Note Taking and Speech to Text
Speech to Text is a service for deaf people who do not use British Sign
Language (BSL) as their preferred method of communicating.
SpeedText is a windows-based service developed using two laptops – one for the deaf person, one for the operator. The operator inputs speech as it is spoken and the text appears on the deaf person’s screen. Messages and questions can be passed between the operator and the deaf person.
Case Study
London-based Atlas Translations was able to provide a speech to text operator
to attend a cultural diversity training course being held onsite at a university. One
of the group attending was deaf. The presence of our speech to text operator,
armed with her laptop, meant that the deaf trainee could easily participate
in the workshop and contribute to the question and answer session.
