PUBLIC NOTICE Federal Communications Commission 445 12 th St., S.W. Washington, D.C. 20554 News Media Information 202 / 418-0500 Internet: http://www.fcc.gov TTY: 1-888-835-5322 DA 14-117 January 31, 2014 CONSUMER AND GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS BUREAU ANNOUNCES WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH INITIATIVE ON IP-BASED RELAY TECHNOLOGIES GN Docket No. 14-19 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) will host a workshop the morning of Tuesday, February 18, 2014. The purpose of the workshop will be to gather and incorporate stakeholder input on the types of research that are needed to improve the functional equivalency and efficiency of telecommunications relay service (TRS). 1 This first workshop will focus on developing a platform for the delivery of IP-based relay services and the development of new and improved relay services during and after the IP transition. Panels will include discussions with academics and researchers with demonstrated relevant expertise. An audience question and answer session will follow. Additional details will be released closer to the event date. The workshop will be free and open to the public. It will be held in the Commission Meeting Room (TW- C305) at FCC Headquarters, located at 445 12 th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. The event will be shown live at www.fcc.gov/live. Reasonable accomodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please include a description of the accommodation needed. Individuals making such requests must include their contact information should FCC staff need to contact them for more information. Requests should be made as early as possible. Please send an e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau: 202.418.0530 (voice), 202.418.0432 (TTY). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Roger Goldblatt, Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau, at, (202) 418-1035 (voice) or Roger.Goldblatt@fcc.gov (email) or Mark Wigfield, Office of Media Relations, at (202) 418-0253 (voice) or Mark.Wigfield@fcc.gov (email). --FCC-- For more news and information about the FCC please visit: www.fcc.gov 1 The FCC entered into an agreement with the National Institute on Aging to collaborate on research into the effectiveness, efficiency, and consumer response to current and anticipated IP- based relay technologies such as automated speech-to text and video plus automated speech to text. See Press Release, FCC, FCC and National Institute on Aging to Partner on Research Advancing Accessibility to Communications for Americans with Hearing Disabilities (rel. Dec. 12, 2013), available at http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-324668A1.doc. 2