SNAPVRS Own Network
16 04 2008All..
A quick one…SnapVRS with an agreement with WorldGate will own its own network. Congrats, SnapVRS.
See the link SnapVRS Own Network
eyes open & thumbs up,
Ed B
Categories : Alerts, Technology Innovations, VRS
Categories : Alerts, Technology Innovations, VRS
Video on Cell Phones?
16 04 2008All…
Technology has been moving at such rapid pace, that I’m running at full speed, yet still get caught in the wake of billowing dust from new technology innovations moving far ahead ;-] Anyway, this is an article of things to come in the near future! It won’t be long before we’re signing to pagers. Strange scene it will be for hearing persons to see a deaf person signing to a pager [grin].
eyes open & thumbs up,
Ed B
Categories : Alerts, Technology Innovations
Viable and its new Video Phone: vPAD
15 02 2008All..
I’ve been asked by a few folks about vPAD from Viable and whether the vPAD actually belongs to Viable or not. I got the answer from Viable - see the following text.
"Viable designed and joint developed vPad with its South Korean manufacturing partner, SBNTech. Viable holds the intellectual property rights to the design of the product and has the worlwide exclusive rights to the deaf and hard of hearing market. Viable and SBNTech will jointly market vPad and its derivative products to other commercial markets."
So that means the VP product has the "worldwide exclusive" rights to the deaf and hoh market. Cool.
See the links:
http://www.viable.net/product/vpad
http://www.viable.net/support/faq/vpad
Not free? Wow - finally! I wholeheartedly support the concept. Why? It would free us from the tyranny of leasing contract terms. Also, purchasing will ensure that we will be more responsible for the video phone product and not to abuse it. It would empower us to be more independent. It also would mean I can purchase a video phone for my hearing daughter who just had a baby. I can’t purchase Sorenson VP, nor can I "purchase" OJO easily for my daughter with out adding monthly expense for her and have to deal with download program issues to make it compatible with my OJO.
If freebie, then many of us will have three or four video phones in our homes; Sorenson, OJO, DLINK, and Web Camera. Probably will only use one or two. If we purchase one, you can bet we’ll likely be using that one to make spending $$ worthwhile.
It is entirely possible that many states with their equipment distribution programs may include the video phone as part of their program. In Texas, although no decision has been made on this, I probably will encourage that on the premise that it is up to the deaf to choose their own telecommunications products.
The real test is yet to come, though. Is vPAD as good as it claims to be? Easy to setup? Complicated configuration? What features are available with vPAd? This is what will ultimately be the deciding factors as to whether the vPAD is worth purchasing or not.
eyes open & thumbs up,
Ed
Categories : Alerts, Technology Innovations, VRS
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