ROCKLIN, California - October 4, 2005 - Hands On Video Relay Service, Inc. (www.hovrs.com) is pleased to announce that Ronald E. Obray, President of Hands On Services, received two awards at the Nevada Association of the Deaf Conference on September 17, 2005.

The Nevada Association of the Deaf Conference in Henderson, Nevada presented Ronald Obray with two awards, "The Golden Hand Award” and "Community Service Award" to Hands On Video Relay Services, Inc.

Obray received The Golden Hand Award in recognition of his outstanding and innovative service efforts to enhance deaf people in their communities. Hands On received the Community Service Award for providing outstanding service to the benefit of the Deaf community. The Golden Hand Award is a Nevada statewide program of recognition which is jointly sponsored by the State Association of the Deaf and the National Association of the Deaf. The program seeks to identify and focus local and statewide attention on outstanding and innovative service efforts.

Ronald E. Obray, who is the Child of Deaf Adults, known as CODA, constantly strives to provide quality Sign Language Services by offering both Community Interpreting and Video Relay Services (VRS). Obray believes in breaking down communication barriers for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community nationwide and has set this as his life goal.

What does "breaking down communication barriers for the Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing Community" really mean for Obray? "We strive at Hands On to constantly seek for state of the art technical solutions that can then be used for accessibility purposes. Currently VRS Customers can contact an HOVRS call center by using video technology incorporated into their PC or Mac, or use a videophone device such as the D-Link i2eye. Hands On strives to provide its customers with as many methods of placing a VRS call as possible. We soon will see the day when VRS calls will be as easy and as global as making a cell phone call is today in the hearing world.", said Obray.

About Hands On

Hands On VRS is the recognized leader in Video Relay Services, including both community interpreting and video relay services. The company has been serving the needs of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community since 1992. Hands On is committed to removing communication barriers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing. For more information, visit our website at www.hovrs.com.