{"id":132932,"date":"2021-12-23T11:23:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T19:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/meta-and-zp-better-together-bring-video-relay-services-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-to-portal"},"modified":"2021-12-23T11:23:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T19:23:18","slug":"meta-and-zp-better-together-bring-video-relay-services-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-to-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/meta-and-zp-better-together-bring-video-relay-services-for-the-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-to-portal","title":{"rendered":"Meta and ZP Better Together bring Video Relay Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58_plgQN1pw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video calling has become a critical service enabling remote work and learning from home. And for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community, it can also be a lifeline \u2014 but not everyone is able to communicate using sign language, the primary language of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. That\u2019s why we\u2019re collaborating with ZP Better Together, LLC, a leading provider of video interpreting and communication solutions for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, to bring Video Relay Services (VRS) to the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Meta Portal<\/a> family of video-calling devices. With VRS, a relatively new form of telecommunication service, members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community can communicate in real time with hearing people using a sign language interpreter. If you\u2019re Deaf or Hard of Hearing, you can even apply to receive a Portal for free at <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.zpvrs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/portal.zpvrs.com\">portal.zpvrs.com<\/a><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video calling has become a critical service enabling remote work and learning from home. And for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community, it can also be a lifeline \u2014 but not everyone is able to communicate using sign language, the primary language of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. That\u2019s why we\u2019re collaborating with [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-futurism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}