Consumer Groups Support GlobalVRS Certification
The FCC should approve GlobalVRS’ application for certification to provide video relay service, said consumer groups for the deaf and hard of hearing in a filing posted Friday in docket 03-123. “GlobalVRS has a strong record of providing VRS for…
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users who are deaf and use Spanish as their primary or secondary language,” said Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the National Association of the Deaf, Cerebral Palsy and Deaf Organization, American Association of the DeafBlind and Hearing Loss Association of America. Its loss as a VRS provider would result in “an immediate loss of access” for consumers who rely on real time text for Braille and low-vision text access to VRS. Noting a limited number of VRS providers, the groups supported “prompt action” on pending “full VRS certification applications, as amended,” by Purple, Sorenson and ZVRS.