," says Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, COO for Communications Service for the Deaf. It's those very reasons why the CSD has developed a new service to help consumers.
Communications Director Derric Miller explains the program; "we'll be launching a help center; which is a call center and also a new website. This is all to inform the nation's deaf and hard of hearing people of the DTV transition."
"I think they are sitting in their living rooms enjoying TV as they know it today, but they don't know what will be taking place," explains Scoggins. "We can do outreach and disseminate information and build things like this call center and this website," adds Miller.
While this new service is certainly targeted towards the deaf and hard of hearing, the help center is open to anyone who might have questions. "Our help center is prepared to provide you with a great deal of information," Scoggins said.
The CSD has hired a staff of hearing people as well those fluent in sign language, so if a deaf person prefers to see and use sign language, they can do so via video phone.
The new help center will launch Monday, with the opening of the phone lines and grand opening of the website. To visit that help center website, click here.
"When a deaf person sits down and enjoys the analog TV, and all of the sudden, it becomes static, they're going to wonder where to go for help," says Dr. Bobbie Beth Scoggins, COO for Communications Service for the Deaf. It's those very reasons why the CSD has developed a new service to help consumers.
Communications Director Derric Miller explains the program; "we'll be launching a help center; which is a call center and also a new website. This is all to inform the nation's deaf and hard of hearing people of the DTV transition."
"I think they are sitting in their living rooms enjoying TV as they know it today, but they don't know what will be taking place," explains Scoggins. "We can do outreach and disseminate information and build things like this call center and this website," adds Miller.
While this new service is certainly targeted towards the deaf and hard of hearing, the help center is open to anyone who might have questions. "Our help center is prepared to provide you with a great deal of information," Scoggins said.
The CSD has hired a staff of hearing people as well those fluent in sign language, so if a deaf person prefers to see and use sign language, they can do so via video phone.
The new help center will launch Monday, with the opening of the phone lines and grand opening of the website. To visit that help center website, click here.
