REAL-TIME REPORTING     

If you have a hearing loss and struggle to follow discussions in business, education, conference or medical situations, you may benefit from Real-Time Reporting services. 

 

Real-Time Reporting provide live access to speech instantly displayed as text on a screen. The captioner supplies two laptops - one for the operator and one for the client to read from.                                                                                                                                A detailed summary of all verbal communication is keyed into the operator's machine using computer shorthand codes to increase typing speeds.  Dedicated software then translates this into full English and delivers the text to the client's screen, enabling them to read the subtitles and follow proceedings in real-time. 

 The service includes the following features:

• wireless networking allows clients to sit anywhere in the room
• Customisable screen layout, including font size and colour
• Individual speakers identified by name & change in font colour
• Client can add in-session reference notes to the transcript
• Incidental information such as {laughter} or {applause}
• Inbuilt "chat" facility enabling the client to communicate with notetaker

 

At conferences the text can be projected onto an overhead screen to enable large audiences to follow proceedings (see above). A transcript of the session is also available, and can be edited and forwarded to the conference organisers by email or saved to a memory stick immediately after the event. 

 

 

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