{"id":11261,"date":"2010-07-31T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T04:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11261"},"modified":"2010-08-01T03:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-08-01T08:18:30","slug":"help-tdi-ensure-a-healthy-future-for-vrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/07\/31\/help-tdi-ensure-a-healthy-future-for-vrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Help TDI Ensure a Healthy Future for VRS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Action Alert!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Help TDI Ensure a Healthy Future for VRS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Vlog:  It&#8217;s Our World Too!<\/p>\n<p>On the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), TDI is<br \/>\nasking for your help in planning the future of video relay services. This is<br \/>\nin response to a Notice issued by the Federal Communications Commission<br \/>\n(FCC) on June 28, 2010 that seeks answers to many issues raised in recent<br \/>\nmonths.  The comments that we give to the FCC by August 18, 2010, will<br \/>\nimpact and hopefully enhance our ability to make and receive video calls.<br \/>\nQuestions cover: research and development, videophone equipment and software<br \/>\nstandards, VRS features, availability and quality of interpreters,<br \/>\ndistribution of ten-digit numbers to hearing people and many other issues.<\/p>\n<p>Let Claude Stout, Executive Director of TDI, start you off on this vlog with<br \/>\na few questions and ideas to inspire your comments.  To save time, we listed<br \/>\nadditional questions on slides.  Because of YouTube video size limits, some<br \/>\nslides may be hard to read, so feel free to pause the video to allow<br \/>\nyourself more time to read the slides.<\/p>\n<p>The full NOI is at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/hraunfoss.fcc.gov\/edocs_public\/attachmatch\/FCC-10-111A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/hraunfoss.fcc.gov\/edocs_public\/attachmatch\/FCC-10-111A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to add the docket number (CG Docket No. 10-51) and send in your<\/p>\n<p>comments no later than August 18, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Reply comments in response to the first comments are due no later than<br \/>\nSeptember 3, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>You may mail your comments to the FCC at:<\/p>\n<p>Federal Communications Commission<br \/>\n445 12th Street SW<br \/>\nWashington, DC 20554<\/p>\n<p>Or you can email your comments through the Electronic Comment Filing System<br \/>\n(ECFS).  Instructions for filing electronically using ECFS is at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fjallfoss.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/fjallfoss.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When you send comments to the FCC, please do send a copy to TDI at<br \/>\ninfo@tdi-online.org.<\/p>\n<p>This 10-minute vlog can be found on YouTube at<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=32FDgbIxCz8\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=32FDgbIxCz8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Action Alert!!! Help TDI Ensure a Healthy Future for VRS New Vlog: It&#8217;s Our World Too! On the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), TDI is asking for your help in planning the future of video relay&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/07\/31\/help-tdi-ensure-a-healthy-future-for-vrs\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[114,3472,5769,5764,5765,2195,5770,342,2019,5771,2869,2984,160,104,5767,806,650,5766,61,5768,2071],"class_list":["post-11261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-ada","tag-americans-with-disabilities-act","tag-availability","tag-cg-docket-no-10-51","tag-claude-stout","tag-development","tag-distribution-of-ten-digit-numbers","tag-fcc","tag-federal-communications-commission","tag-future","tag-hearing-people","tag-interpreters","tag-quality","tag-research","tag-software-standards","tag-tdi","tag-video-relay-service","tag-videophone-equipment","tag-vrs","tag-vrs-features","tag-youtube"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-2VD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20871,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/11\/28\/tdi-and-consumer-groups-respond-to-fccs-nprm-on-vrs-reform\/","url_meta":{"origin":11261,"position":0},"title":"TDI and Consumer Groups Respond to FCC&#8217;s NPRM on VRS Reform","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"November 28, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"TDI eNote: TDI and Consumer Groups Respond to FCC's NPRM on VRS Reform Thanks to TDI's pro-bono attorneys at Bingham McCutchen, TDI and its sister consumer groups such as AGBell, ALDA, CCASDHH, CPADO, DHHCAN, DSA, NAD, and NBDA and were able to articulate the perspective of end-users who rely on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7511,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/08\/25\/tdi-board-of-directors-issues-position-statement\/","url_meta":{"origin":11261,"position":1},"title":"TDI Board of Directors Issues Position Statement","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"TDI BOARD OF DIRECTORS ISSUES POSITION STATEMENT REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF MANUFACTURED VRS MINUTES On July 29, 2009, during its regular meeting on the eve of the 18th Biennial TDI International Conference, the TDI Board of Directors issued a position statement regarding allegations of \"manufactured VRS minutes.\" The allegations are in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13717,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/03\/28\/tdi-nad-vrs-and-advanced-communication-services-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":11261,"position":2},"title":"TDI \/ NAD VRS and Advanced Communication Services Survey","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"March 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"TDI \/ NAD Video Relay Service and Advanced Communication Services Survey TDI and National Association of the Deaf (NAD) would like to thank you for filling out this survey. 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