{"id":45870,"date":"2026-04-23T14:56:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=45870"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:59:15","slug":"community-chat-with-sorenson-vrs-dallas-austin-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/community-chat-with-sorenson-vrs-dallas-austin-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Chat with Sorenson VRS &#8211; Dallas, Austin &#038; Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?ssl=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"45872\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/community-chat-with-sorenson-vrs-dallas-austin-houston\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?fit=768%2C972&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"768,972\" 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=\"sorenson vrs chat event 2026\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?fit=560%2C709&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45872\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?resize=500%2C633&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?resize=560%2C709&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?resize=260%2C329&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/sorenson-vrs-chat-event-2026.png?resize=160%2C203&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join us for a chat!<\/p>\n<p>Be a part of meaningful conversation on the future of communication accessibility.<\/p>\n<p>Connect with community leaders<br \/>\nShare your experience<br \/>\nInfluence the future of communication accessibility<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 6, 2026 &#8211; Dallas, Texas<\/strong><br \/>\n4215 Maple Ave Dallas, Texas 75219<br \/>\n6:00pm &#8211; 9:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 7, 2026 &#8211; Katy, Texas<\/strong><br \/>\nPickleball Village 6541 Stockdick School Road Katy, Texas 77449<br \/>\n6:00pm &#8211; 9:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>May 8, 2026 &#8211; Buda, Texas<\/strong><br \/>\nProgress Coffee + Beer with LOTZ BBQ<br \/>\n750 FM2001 Buda, Texas 78610<br \/>\n5:00pm &#8211; 8:00pm<\/p>\n<p>Scan here to RSVP or visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/sorenson.com\/lpc\/vrs\/join-us-for-a-community-chat-none-evnt-na-0305\/\">http:\/\/www.sorenson.link\/chat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a chat! Be a part of meaningful conversation on the future of communication accessibility. Connect with community leaders Share your experience Influence the future of communication accessibility May 6, 2026 &#8211; Dallas, Texas 4215 Maple Ave Dallas,&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/04\/23\/community-chat-with-sorenson-vrs-dallas-austin-houston\/\">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_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,35,19,20,3608,28015],"class_list":["post-45870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-austin","tag-community","tag-dallas-dfw","tag-houston","tag-sorenson-vrs","tag-wendy-adams"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-bVQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45901,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2026\/05\/01\/sorenson-community-chat-in-dallas-houston-and-austin-may-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":45870,"position":0},"title":"Sorenson Community Chat in Dallas, Houston and Austin &#8211; May 2026","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorenson Community Chat in Dallas, Houston and Austin You\u2019re invited to a Deaf Community Chat with Wendy Adams, Sorenson Chief Relationship Officer. 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