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Both my wife (Angela) and I were mainstreamed oralists through high school and part-way through college. Angela learned ASL "cold-turkey" after she transferred to Gallaudet, while I learned it during a 2-year church mission working in Deaf communities in three different states. I then...

VRS is awesome I use VRS with VCO, which makes the call almost as good as a hearing-to-hearing call. Although I answered the poll that I use SorensonVRS, it's only because their videophone makes it easy to make the call. Their interpreter level of quality is a hit-or-miss proposition. On...

I think some of the key problems with the ADA language is its ambiguity on the following terms: * The word "reasonable" in reasonable accommodation. Obviously, this word is subject to various interpretations. A good example is "qualified" for qualified interpreter. Who determines whether...

The whole situation laid out in this thread is full of dilemmas and difficulties. As an oral, mainstreamed student up through high school who learned ASL while on a church mission and as a student at Gallaudet, I've seen both sides of the fence. In addition, as a current Federal civilian...

I got the same postcard, and I found out that it's because our BBYs from Sprint are on what Sprint Representatives call the Ensemble system. As a result, this has created a couple of problems, one being the postcard, and another being charged $75 the last two months for internet access charges...

Several Years Ago... We tested a CapTel with our Vonage service back in early 2003, and it did not work well at all. :rifle: See link here to a pdf file from the manufacturer which states on the last page that VOIP service is not compatible with the CapTel. CapTel Newsletter However, I...

Amen, amen. Even VRS providers have admitted in their FCC filings that SIP is the way of the future, but no one appears interested in spending money they won't get back to make it a reality with the exception of SnapVRS. I even wonder to myself why SnapVRS wants to pursue a technology that...

REB, thanks for contributing to the thread, and welcome, as I noted this was your first post. The sad fact of H.323 standard is that it does not work at all with the current phone numbering system (NANC) used in the USA to assign specific phone numbers using the internet. The closest...

Did you ever contact CSD about your experience as well? If so, what was their response? I will contact them to let them know for the record.

What kind of change do you have in mind?

Currently, I have an 800 number assigned to me from CSDVRS which allows callers to call me directly through CSDVRS without having to provide an extension number, so it's very convenient for me to hand out to hearing people. However, I've noticed that when I do receive calls through CSDVRS...

As a Vonage account holder at home, I recently requested Ultratec to consider my request to be a beta tester of the IP-based Captel telephone, and hope to be invited to do so. It is exciting to explore new technologies. In the meantime, thanks to Taric25's suggestion, I am thinking of...

Are you referring to CSD's ISDN connectivity within the scope of the Federal Relay Service (FRS) contract? If so, as you stated in another thread, FRS is not covered by FCC regulations, and therefore is not answerable to the FCC. I don't believe CSD offers ISDN connectivity to the general...

What was the purpose of the order? From my angle, it was to ensure that a customer would not be limited to just one VRS provider. The interoperability of the hardware was a secondary issue. It is obvious that the genesis for the order was to counteract the monopolization of Sorenson and their...

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This is such a big problem as evidenced by the multitude of comments at the FCC website about IP Relay fraud problems. There are no easy answers apparently.

Some of you may recall that Snap Communications tried to break into the VRS business last year, but was stymied by the FCC order in May 2006 which implemented an interoperability rule requiring each VRS provider to allow the equipment of other VRS providers to be able to work on its service...

FCC's Declaratory Ruling on IP Captioned Telephone Svc It appears that, yesterday (1/11/07) the FCC released their declaratory ruling on IP Captioned Telephone Services (IP CTS), which in essence, means they've approved the use of the Interstate Relay Fund to pay for all IP CTS calls until they...

What is an RCD? Is that what you are? Who's your employer? It sounds like you work for a NJ state agency, am I right or wrong? Good luck with getting your Sorenson VP. You are very lucky to possibly get a VP-200!!!

Hi, thanks for answering where you work. I only have 14.5 years of service, so you are way ahead of me :bowdown: If your coworkers who do same work as you have telephones on their desks, you are entitled to what the law calls "comparable and functionally equivalent" telecommunications...