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10 March 2006
Deaf Sign Language Users –
A Chance to Give Your Views on Telephone Video Relay
Sign language interviews –
21 March 2006, 4-7pm,
at City University, central London
City University is researching telephone video relay services for deaf people who use sign language. Ofcom, the communications regulator, has asked City University to find out how popular video relay services might be.
Some small-scale video relay services have recently been set up. So sign language users can communicate with hearing people via video telephone links and a sign language relay interpreter. It is like the existing text relay service (RNID Typetalk) but instead of the deaf person typing a message they can sign.
The City University researchers are studying all aspects of video relay and especially want to hear the views of deaf sign language users.
The researchers are also looking at the possibility of other new additional types of telephone relay services for hard of hearing people and speech-impaired users.
For more information see the research website – www.addrelay.co.uk – has details in BSL, also at the SignPost website, www.signpostbsl.com/news/signpost .
If you would like to give your views on video relay in a sign language interview on 21 March in central London, contact:
SMS/text 0793 999 5357
Email addrelay@hotmail.com
Fax 0800 061 2316 (free call)
Tel 020 8992 4302 (voice)
Freepost:
Video Relay Survey
FREEPOST LON16480
Doria Pilling
City University
LONDON
EC1B 1BR
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