Mobile interpreting

1.  The future of interpreting.

2.  A form of remote interpreting, in which the sign language interpreter interprets for the deaf customer and the hearing party by means of a mobile phone with a video camera.

3.  A key to communication that is simple and independent of time and place.

4.  When more commonplace, makes spontaneous interpreting possible and makes it easier to acquire an interpreter even at short notice. 

   The Turku Campus of the Diaconia University of Applied Sciences (Diak) specialises in mobile interpreting research and development in the field of sign language. Diak trains sign language interpreters, and modern communications technology forms an essential part of the degree programme (240 ECTS).