3rd January 2007

NBC Nightly News Story on Relay Scams

posted in Current Affairs, Deaf, Hearing Loss, Technology, deaf culture |

I’m a little late on posting this but I’m glad that Relay Scams are coming into the National Spotlight.

NBC Nightly News Story on Relay Scams.

It’s probably not a bad idea to set up a subscription services but it’s sad that we have to give up privacy, security, and convenience just to have “equal access”. Hearing people don’t have to deal with the indignities that deaf people do.

FWIW, when I used Relay Services on TTY, I’ve had so many hangups. When I switched to VRS, I had fewer hangups but the communication speed was still slow. When I finally switched to VRS with VCO, I’ve never experienced a single hangup. In fact, many callers do not know that I’m deaf using the VRS!

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  1. 1 On January 3rd, 2007, Rox said:

    I’m not happy that this is getting more publicity. Since the “Nigerian scam” news has gotten out, I’ve had more and more hangups. Is it because they think I’m a Nigerian trying to rip them off?

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