CVS Falkirk and Forth Valley Top Toes Sign Up to contactSCOTLAND-BSL

Posted on June 2, 2017

Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users can now contact CVS Falkirk and Forth Valley Top Toes through Contact-SCOTLANDBSL’s Interpreting Video Relay Service (VRS), using either the app (available for Android and Apple devices) or the desktop service.

Through the service, Deaf BSL users can contact a BSL interpreter by video, who will then call CVS Falkirk or Forth Valley Top Toes and translate for both parties in order to arrange appointments or meetings, etc.

contactSCOTLAND-BSL’s service is available for free to all Deaf BSL users, public bodies and third sector organisations in Scotland, and no software is required.

For further information, please visit the contactSCOTLAND-BSL website.

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