Video Remote Interpreting

Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) uses video–conferencing equipment to provide sign language interpreting services. With VRI, both the deaf and hearing person are in the same room. The interpreter is at a call center in another city. VRI is especially useful for rural areas where there may be a lack of qualified interpreters

How it works

Video–conferencing equipment is set up in the room where the deaf and hearing person are located (a hospital, for example). An interpreter is at the call center. This interpreter uses a head set to hear what the hearing person says. The interpreter signs to a camera everything the hearing person speaks. The deaf person can see the interpreter on a monitor. When the deaf person replies, the interpreter sees and voices the interpretation. In this way, the deaf and hearing person can talk back and forth, just as if the interpreter was in the same room!

Communication Access Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
(810) 239–3112
http://www.cacdhh.org/vrisvc.html
info@cacdhh.org

CSD Interpreting Online
(866) 291-8267
http://www.csdinterpretingonline.com
interpretingonline@c-s-d.org

Network Interpreting Service, LLC
(800) 284-1043
http://www.networkinterpretingservice.com
office@networkinterpretingservice.com

Sign Language Associates
(800) 752-0071
http://www.signlanguage.com/clients/video.php
info@signlanguage.com

SIUC Remote Interpreting Service
(618) 453-5738
Providing services to educational settings and others.
http://www.siu.edu/~dss/distance.htm
DDSsiu@siu.edus