VIDEOCONFERENCING FOR HEARING IMPAIRED IN RURAL
COMMUNITIES - The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) and SkyFrames, Inc, a
broadband Internet service provider, will team up to build satellite and wireless
infrastructures that support rural communities while addressing the needs of deaf and
hard of hearing people throughout the Western Hemisphere. CHS will provide IP
videoconferencing and ISDN gateway services to North American communities
needing to connect with the world via a videoconferencing bridge. Marc Serre,
technology director of the Society, said the lack of connectivity not only has a
negative impact on the typical user, but especially on those users with disabilities
such as the deaf and hard of hearing people who benefit greatly from communicating
via videoconferencing. (Syllabus News Update, Oct, 03)