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Why Choose SVRS?

Choosing Sorenson means you have access to many great benefits including a Sorenson videophone to use, access to the highest-quality professional interpreters in the industry as well as the many features of Sorenson Gold Services. When you choose Sorenson, you also have access to SVRS Español and SVRS with Voice Carry Over (VCO). All of these benefits make it easy to get connected and stay connected with SVRS.

  • Receive a Free Videophone

    Sorenson Communications was the first to design a videophone specifically for the deaf community. We were also the first to provide a videophone at no cost to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. As new options for making and receiving video relay calls are introduced, you’ll continue to benefit from choosing Sorenson as your VRS provider.

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  • Highest-Quality Professional Interpreters

    At Sorenson Communications, we provide the highest-quality, professional ASL interpreters to help you place and receive calls. That’s why we invest heavily in customized training and mentoring programs for our interpreters.

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  • Sorenson Gold Services

    As your default VRS provider, you’ll gain access to Sorenson Gold Services, a full range of features provided by the VP-200 videophone.

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  • SVRS Español

    Need to communicate in Spanish? We provide trilingual interpreters (English/Spanish/ASL) through a dedicated phone number for both hearing and deaf users. The calling process works just like any other call—you communicate in ASL to a trilingual interpreter who then relays your conversation in Spanish to your hearing contact.

    To use SVRS Español, simply dial rapidovrs.tv on the videophone and you’ll be connected to the next available trilingual interpreter. Your hearing contacts in the United States can reach a Spanish-speaking interpreter by calling 866-9-VRSLATINO (866-987-7528). Sorenson also provides SVRS Español service for hearing callers from Mexico to the United States. From Mexico, these callers can dial 001-877-510-7655 to connect directly to a Spanish-speaking interpreter. These calls are always free for both you and your hearing contacts as long as one caller is located in the United States.

  • SVRS with Voice Carry Over (VCO)

    Want to use your own voice to speak to hearing contacts during a call? Now you can, with SVRS Voice Carry Over (VCO). During an SVRS-VCO call, an interpreter signs the hearing person’s part of the conversation to you in ASL, and you speak to the hearing person using your own voice.

    To use the SVRS-VCO feature, you’ll need a telephone or cell phone near the Sorenson videophone. The interpreter will call your telephone or cell phone before placing the call to your hearing contact.

Use SVRS Every Time You Make a Call

If you don’t choose Sorenson as your default provider, you can still use SVRS whenever you make a call. Simply dial CALL.SVRS.TV on the videophone you use and you’ll connect to Sorenson’s highest-quality professional interpreters. You can also enjoy other great SVRS features such as SVRS Español and SVRS-VCO.