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Boy Scouts wave goodbye to a person on the other end of a videophone call at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology merit badge, Scouts are required to visit a business that uses Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Ann Bardsley, Sorenson director of public relations, speaks to a Boy Scout group earning their Digital Technology merit badge at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Ann Bardsley, Sorenson director of public relations, speaks about sign language interpreters at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Boy Scout Jaren Dickerson listens as a video relay is demonstrated between a deaf person and a someone who can hear at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Boy Scouts listen as Sorensen employees speak about the videophone relay service for deaf and hard of hearing people at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Kim Smith, who is deaf and uses only American Sign Language to communicate, smiles during her presentation at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Lance Pickett, left, who is deaf, communicates with someone during a live videophone relay call as Boy Scouts watch at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology merit badge, Scouts a Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Lance Pickett, right, who is deaf, communicates with someone during a live videophone relay call as Boy Scouts watch at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology merit badge, Scouts Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Lance Pickett, left, who is deaf, communicates with Mike Stuart, center in back, during a live videophone relay call as Boy Scouts watch at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Lance Pickett, left, who is deaf, communicates with Mike Stuart, center in back, during a live videophone relay call as Boy Scouts watch at Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Lance Pickett, who is deaf, communicates with Mike Stuart, center in back, during a live videophone relay call as Boy Scouts watch in Sorenson Communications headquarters Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, in Salt Lake City. To earn the new Digital Technology merit Hugh Carey, Deseret News
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Salt Lake City-based Sorenson Communications helped nearly 100 Boy Scouts earn the new Digital Technology merit badge, launched by the Boy Scouts of America earlier this year.

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To earn the new Digital Technology merit badge, Scouts are required to visit a business that uses digital technology and to learn four ways technology is used there. Sorenson, based in Salt Lake City, is a provider of video relay services for deaf people who use sign language to communicate.

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