How do I set up the Voice Carry Over feature?
If you want to use your own voice to speak to the hearing people you call using Sorenson VRS, you can use the "Voice Carry Over" (VCO) feature. During a SVRS-VCO call, the Sorenson interpreter relays the hearing person's part of the conversation in ASL to you while you speak using your own voice.To be able to make Sorenson VRS-VCO calls, a standard voice telephone or cell phone must be available near the Sorenson videophone. Your Sorenson interpreter will call your voice phone before calling the hearing person whom you wish to contact. The VCO feature must also be activated on the VP-200. If the VCO feature is not activated, follow the instructions below.
Follow these steps to turn on the VCO feature:
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To turn on the VCO option, first select the Settings icon at the Home page.
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The screen display has changed to show the Settings options page. Select the Device icon.
Note: The screen shown above does not include the normal video image. This was done to make it easier to see the icon(s) that appear in the image area.
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The screen display has changed again to show the Device options page. Select the VCO icon.
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The screen now shows the VCO Default Settings page.
First, select to enable the VCO option.
Then, enter your voice telephone number that the interpreter will use to call you back. The Callback number must be a standard voice telephone or a cell phone number.
Then, select OK.
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The screen display will have returned to the Device options page.
Select the Home icon to go back to the Home page.
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Once you are back at the Home page, you can place your SVRS VCO call.
Remember to select the SVRS VCO icon to dial your call.
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