An overview of technology that assists human interpreters in performing their jobs.

1. ASSISTING HUMAN INTERPRETERS FOR
BETTER PERFORMANCE
I J E T - 2 9 P R E S E N T A T I O N
Interpretation Technology
@allysonroad
https://www.linkedin.com/in/allyson-interprets/
Allyson Larimer

2. Technology and Interpreting: 3 Types
1. Technologies for the delivery of interpreting
services – Remote Interpreting Platforms
2. Technologies that augment an interpreter’s
performance – Technology Assisted
Interpretation
3. Technologies designed to replace human
interpreters altogether – Machine Interpretation
*From Interpreting 2.0 by Barry Slaughter Olson on aiic.net

3. Overview
1. What can technology do for you?
2. Hardware
3. Technology for Preparation
4. Technology for Simultaneous – In booth reference
5. Technology for Consecutive – Note taking and
Speech-to-Text
6. Consec-simo
7. References and Bonus Links

4. What can technology do for you?
 Reduce the size of your work bag!
 Digitize presentation files and reference material
 Easier to create glossaries, share them with your
partner, and look up words while interpreting
 Several exclusive platforms available
 When preparing, make notes that are easy to
reference on the job
 Record audio in connection with notes for better
consecutive (Consec-simo)
 Speech-to-text means instant notes

5. Hardware
 Tablets
 iPad Pro
 Android
 Microsoft Surface
 Pens
 Apple pencil
 Bluetooth stylus
 Capacitive stylus
 Laptop
 If you don’t want to invest in a tablet, you can still do a lot on
your laptop!

6. Technology for Preparation: Research
 LiquidText PDF Reader

7. Technology for Preparation: Research
 LiquidText PDF Reader
 https://youtu.be/5Gd3frAmfbc

8. Technology for Preparation: Research
 Surface annotation capabilities

9. Technology for Preparation: Research
 Other Surface Capabilities
 https://youtu.be/_gauy34-Ogw

10. Technology for Preparation: Research
 Notes in OneNote
 https://youtu.be/QngozkVH2UE

11. Technology for Preparation: Glossary
 Sketch Engine: Term Extraction
 Finds high frequency and specialist words
 Makes a list that will be the basis for your a glossary

12. Text Extraction Settings

13. Text Extraction Results

14. Technology for Preparation: Glossary
 Interpreter’s Help: Glossary building
 Collaborative glossary sharing
 Help other interpreters by making your glossaries public
 Or, keep glossaries private for confidentiality
 Memorize with flashcards
 Look up words on the fly

15. Interpreter’s Help Interface

16. Interpreter’s Help Memorization

17. Interpreter’s Help Search

18. Technology for Simultaneous
 Interpret Bank
 Glossary management
 Term memorization
 Quick lookup
 Word and number prompts from your glossary using speech
recognition
 https://youtu.be/w5dC17o0Sts

19. Technology for Consecutive
 Note taking without paper
 OneNote
 Bamboo paper
 Notability
 Speech-to-Text
 Voice Dictation for Chrome
 Apple Dictate Function
 Active Voice App

20. Consec-simo
 Listen and take notes, but also record audio
 Play recording back while you are rendering your
consecutive interpretation
 https://youtu.be/bZxdPkYh5pg
 LiveScribe Pen
 https://youtu.be/Lg5QQHlepF0

21. Bonus Links
 Interpreter Practice Portal
 Speech pool
 Lang-8
 Interpreter Technology Facebook group
 eCPD