This is Dr. Z reporting from Omaha…
Dr. Z was at the ZVRS booth at DeafNation in Omaha and he enjoyed meeting thousands of deaf people talking about numbering and other things such as the Z4 with the answering machine feature (My Mail).
What was interesting was that when people passed by our booth, they didn’t realize what the Z4 could do until I asked them “Do you have a laptop or a desktop computer?” When they responded “of course”–the next thing Dr. Z asked was “did you know that you can make your laptop or desktop computer into a videophone?” The look was one of a bit of puzzlement until Dr. Z demonstrated the Z4 on a desktop, and on a Mac laptop and on a netbook (all with a webcam)…their jaws dropped…and the rest was history. Those who saw it for the first time immediately signed up for a local number and they went home happy knowing their computers at home would be more useful and they could free their TV for viewing.
This is the power of the Z4–independence and functional equivalence!!! The Z4 rocks!!!
Dr. Z cares about your communication access.
Disclosure: Dr. Z is a contractor working with CSDVRS on several projects.