Interpreting Services
What is it?
Voicing for the student who is deaf
Conveying all auditory and signed information
Extensive schooling and training is required for interpreters
Code of conduct and standard of ethics are upheld
One or two interpreters are assigned and rotate every 20 minutes
Who would use it?
- Students who are deaf or hard or hearing
Interpretation Services:
American Sign Language (ASL)
- Official language, visual in nature, has own syntax, grammatical structure
- Grows, changes over time
- Brain processes linguistic information thought eyes instead of ears
- Facial expressions and body movements convey information
CART (Computer-Assisted Real-Time Transcription)- Provides an exact transcript of the lecture
- Stenotype machine connected to a laptop with abbreviation software
- Student reads transcription real-time from a second computer
- Student can type questions/comments to transcriber during class
- Questions/comments are read by transcriber
- Student receives hard copy of transcript
Captioning for TV/Video/DVD
- Narration, dialogue, music and sound effects are converted to text displayed on a television screen
- Typically white upper case letters against black background
FM System
- Wireless, portable, battery-operated device that amplifies auditory signals
- Instructor wears microphone connected to transmitter
- Student wears headphones or ear buds connected to receiver
- Classroom conversations are not amplified
Also see Instructor's Guide to Interpreter Services.