... by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). VRS enables people who communicate via ASL to communicate with people who use an average telephone. This is accomplished by a video connection that the Deaf person establishes with a VRS communication assistant (CA) who is typically a qualified sign language interpreter, and they communicate to each other in signed conversation. The CA then places a telephone call ... to alert the user of potentially dangerous situations, such as fire alarms. It was interesting to learn that in Washington, D.C. there is a university dedicated entirely to p...

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