About the service
Speech-to-text interpreting provides a meaning-for-meaning transcription for aural information. This access service is used in both online and in-person settings by Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals who prefer to access information by text. In some situations, there might be both a sign language and a speech-to-text interpreter, which provides fuller access.
Speech-to-text interpreters focus on conveying the meaning of what is being said, in contrast to verbatim speech-to-text services. The transcription also includes any relevant non-verbal auditory information. This reduces what the consumer has to process visually, while allowing them to still access the same amount of meaningful information.
This is achieved through:
- the use of shorthand
- eliminating filler words
- condensing connected thoughts whenever possible.
Learn more about Speech-to-Text interpreting through our explainer video:
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Variations of speech-to-text interpreting
Besides those who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing, other disabled individuals might find this service beneficial in providing them greater access.
Speech-to-text interpreting can also be modified to fit the needs of other disabled individuals. For example, for an individual who is blind, the transcript would focus more on describing the visual elements of the environment, rather than auditory ones.
Those who have mobility difficulties may also find this service beneficial if they are in environments like a classroom, where they have to take notes. In this case, scribe services, a modified form of speech-to-text interpreting, might be used instead.
Portfolio
- Singapore Writers Festival 2022: What if ‘I’ is not me
- Getting Deaf Access for your Lifelong Learning Info Session
- Being and Becoming: Of Femininities in the Malay World Through 50 Images’, an online exhibition with a series of seminars.
- Entire series of SAME-SAME 2.0 in collaboration between No Strings Attached Theatre of Disability (Adelaide, Australia), Theatre Today (Singapore), and Diverse Abilities Dance Collective (Singapore)
- National Gallery Singapore Panel Discussion: Desiring Connections
- Collectives’ Perspectives: Launch of Debut Series
- Students 4 Fossil Free Future: Universities x Climate Change Chat & What’s Next? Campaign Wrap-up
- Inclusive Sports Conference by SportSG
- SDEA – “The Realities of Grant Writing” online panel discussion
- ITAC Chat Series – Teaching Artist Asia Mapping
- Maya Dance Theatre Panel Discussion – Ethics in collaboration across diverse abilities
- Why Disability Matters: Producing Disability Culture(s)
- SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2021
- TomoWork A.B.L.E Webinar: The Inclusive Future of Work
- Whole 8 series of See the True Me x Purple Conversations’ Live Chats
- SDEA Chit Chat
- TomoWork A.B.L.E 4-part Webinar Series
Clientele
- Social Enterprises
- Government Bodies
- Institutes of Higher Learning
- Arts Organisations
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