Deaf Link

From what I understand from reading that site, it's meant for hearing people to use when talking to a deaf person when they're in the same location, which is called "Video Remote Interpreting" or VRI for short. The site doesn't say anything about any kind of video phone or relay services. But you're right, it's kind of like VP, in a way, I guess. They don't use videophones like a VP though.

Their goal seems to be more of interpreting for police when they pull over a deaf driver to give a ticket, or medical interpreting for deaf patients to talk to a doctor, or court interpreting when a deaf victim has to give testimony in a trial.
 
That is awesome! By the way the guy is pretty handsome on the video. :giggle:
 
Dennis said:
From what I understand from reading that site, it's meant for hearing people to use when talking to a deaf person when they're in the same location, which is called "Video Remote Interpreting" or VRI for short. The site doesn't say anything about any kind of video phone or relay services. But you're right, it's kind of like VP, in a way, I guess. They don't use videophones like a VP though.

Their goal seems to be more of interpreting for police when they pull over a deaf driver to give a ticket, or medical interpreting for deaf patients to talk to a doctor, or court interpreting when a deaf victim has to give testimony in a trial.
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Many people don't realize it but you're not allowed to make a VRS call to some one in the same room. Video relay is not a replacement for an interpreter.

This uses VRS technology but the difference is that they're funded by the business (a hospital for example) that uses this service. They don't get money from the government like VRS companies do.

They would have to use Video phones of some kind but I suppose they expect the clients to provide their own. A nice camera like an Apple iSight and a moderatly fast computer, like an iMac, would work fine, and wouldn't be too expencive.

I don't think this is useable in a speeding ticket situation, when was the last time you got pulled over and had highspeed internet?
 
One of their "featured customers" is the San Antonio Police Department. What would they be using remote interpreting for, if speeding tickets wasn't one of the things that they could use? I don't think anyone knows, so I threw it out there. It wouldn't make much sense if they could only use this company if the deaf person came to the police station.
 
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