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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Federation family – Please pass along the following information to anyone interested. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Sprint is working to expand and improve upon their services to the DeafBlind community and would like to collaborate with the Deaf-Blind Division and the NFB as a whole.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>As you may know, Sprint is the exclusive provider of <a href="http://www.sprintip.com/" target="_blank">IP Relay</a>, which is used by many DeafBlind consumers for making telephone calls. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Sprint also provides <b>Relay Conference Captioning</b></span><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'> for meetings. Relay operators caption everything that's said in the meeting, and the captions can be read in real time, in print or braille, on a laptop, tablet, phone or braille display. A transcript of the meeting is also available. </span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Relay Conference Captioning </span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>service is available in the following states: New Jersey, North Carolina, Arizona, Colorado, West Virginia, Hawaii, Florida and Federal Relay. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Now, Sprint is looking for feedback from the DeafBlind community on their <a href="http://www.sprintip.com/" target="_blank">web-based application</a> and their Sprint Mobile IP apps for <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sprint-ip/id542802329?mt=8" target="_blank">iPhone</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sprint-ip/id542802329?mt=8" target="_blank">iPad</a>, and <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sprint.trs&hl=en" target="_blank">android</a> devices. They are interested in how it works with braille and/or screen readers. They would also like to know which braille or screen readers are preferred by the DeafBlind community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Interested individuals may contact Mike Ellis, the Global Director of Accessibility at Sprint, if they have any additional questions and/or want to participate in this collaboration. He can be contacted by email at <a href="mailto:michael.j.ellis@sprint.com" target="_blank">michael.j.ellis@sprint.com</a>, by telephone at 720-982-2938, and by video phone at 720-399-6690.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>For more information about Sprint IP Relay, go to <a href="http://www.sprintip.com/" target="_blank">www.sprintip.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>To access the web-based application, click on <a href="http://www.sprintrelay.com/iprelay" target="_blank">this link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>To download the ios (iPhone and iPad) app, click on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sprint-ip/id542802329?mt=8" target="_blank">this link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>To download the android app, click on <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sprint.trs&hl=en" target="_blank">this link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Alice Eaddy, President</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division</span><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>