By The Associated Press March 05, 2010, 8:38PM TRENTON — Four former owners and employees of three companies have pleaded guilty to defrauding a federal program that assists the deaf. Each pleaded guilty today in federal court in Trenton to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Kim Hawkins, owner of Nevada-based Master Communications and Arizona-based KL Communications… click here to read more  Read More →

Provided by Video Relay Services Consumer Association (VRSCA) Presenter: Thomas Samuels, VRSCA Eastern States Representative Saturday, March 13, 2010 Where: West Hampton Baptist Church Deaf Ministry 631 Aberdeen Road Hampton, VA 23661 Time: 12:30pm Free Lunch 2pm Presentation Come and join us for a Town Hall Meeting where we will discuss: ■ The latest issues concerning... 

YouTube Director of Product Management Hunter Walk kicked off the event by discussing some of YouTube’s goals through the years ? one of which is accessibility.Walk said that a few years ago, accessibility meant giving users more ways to access their content (for example, through their mobile phones). Now, the company is focusing more on making its content accessible to even more people. Google... 

Purple Communications Inc., a provider of text and video relay and on-site interpreting services announced the launch of IP-Relay for iPhone (News – Alert) and iPod Touch. The new offering allows users to make direct IP-Relay calls from their phones or dial a contact from their address book by a few taps – enabling a direct connection between deaf iPhone users and a hearing person. source:... 

FCC releases a vlog, signed by Greg Hlibok, to announce their VRS policies in light of fraudulent business behaviors of several VRS providers. “In the Matter of Structure and Practices of the Video Relay Service Program. The FCC Reaffirms Rules and Policies of Video Relay Service. CG Docket No. 10-51″ Click here to see vlog!  Read More →

Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 7:29 pm Eastern Time 2 Former Officials of Rockville Firm Plead Guity to Conspiracy By Maria Glod Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, January 13, 2010; 5:10 PM Two former officials of Rockville-based Viable Communications, which provides telecommunications services for deaf people, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to defraud the federal government of more than... 

Ridor, from the Richmond area, gives his thoughts about the FCC workshop (see links to past articles below) in an eight minute vlog. One of his videos were featured in TownSigner’s “Video of the Week.” We hope you enjoy it! For more information on this FCC workshop, see past articles: FCC Live! Watch Now! (12/17) Purple Communications: FCC Workshop (12/11)  Read More →

Video Relay Service Reform Workshop December 17, 2009 at the FCC STREAMING LIVE 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Click here to see video! source: deafread.com  Read More →