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CSD Video Relay Service

There is a flurry of hand motion in the PACTT computer lab lately thanks to the generosity of CSD (www.C-S-D.org). Their donation of a free web cam provides ABC participants and visitors who communicate using American Sign Language (ASL) with an alternative way to place phone calls. Here’s how it works:

The individual clicks on the desktop shortcut to access the MN Relay Service website.
Next the web cam is activated by clicking on the green play button.
The phone number is typed in.
Finally a click on the dial button sends the call to the relay service.

A certified video interpreter (VI) will appear in a video window on the computer screen. The person placing the call signs what they want to say. The VI verbally relays what the caller is signing and then signs to the caller the verbal response from the receiver of the call.

For more information on this free service visit the CSD website.

ABC participant using video relay service.