CRTC announces that Canadians who are Deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired will have access to a new telecommunications service

– Ottawa – Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced April 22, 2014 that video relay service will be made available in Canada for users of American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des signes québécoise (LSQ). When it launches, this free service will facilitate conversations between people who are Deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaired and other Canadians, and vice versa.

Source – http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=840439

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