Birnbaum Interpreting Services (BIS) is proud to announce TeleSign Seminars, a community service to provide a cost-free way for individuals to participate in a wide variety of educational seminars without leaving their home or office. Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals are able to also access TeleSign Seminars through the use of broadband video technology and BIS' video relay interpreters. Hearing individuals, especially those in the interpreting field, are also encouraged to participate as BIS is pleased to announce that we are currently offering RID CEUs for selected TeleSign Seminars.

Attendees simply dial into a pre-set telephone conference number and access code that connects a large number of people into a TeleSign Seminar call simultaneously. Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals can call Video Relay Service (VRS) through their videophone. They will give the VRS interpreter the pre-set telephone conference number and access code to connect them to the Seminar. The interpreter will interpret the entire workshop or training, including all questions, answers, discussions and other interactive dialogue.

 

Video Relay Service (VRS) allows individuals to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) using video conferencing equipment such as a Video-Phone (D-Link i2eye, VP-100, VP-200) or WebCam through a sign language interpreter who will relay the conversation between them and the hearing presenter or lecturer. Individuals not using sign language through VRS may incur a long distance charge for the phone call.