Benefits of using VRS:
- Enable the ASL user to communicate in his/her native language.
- Vastly increased communication speed.
- Enhance communication, with use of facial expression and body language cues.
- Remove communication barriers for slow typists and/or exclusive ASL users.
- Able to make interruptions.
- Able to work efficiently with automated telephone transfer systems.
- Provide functional equivalency of making phone calls.
Sprint VRS Requires:
- A computer (PC or laptop) or television monitor
- A web camera or videophone equipment
- Broadband Internet access (e.g. cable, DSL, T1)
If you are calling VRS through your videophone and TV, dial sprintvrs.tv
If you are calling VRS through your webcam and computer, type www.sprintvrs.com
For Hearing Callers: 1-866-410-5787
Give the video interpreter (VI) one of the following for the person you are calling:
- IP address
- Sprint VRS Mail extension number
- ISDN number
911 Calls:
During emergency situations, dialing 911 directly is the most reliable method to access emergency services via TTY or phone.
For more information on SprintVRS technical support, click here