Free ATIA Course: The Evolution of Accessible Telecommunications and its Impact in the Workplace

April 7, 2021; 3:30 – 4:30 pm EST. This presentation reflects the evolution of relay services over the past 30 years with a focus on accessibility in the workplace. Supporting a truly inclusive work environment requires any organization to build towards the goals of attitude, accessibility, accommodations and assimilation. This webinar discusses how to leverage the communication services offered through existing government programs to promote inclusion for employees who are Deaf, DeafBlind, have a hearing or vision loss, and cognitive, speech, or mobility disabilities.

The webinar will review the initial history of relay services including TTY, Speech to Speech services, DeafBlind access, internet relay, video relay services, captioning, conference call captioning and mobile access. T-Mobile will share the trend towards new technology and increasing demand for these services during the pandemic. The webinar will highlight how to locate services and registration requirements.

As one of the leading accessibility teams in the field of telecommunications, T-Mobile received a 100 percent score on the Disability Equality Index (DEI), making T-Mobile a Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion. The index is a rigorous benchmark of inclusion practices administered by the U.S. Business Leadership Network and the American Association of People with Disabilities.

Content Disclosure: T-Mobile will discuss several relay products available at no cost to consumers through existing state and federal programs – as well as offered directly to businesses. These include T-Mobile IP Relay (dba Sprint IP Relay), CapTel®, Relay Conference Captioning and T-Mobile Teleconference Captioning.