{"id":41852,"date":"2021-03-24T16:54:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-24T21:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=41852"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:54:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T21:54:56","slug":"asl-vri-support-during-community-vaccination-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/03\/24\/asl-vri-support-during-community-vaccination-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"ASL VRI Support during Community Vaccination Centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"41853\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/03\/24\/asl-vri-support-during-community-vaccination-centers\/fema-vri-flyer\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?fit=855%2C1139&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"855,1139\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fema vri flyer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?fit=560%2C746&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-41853\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=500%2C666&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?w=855&amp;ssl=1 855w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=769%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 769w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=768%2C1023&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=560%2C746&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=260%2C346&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fema-vri-flyer.png?resize=160%2C213&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASL VRI SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PLEASE USE YOUR PHONE TO CONNECT TO VRI BY THE FOLLOWING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Online (Recommended)<\/p>\n<p>Call (Through the VRS App)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.femavri.com\">http:\/\/www.femavri.com<\/a> or 844.779.2996<\/p>\n<p>If you have trouble accessing VRI, look for a staff member with a VRI sticker or the VRI sign.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPOKEN LANGUAGE SUPPORT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have interpreters available over the phone. Please inform the staff about which language you speak, and we will get an interpreter for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEMA Accessible: Community Vaccination Centers Language Access<\/strong><br \/>\nThis video explains how ASL and spoken language users can access the Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) service or Language Line at the Community Vaccination Centers. (Including captioning)<br \/>\nLink: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BM36U3yZt0I\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BM36U3yZt0I<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>FEMA accesible: Acceso en su idioma a los centros comunitarios de vacunaci\u00f3n<\/strong><br \/>\nEste video explica c\u00f3mo puede tener acceso a servicios de interpretaci\u00f3n para idiomas hablados y Lenguaje de Se\u00f1as Americano (ASL) a trav\u00e9s del servicio de interpretaci\u00f3n por tel\u00e9fono o del Servicio de Interpretaci\u00f3n por Video a Distancia (VRI) en los centros comunitarios de vacunaci\u00f3n.<br \/>\nLink: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LbdOW6mnS_M\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LbdOW6mnS_M<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASL VRI SUPPORT PLEASE USE YOUR PHONE TO CONNECT TO VRI BY THE FOLLOWING Online (Recommended) Call (Through the VRS App)\u00a0 http:\/\/www.femavri.com or 844.779.2996 If you have trouble accessing VRI, look for a staff member with a VRI sticker or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/03\/24\/asl-vri-support-during-community-vaccination-centers\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[23,27059,1357,1356,102,103],"class_list":["post-41852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-asl","tag-community-vaccination-centers","tag-federal-emergency-management-agency","tag-fema","tag-video-remote-interpreting","tag-vri"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-aT2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14306,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/05\/09\/houston-police-in-hot-pursuit-of-accessible-communications\/","url_meta":{"origin":41852,"position":0},"title":"Houston Police in Hot Pursuit of Accessible Communications","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"HOUSTON POLICE IN HOT PURSUIT OF ACCESSIBLE COMMUNICATIONS April 2011 \u2013 Deaf Link, a Texas-based accessible communications company, is pleased to recognize the Houston Police Department for providing video remote interpreting (VRI) technology for ASL users in the city of Houston. 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