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Viable Inc.
Tel: 240.292.0222 x227
Fax: 301.230.2442
Viable Featured in Fortune Small Business
ROCKVILLE, MD – September 17, 2008 – Viable is profiled in the October 2008 issue of Fortune Small Business. Jason T. Yeh, VP of Technology at Viable, appears on the cover along with the VPAD, a videophone device developed by Viable for deaf and hard of hearing people.
Fortune Small Business, which is owned by CNN and has one of the largest circulations of any business magazine, ran a cover story on disability entrepreneurship in technology. Viable was profiled because, in addition to being a successful provider of video relay services (VRS) and a developer of videophones, the company is deaf-owned and deaf-operated.
For the article, well-respected technology journalist Jonathan Blum toured the Viable headquarters and interviewed various Viable employees. He took part in several VRS calls prior to visiting and used an ASL interpreter throughout his visit to the Viable company building.
The October 2008 issue can be found at newsstands and bookstores this month and the article is available online here.
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About Viable, Inc.
Viable develops videophones and provides next-generation video relay services for deaf and hard of hearing persons, opening them to a world of communication possibilities. Founded in 2006, Viable is a private, deaf-owned company, and many employees are deaf and hard of hearing and are personally vested in the innovation and development of the company's products and services. Visit www.viable.net for further information.
About Telecommunications Relay Services
Mandated by Title IV of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, telecommunications relay services (TRS) enables individuals with hearing or speech disabilities to achieve functional equivalence by accessing telephone systems to place or receive calls through an intermediary known as a relay operator or relay interpreter. Emergent IP technology has given rise to video-based solutions, which are known as video relay services (VRS). VRS options include using a webcam or a videophone to connect to a video relay interpreter, and allow deaf and hard of hearing callers for whom sign language is native to fully achieve the ideal of functional equivalence.
To place a VRS call: From any videophone devices, dial viablevrs.tv.
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