Telesign Seminars
Birnbaum Interpreting Services (BIS) is proud to announce TeleSign Seminars, a community service to provide a cost-free way for individuals to participate in a wide variety of educational seminars without leaving their home or office.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals are able to also access TeleSign Seminars through the use of broadband video technology and BIS' video relay interpreters.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals can call Video Relay Service (VRS) through their videophone. They will give the VRS interpreter the pre-set telephone conference number and access code to connect them to the Seminar. The interpreter will interpret the entire workshop or training, including all questions, answers, discussions and other interactive dialogue.
To register for teleconferences, you just log in at http://www.TeleSignSeminars.com.
Video Relay Service (VRS) allows individuals to communicate in American Sign Language (ASL) using video conferencing equipment such as a Video-Phone (D-Link i2eye, VP-100, VP-200) or WebCam through a sign language interpreter who will relay the conversation between them and the hearing presenter or lecturer. Individuals not using sign language through VRS may incur a long distance charge for the phone call.
Each month the TeleSign Seminars Calendar will list new and up-to-date presentations and lectures. Leading experts in areas such as business, marketing, banking investments, mental health, wellness, nutrition, real estate, interior design, Deaf culture, Video Relay Services, Video Remote Interpreting and much more will be featured in TeleSign Seminars.
TeleSign Seminars generally last between thirty to sixty minutes. Presenters can choose to provide either a live PowerPoint-supplemented presentation during the seminar (via Webinar software) or, they can have a PowerPoint presentation sent out through e-mail to all registered participants prior to the seminar.
For more information on BIS, please visit http://www.BISworld.com or contact them at 301-587-8885 V/TTY.