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For release: 10-29-2009

Sorenson Communications Launches First Video Center

View in ASLSALT LAKE CITY (Oct. 29, 2009)— Sorenson Communications®, the leading provider of Video Relay Service (VRS) for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who use sign language to communicate, today announced the launch of the Video Center, a premier service that represents another major step forward in providing functional equivalency for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

The Video Center is the first of its kind and gives VP-200® videophone users a central location to access both information and entertainment, all in American Sign Language (ASL). Video Center content includes SignMail® messages, or missed-call messages recorded in ASL; technical training and educational videos for videophone equipment and VRS services; deaf-related news and educational information, such as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations that may affect communication; and deaf-produced movies and footage of deaf events. Video Center content, like all Sorenson services, is provided at no cost to Sorenson users.

"The Video Center represents a new era of videophone functionality and is reflective of Sorenson Communications' creativity and dedication in offering the deaf community the best technology available," says Pat Nola, Sorenson Communications President and CEO.

With the introduction of the Video Center, the videophone's capabilities are now expanded to provide a central, deaf-related education, information and entertainment repository.

The Video Center includes:

  • SignMails viewed directly on the videophone without the use of a personal computer

  • Access to educational tech-support videos

  • Access to deaf-produced movies and events from a rotating list offered by Sorenson Communications

  • Announcements from Sorenson Communications in ASL regarding Video Center features, VRS information and/or FCC announcements

  • The capability for users to answer a VRS call that comes while viewing a video

  • The ability to pause or stop a video and resume play later


The Sorenson Communications Video Center is accessed through a new icon that appears on the videophone users' primary interface. Sorenson VRS users can access the Video Center simply by selecting the new "Videos" button on the videophone home screen.

About Sorenson Communications
Sorenson Communications™ (www.sorenson.com) is a provider of industry-leading communications services and products. The company's offerings include Sorenson Video Relay Service (Sorenson VRS®), the highest-quality video interpreting service; the Sorenson (VP-100® and VP-200®) videophones; Sorenson IP Relay™ (SIPRelay), enabling text-to-speech relay communication; and Sorenson Video Remote Interpreting™ (VRI), a fee-based remote interpreting service.

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