Roving Reporter: Deaf Culture; Deaf and Hard of Hearing People. Home. Alliance for technology access. Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) Video Relay Services. Search | RSS | Updates | E-Filing | Initiatives | | FCC > CGB Home > Consumer Publications > Video Relay Services Video Relay Service (VRS) is a form of Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) that enables persons with hearing disabilities who use American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with voice telephone users through video equipment, rather than through typed text. Video equipment links the VRS user with a TRS operator – called a “communications assistant” (CA) – so that the VRS user and the CA can see and communicate with each other in signed conversation. Because the conversation between the VRS user and the CA flows much more quickly than with a text-based TRS call, VRS has become an enormously popular form of TRS. For more information about other forms of TRS, see the FCC’s consumer fact sheet at www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/trs.html .
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