Video Relay Service

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A Video Relay Service (VRS) is a videotelecommunication service that allows deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired (D-HOH-SI) individuals to communicate over videophones ('video telephones' and similar technologies such as webcams) with hearing people in real-time, with the assistance of a sign language translator, who is called a 'Video Interpreter'.