One issue that my business struggles with on a daily basis is video communication.  Simply put, there is no perfect solution out there that even covers the majority of needs.  Here, let me explain. With our business, we talk to clients, contractors, and various other businesspeople of all stripes: Deaf contractors with iChat or VP Hearing contractors via VRS, AIM, Email, or Text Message Deaf businesses via VP Hearing people [...]

I believe that the platform known as FaceTime, introduced with the iPhone 4, is the future platform of choice for all video telephony in the deaf community. I don’t say this because I’m a Mac fan, or for any technological evangelism purposes. I say this because it just makes sense. First, a little bit of history with telephony in the deaf community (abridged). First, there were TTYs and various plain [...]