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    Sorenson Video Relay Service is now available at the Waynesboro-Wayne County Library.

    SVRS empowers deaf and hard of hearing individuals who use sign language to communicate to place and receive calls to and from hearing individuals.

    At the request of the Waynesboro-Wayne County Library, Sorenson Communications, the leading provider of VRS in the United States, installed a Sorenson VP-200 videophone for use by the library’s deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons.

    The library is located at 1103 A Mississippi Drive in Waynesboro. Library hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

    There is no cost to use the videophone and the library has not established a time limit for videophone calls, unless another user is waiting.

    Trained library personnel are available to assist deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons who are not familiar with the videophone or VRS.

    A video relay call is a call between deaf and hearing individuals that is relayed by a sign language interpreter. A hearing person can initiate a VRS call, using a standard telephone, by dialing the deaf person’s videophone number. A deaf individual initiates a VRS call by using a videophone connected to a TV or computer screen and a high-speed Internet connection. The deaf user sees an ASL interpreter on his or her screen and signs to the interpreter, who then relays the conversation by speaking to the hearing recipient on a standard telephone.

    The VP-200 videophone can also be used to make point-to-point calls between deaf individuals without the use of an interpreter.

    For more information contact the library at (601) 735-2268, toll free at 1-866-735-2268, or by email at wlib@wwcls.lib.ms.us.