{"id":2586,"date":"2007-11-28T04:34:25","date_gmt":"2007-11-28T09:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2007\/11\/28\/viable-announces-enhanced-customer-support\/"},"modified":"2007-11-28T04:34:25","modified_gmt":"2007-11-28T09:34:25","slug":"viable-announces-enhanced-customer-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2007\/11\/28\/viable-announces-enhanced-customer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Viable Announces Enhanced Customer Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <\/p>\n<p>Contact: <\/p>\n<p>Glenn Lockhart <\/p>\n<p>Viable Inc. <\/p>\n<p>Fax: 301.230.2442 <\/p>\n<p>contact@viable.net <mailto :contact@viable.net><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.viable.net<\/p>\n<p>Viable Announces Enhanced Customer Support <\/p>\n<p>ROCKVILLE, MD \u0013 November 27, 2007 \u0013 After a year of ViableVRS<br \/>\noperations and technology development, Viable Inc. is pleased to<br \/>\nlaunch live support features and an expanded online knowledge base<br \/>\nfor its deaf and hard of hearing customers. <\/p>\n<p>\u001cWe are excited about providing our customers with live support,\u001d<br \/>\nsaid Viable President and founder John T.C. Yeh. \u001cWe are committed to<br \/>\nensuring that our customers have the very best user experience when<br \/>\nthey choose ViableVRS.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Persons who use video relay services though Viable now can choose<br \/>\nfrom a variety of live contact methods to reach a Customer Service<br \/>\nRepresentative: <\/p>\n<p> Live text chat: Send a message to ViableHELP via AOL Instant<br \/>\nMessenger. Text chat will soon ramp up to multiple instant messenger<br \/>\n(IM) clients and allow sign language users who have webcams the<br \/>\noption of using the videoconferencing application on their preferred<br \/>\nIM client.<br \/>\n Videophone: Dial the IP address HELP. ViableVRS.TV on any<br \/>\nvideoconferencing hardware known as a videophone.<br \/>\n Viable VisionTM softphone: Click on the \u001cHelp\u001d button available at<br \/>\nthis free videoconferencing software, which can be downloaded at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.viable.net\/vv<br \/>\n and allows live text or video connection with a Customer Service<br \/>\nRepresentative. <\/p>\n<p>This is in addition to the following existing methods: <\/p>\n<p> Email: Messages can be sent to support@viable.net<br \/>\n<\/mailto><mailto :support@viable.net><\/p>\n<p> Web-based contact form: Available at<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.viable.net\/support\/request<\/p>\n<p> Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs): The webpage<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.viable.net\/support\/faq<br \/>\n features a wide repository of answers to common questions and serves<br \/>\nas a knowledge base for customers of all experience levels <\/p>\n<p>\u001cAny ViableVRS customer who experiences difficulties with their<br \/>\nvideophone or VRS service will have access to immediate help from our<br \/>\nsupport staff,\u001d said Anthony Mowl, who oversees Customer Support. <\/p>\n<p>Customer Support is open Mondays through Fridays, from 9AM-9PM. <\/p>\n<p># # # <\/p>\n<p>About Viable, Inc. <\/p>\n<p>Viable provides next-generation video relay services for deaf and<br \/>\nhard of hearing persons that can be accessed wherever there is<br \/>\nInternet or wireless connectivity, opening them to a world of<br \/>\ncommunication possibilities. Founded in 2006, Viable is a private,<br \/>\ndeaf-owned company, and the majority of its employees are deaf and<br \/>\nhard of hearing and are personally vested in the innovation and<br \/>\ndevelopment of the company\u0019s products and services. Further<br \/>\ninformation and a press kit are available at http:\/\/www.viable.net<br \/>\n. <\/p>\n<p>About Telecommunications Relay Services<\/p>\n<p>Mandated by Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,<br \/>\ntelecommunications relay services (TRS) enables individuals with<br \/>\nhearing or speech disabilities to achieve functional equivalence by<br \/>\naccessing telephone systems to place or receive calls through an<br \/>\nintermediary known as a relay operator or relay interpreter. Emergent<br \/>\nIP technology has given rise to video-based solutions, which are known<br \/>\nas video relay services (VRS). VRS options include using a webcam or a<br \/>\nvideophone to connect to a video relay interpreter, and allow deaf and<br \/>\nhard of hearing callers for whom sign language is native to fully<br \/>\nachieve the ideal of functional equivalence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>BETTER IP RELAY &#8211; EVERYWHERE! i711.com makes all your relay calls better.<br \/>\nBetter web calls. Better wireless calls. Better AIM calls. Why settle for<br \/>\nordinary IP relay? Go beyond! Try http:\/\/www.i711.com for free today!<\/p>\n<p>NEW! Try out our Deaf Network of Texas Calendar! Go to<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/calendar.deafnetwork.com <\/p>\n<p>NOTE: deafnetwork.com does not endorse any of the products, vendors,<br \/>\nconsultants, or documentation referenced in this message or. Any mention of<br \/>\nvendors, products, or services is for informational purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>Powered by http:\/\/www.CrazyWebHosting.com<\/p>\n<p>If you do not want to receive any more newsletters,<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/list\/?p=unsubscribe&#038;uid=23e6b0ac27edebd2b6f52f1354859234<\/p>\n<p>To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/list\/?p=preferences&#038;uid=23e6b0ac27edebd2b6f52f1354859234<br \/>\nForward a Message to Someone<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/list\/?p=forward&#038;uid=23e6b0ac27edebd2b6f52f1354859234&#038;mid=630<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nPowered by PHPlist, www.phplist.com &#8212;<\/mailto><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Glenn Lockhart Viable Inc. Fax: 301.230.2442 contact@viable.net http:\/\/www.viable.net Viable Announces Enhanced Customer Support ROCKVILLE, MD \u0013 November 27, 2007 \u0013 After a year of ViableVRS operations and technology development, Viable Inc. is pleased to launch live&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2007\/11\/28\/viable-announces-enhanced-customer-support\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-2586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-FI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3903,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2008\/08\/18\/viable-job-opportunity\/","url_meta":{"origin":2586,"position":0},"title":"Viable Job Opportunity","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Viable is seeking Representatives to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing customers with installing the VPAD, Viable Vision and ViableVRS, troubleshoot networking issues and undertake other marketing-related projects as assigned. 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