Course Description:
This course is a knowledge/skills-based course that examines interpreting via distance technology, including video relay and video remote interpreting. Lessons present both information and skill building activities to increase competence in video interpreting. The purpose of the course is to present factors that influence interpreting competence via distance technology. In this course, students will learn federal regulations related to the VRS industry, conversation management techniques in both ASL and English, and hearing phone norms versus Deaf videophone norms. In addition, other topics and activities will include interpreting for phone trees and canned recordings, ad hoc teaming, and how to apply the Demand-Control Schema to the VRS/VRI setting.
Laci Tagge 