Deaf community facing interpreter shortage
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ย. 2024
- EXCLUSIVE: A lack of interpreters is becoming a growing concern despite sign language class enrolments surging by up to 1,000 per cent since the pandemic began.
Former Deaf Australia chairperson Todd Wright told Sky News the growing demand has put a large “strain” on professional interpreters.
The Deaf Society’s Kate Matairavula said the impact has caused her to book weeks in advance.
She said the visibility of interpreters during announcements on television likely caused the uptick in interest.
Luckily, we have subtitles.
How IRONIC this TH-cam video has the CLOSED CAPTIONS unavailable.
I see them
@@screamtoasigh9984 yeah they turned them on after my comment. I always have them on watching TH-cam and checked after this was posted and trust me
They were off
@@screamtoasigh9984 they must of turned them on go and look at other videos posted today. th-cam.com/video/jtXO6RXkbxo/w-d-xo.html
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@@screamtoasigh9984 feel so sorry for people Hard of hearing. Always check for people on TH-cam videos and tell them that their closed captions are
Off. They should have it automatically on
Politicians lies are the same whether communicated by sign language or oral language. 🤔
Are you kidding? Tune in to any US Government media release. Why can't deaf people just turn on Closed Captioning?
exactly, closed captioning. I've heard that some of these interpreters aren't even accurately signing ASL.
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The Crazies love it .
The presence of a sign language person adds an extra punctuation to the "fear factor" - - i.e the OMG! factor 😂 🤣
Midget... : There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
@@buildmotosykletist1987 it's on now
What happened with closed captions? All the deaf people I know can read.
There are about 10000 Auslan speakers who can’t interpret written word.
A - Neg... : There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
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You are forgetting mutes, the extremely autistic and those with learning difficulties who use Auslan.
@@bobhawke7373 then the ones who can who are deaf that can read, could use the captions to sign. But the bigger issue, why can't they read?!
@@bobhawke7373 : How many of the 15,400 does that make up ?
Non deaf community facing idiotic verbal information overload... 🤦
Clint... : There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
Unfortunately, being a child of deaf parents we sign what ppl call "old school sign" It is very different to what they teach now so alot of the older generation of deaf ppl don't have a clue what these studied interpreters are saying. I've had to jump in many times for my parents during critical meetings and correct the interpreter. It's very frustrating for all of us.
What's wrong with subtitles?
The signers are an annoying distraction for everyone else.
Then don't watch.
People who speak Auslan don’t necessarily read English.
It’s a visually interpretive language of its own.
Christopher... : There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
Are they all being coerced to take the korona vax ?? !! Is that what causing the shortage ?? 🤔
This is actually an interesting theory, now in October with vaccine mandates coming in, we find out both the premiere of nsw and Victoria are not using auslan translators today. Very strange coincidence, and please pardon the pun, that deaf are silenced. Or they are on a secret strike against the jab? Even the sighted are blind to what's going on when they don't tell us much
why does everything need sign language when closed captioning exists?
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Signing for visual media is really only politicians virtue signalling.
For practicality and for the purpose of communication subtitles would be far better.
Then they shouldn't bother talking at all... Just read a press release.
Due to a poor educational experience many Deaf people have difficulty reading English. It's not at all virtue signalling. The Deaf community have campaigned for years to have access and this is the result.
@elizabethfletcher3833 agree 100% there is still a long way to go unfortunately. I'm not deaf but I have a friend who is and the difficulties and discrimination he has faced is shocking. Shouldn't be happening in this day and age.
How many deaf voters actually watch these comedians though?
M3au : There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
have you ever heard of closed captioning
agreed, it is something that should be a option at school, instead of a foreign language or instead of alphabet studies.
Lol, guess nobody heard THAT one coming, huh? 😆
Screw you uneducated trumptard
Freaking idiot you’re dumb
Because they are not hearing about opportunities? Sorry, couldn't resist.
The problem is Auslan - Australian sign language is used in a small community to begin with, and that sign language isn't transferable to other countries. It will make no sense in the US - so you can't import translators either. Really, someone in the comments hit it - this might be a good time to look into AI /robotic with TTS (text to sign)... An animated/ auslan thing. Or just use captions. Maybe someone can explain why signing is important instead of captions? I use captions a lot. Not auto captions because those are awful, but human captioning.
AI can't translate all words correctly yet spoken by different people?
@@jennifer2846 being raised by deaf parents, myself, I’ve seen many horrible interpreters in my day. AI assisted caption would be far more accurate.
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They all have to interpret Biden. That’s the cause for the shortage
its been said before, interpreting for Biden is mission impossible. They just need to tell him to shut up and turn his teleprompter around to face the camera so anyone interested in what was written for him can read it directly instead
There are only 6,500 deaf people in Australia and only 15,400 deaf users of sign language.
Also this video does not have closed captions.
I have said that here in America as well. they need to have that as an option for ASL in the classrooms and you know teach kids signs as an activity more so when deaf students are in their class. You know, have people come in and get student interested at a young age. I would love to become an interpreter but I just don't think my skills would ever improve good enough even after a few years because my spelling sucks. I also don't think I have enough money to continue in college to become an interpreter. I'm not sure I'm smart enough to take all the courses LOL. I've only been learning ASL for about a little over a year and i get nervous in person and worry the deaf customers i come across will get upset with me. I work at Lowes at costumer serves so it can be highly stressful. I sometimes under presser forget sign or how to spell lol. I love working with one elderly lady cuz she's very patient with me and is very sweety. She was so happy I was there cuz I knew enough to get across what she want and I understood her and she understood me i felt very happy i could help. When i sign with her i feel calm. Another lady i felt tense and just couldn't think to save my life.
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Closed captioning exists for a reason. Get the dramatic showman off the TV screens and into places they are actually needed.
Does it hirt being that fucking stupid?
They probably don't like competing with subtitles.
Honest Comment.
Sometimes I can't help but laugh at the person in the little box down the bottom of the screen. 👈 😨👍
However, the good news is that the deaf people can't hear you tell them there's a shortage.
get captions and use interpreters for public events. the i.t department CAN get the captions to work for any "live" broadcast because of the delay dont bs people
i don't want to see some spastic flailing their arms around making faces and taking away from the seriousness of the news if there is any at all.
Waa Waa Waa Waa does it hurt being THAT stupid. It's a certified language not just "some guy waving his arms around"
I'm sorry this is dumb. CC is a thing. I guess this is a new struggle for the party.
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he's the best!!! Absolute inspiration for me to learn Auslan to hopefully one day interpret
Interpreter's don't like lying to the public, that's why there's a lack of them....
This shouldn't be that much of an issue because deaf people should be able to read CC and news companies should have someone transcribing speech at like a 30 min delay maybe less is they can and they can broadcast it on a channel specifically for that purpose again at that delay if they can't read that's another issue to fix.
Being able to read and understanding what you read are two different things. Auslan &/or American Sign Language are not the same as the English language. For many, reading doesn't help. Interpreters do.
It’s called closed captioning
Shortage eh? If only someone could come up with a viable stop gap measure like closed captions on videos
What did anybody else catch she flipped everybody off about two and a half minutes into it
You know they can read , so if they just subtitle they can still understand
the problem is with the Live events.
Turn on subtitles
Use AI & pixilated robots! Anyway, how Universal is Sign Language? Can one lip read with mask on? English to German, French, Spanish, Chinese or Hindi? Or will one need sign languages for each tongue?
Every language has it's own sign language. It's not universal. If you want to sign in America you need to know ASL (American Sign Language), if you only know BSL (British) you're out of luck. Not even the alphabet is signed the same.
Search AUSLAN vs ASL if you want to see the difference between Australian sign language vs American.
Not interested don't care.
Lol. why did you watch then. Well hearings think they are top shit vicious wankers hmmm
Haha tell me how you think deaf people are too stupid to read closed caption. Although there is the comedic performance factor, so maybe it evens out.
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Why do we need interpreters as you have captions and most deaf can lip read plus Auslan is useless outside Australia .
"most deaf can lip read" is one of the most incorrect things I've ever read on the internet.
@@elizabethfletcher3833 Most people can lip read they just don't know their doing it you ignorant person . Get a life or read more about the deaf community or remain ignorant as you have proven you are now .
@@oldtimers6460 no that's totally incorrect. I've worked with the Deaf community for 16 years so I've done enough research thanks. I'm curious as to your qualifications in this area?
i find it arrogant that a deaf person insist on an interpreter instead of using modern technology to communicate