Online Relay Service

Sprint ip relay allows people who are deaf hard of hearing deafblind or with a speech disability to make or receive calls using an internet connection a computer tablet or smartphone.

Online relay service. The nrs uses specially trained contact centre staff called relay officers who act as the central link between people who are deaf hard of hearing and or have a speech impairment and the. Ip relay service providers are compensated from the interstate trs fund which the fcc oversees. If you are making a call from with the usa or think that this is an error please do the following. You can t use smtp relay to send email directly to microsoft 365 or office 365 from a third party hosted service such as microsoft azure.

Delivery of captel services to australian residents is no longer a part of the national relay service or any other government funded service. State relay service programs provide and pay for some relay services such as relay services used on in state calls made through tty cts and sts. Video relays are accessed by contacting the relay service via a videophone such as a vp sorenson or the ojo snap vrs. An internet relay service can be accessed via a relay service website or instant messaging.

Trs is available in all 50 states the district of columbia puerto rico and the u s. The relay service then relays data to the on premises service through the bi directional socket dedicated to the client. It doesn t need to know the location of the service. Simply type what you want to say to the operator the operator relays the message to the person you called and then types their response back to you.

To send email using microsoft 365 or office 365 smtp relay your device or application server must have a static ip address or address range. Some cell phones may have free software installed for contacting relay services without using instant messaging. Relay services are provided at no cost free to all relay service users. The client doesn t need a direct connection to the on premises service.

Territories for local and or long distance calls. For more information about these forms of relay services see the fcc factsheet. And the on premises service doesn t need any inbound ports open on the firewall. Ip relay is a free service available to anyone in the united states or its territories who has difficulty using standard telephone equipment due to impaired speech or impaired hearing.

The fcc posts a list of current ip telephone relay service providers including ip relay ip captioned telephone and video relay service for american sign. You are welcome to use sprint relay international service using a tty at 605 224 1837 to complete your international relay call.