For people who are deaf or hearing-impaired and use traditional phone relay services, making a phone call to order pizza or just getting a call from a friend can be a lengthy process. Although the ...

The Town of Babylon has unveiled a free service for deaf residents and nonresidents who know sign language that gives them a new communication option they can use 24 hours a day. Officials installed ...

The limitations of telecommunication relay services are being addressed with the development of a new program that explores how to make deaf and hard-of-hearing users’ experiences with cellular ...

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When a deaf person calls on the telephone, they have to use a relay operator because they type on a different kind of a phone to an operator. The operator reads the message on their screen and voices ...

Texas-based Z Video Relay Service (ZVRS) will pull up stakes in Minnesota, closing call centers in Little Canada and Bloomington and laying off about 50 Minnesota interpreters who provide call ...

UK telecom and broadcasting regulator, Ofcom has mandated new requirements for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and phone companies to provide additional services for users with special needs. These ...

It’s happened several times to Meg Vickers when she tries to make a phone call. Businesses keep hanging up on her.“This morning, it happened again,” Vickers wrote in a recent email. “I needed to call ...

Fountain Hill police accused a 24-year-old Hawley, Pa., man of making 72 obscene phone calls to borough residents in late May. Andrew S. Brunell, of Hawley, Pa., used an Internet instant messaging ...

Deaf and hard-of-hearing users of America Online's Instant Messenger service can now get phone calls wherever they are, AOL and phone carrier MCI announced Monday. The Ashburn, Va., carrier AOL will ...