{"id":5402,"date":"2009-02-10T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-10T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=5402"},"modified":"2009-02-10T02:21:51","modified_gmt":"2009-02-10T07:21:51","slug":"viablevrs-en-espanol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/02\/10\/viablevrs-en-espanol\/","title":{"rendered":"ViableVRS en Espanol!"},"content":{"rendered":"

* Spanish: http:\/\/www.viable.net\/company\/release\/2009\/2\/9\/2<\/a><\/p>\n

* English: http:\/\/www.viable.net\/company\/release\/2009\/2\/9\/1<\/a><\/p>\n

Contact: Glenn Lockhart<\/p>\n

Viable Inc.<\/p>\n

Tel: 240.292.0222 x227<\/p>\n

Fax: 301.230.2442<\/p>\n

contact@viable.net<\/p>\n

www.viable.net<\/p>\n

Yosbel Buscaron<\/p>\n

Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf<\/p>\n

Tel: 866.206.9005<\/p>\n

yb@icsdeaf.com<\/p>\n

www.icsdeaf.com<\/p>\n

Viable Launches Trilingual Service for ViableVRS Users and Spanish
\nSpeakers<\/p>\n

Rockville, MD \u2013 February 9, 2009 \u2013 Viable, a deaf-owned provider
\nof video relay services (VRS) for deaf and hard of hearing people, is
\npleased to announce Spanish language capability for ViableVRS users
\nwho want to communicate with family and friends who speak Spanish.<\/p>\n

(Lea este mensaje en Espa\u00f1ol.)<\/p>\n

In a VRS call, deaf and hard of hearing people who communicate in
\nsign language use video technology to connect to an interpreter, who
\nwill dial out to another party then interpret their phone
\nconversation. No special equipment is needed on the hearing person’s
\nend. With ViableVRS, the service is open 24 hours a day, seven days a
\nweek and all calls are free to or from anywhere in the world, as long
\nas one of the calling parties is in the United States.<\/p>\n

The Spanish language offering is made possible through a partnership
\nwith Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf (ICSDeaf), a
\nMiami-based sign language interpreting agency that specializes in the
\ntrilingual market. “We are proud to partner with Viable in unveiling
\ntrilingual VRS,” said ICSDeaf co-owner Yosbel Buscaron, who was born
\nin Havana, Cuba. “ICSDeaf and Viable share much in common; we both are
\nyoung, minority-owned companies with a deep passion and commitment to
\ncommunication access and community empowerment. Our core values and
\nservice philosophy are a perfect fit, and we look forward to providing
\ntop-notch trilingual VRS.”<\/p>\n

ViableVRS had a soft launch on November 1 and John Paul Jebian, a
\ndeaf man from Venezuela who lives in Miami and has two kids with his
\nSpanish-speaking wife Maribel, has been using ViableVRS. “To
\ncommunicate with my wife is very important. When my son was sick at
\nhome, I was able to call my wife. ViableVRS has also helped me
\ncommunicate with my parents and my mother-in-law.”<\/p>\n

“At first my wife and my parents did not know what VRS was so I
\nexplained it to them and they were shocked that I have a way of
\ncommunication that is equal to others. With ViableVRS, it is easy for
\nme to use sign language interpreters who can translate between sign
\nlanguage and Spanish. I can communicate with hearing people!”<\/p>\n

“There is a need to provide VRS to Hispanics who speak only Spanish
\nto connect with those in their lives who are deaf or hard of hearing
\nand communicate primarily in sign language,” said John T.C. Yeh, who
\nis deaf and the president of Viable. “Trilingual service via ViableVRS
\nprovides those deaf and hard of hearing people with convenient
\ncommunication access to Spanish-speaking people both nationally and
\nabroad, at home and at work.”<\/p>\n

Spanish speakers who are hearing can reach deaf and hard of hearing
\npeople by calling them directly at their Viable Number, a ten-digit
\nphone number administered by Viable. Their call will automatically
\nroute through ViableVRS and they need only to say “Espa\u00f1ol” or
\n“Spanish” to be transferred to a trilingual interpreter who will
\ncomplete the call and relay the phone conversation.<\/p>\n

Deaf and hard of hearing people have convenient options for calling
\nSpanish speakers through ViableVRS. They can dial sp.viablevrs.tv:<\/p>\n

* Via Viable Vision, a VRS software application for PC users
\ndeveloped by Viable<\/p>\n

* Via the VPAD, a videophone hardware developed by Viable<\/p>\n

* Via any videophone<\/p>\n

* Via XMeeting for Mac users<\/p>\n

More information is available in both Spanish and English at
\nwww.viable.net\/vrs\/spanish<\/p>\n

# # #<\/p>\n

About Viable, Inc.<\/p>\n

Viable develops videophones and provides next-generation video relay
\nservices for deaf and hard of hearing persons, opening them to a world
\nof communication possibilities. Founded in 2006, Viable is a private,
\ndeaf-owned company, and many employees are deaf and hard of hearing
\nand are personally vested in the innovation and development of the
\ncompany’s products and services. Visit www.viable.net for further
\ninformation.<\/p>\n

About Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf<\/p>\n

ICSDeaf is Latino-owned and Latino-operated, and has provided sign
\nlanguage and translation services with a trilingual market specialty
\nsince 2006. Based in Miami, ICSDeaf has a nationwide network of
\ntrilingual interpreters and operates nationally. Please visit
\nwww.icsdeaf.com to learn more about ICSDeaf. <\/p>\n

About Telecommunications Relay Services<\/p>\n

Mandated by Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
\ntelecommunications relay services (TRS) enables individuals with
\nhearing or speech disabilities to achieve functional equivalence by
\naccessing telephone systems to place or receive calls through an
\nintermediary known as a relay operator or relay interpreter. Emergent
\nIP technology has given rise to video-based solutions, which are known
\nas video relay services (VRS). VRS options include using a webcam or a
\nvideophone to connect to a video relay interpreter, and allow deaf and
\nhard of hearing callers for whom sign language is native to fully
\nachieve the ideal of functional equivalence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

* Spanish: http:\/\/www.viable.net\/company\/release\/2009\/2\/9\/2 * English: http:\/\/www.viable.net\/company\/release\/2009\/2\/9\/1 Contact: Glenn Lockhart Viable Inc. Tel: 240.292.0222 x227 Fax: 301.230.2442 contact@viable.net www.viable.net Yosbel Buscaron Innovative Communication Services for the Deaf Tel: 866.206.9005 yb@icsdeaf.com www.icsdeaf.com Viable Launches Trilingual Service for ViableVRS Users and Spanish Speakers…<\/p>\n

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