Video relay service
![A Video Interpreter sign used at locations offering VRS or VRI services.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Video_interpreter.svg2057.png")
![A deaf or hard-of-hearing person at his workplace using a VRS to communicate with a hearing person in London.](/Images/godic/202502/19/Deaf_or_HoH_person_at_his_workplace_using_a_Video_Relay_Service_to_communicate_with_a_hearing_person_via_a_Video_Interpreter_and_sign_language_SVCC_2007_Brigitte_SLI_+_Mark2057.jpg")
![A person at her workplace communicating with a hearing person via a Video Interpreter (VI) and use of sign language. (Courtesy SignVideo)](/Images/godic/202502/19/Deaf_or_HoH_person_at_her_workplace_using_a_Video_Relay_Service_to_communicate_with_a_hearing_person_via_a_video_interpreter_and_sign_language_IMG_29542057.jpg")
A video relay service (VRS), also sometimes known as a video interpreting service (VIS), is a videotelecommunication service that allows deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech-impaired (D-HOH-SI) individuals to communicate over video telephones and similar technologies with hearing people in real-time, via a sign language interpreter.