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Texas-based Z Video Relay Service (ZVRS) will pull up stakes in Minnesota, closing call centers in Little Canada and Bloomington and laying off about 50 Minnesota interpreters who provide call ...

The Town of Babylon has unveiled a free service for deaf residents and nonresidents who know sign language that gives them a new communication option they can use 24 hours a day. Officials installed ...

The limitations of telecommunication relay services are being addressed with the development of a new program that explores how to make deaf and hard-of-hearing users’ experiences with cellular ...

When a deaf person calls on the telephone, they have to use a relay operator because they type on a different kind of a phone to an operator. The operator reads the message on their screen and voices ...

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a decision that could have a major effect on South Dakotans with hearing and speech disabilities. The FCC is considering reducing its payments for ...

Gah!<BR><BR>I've had to make yet another phone call through the ever wonderful phone relay services for the deaf (http://www.sprintrelayonline.com this time around ...