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4 unusual facts about Telephone interpreting


Telephone interpreting

Police on the Isle of Dogs became his second client, and he later began serving corporate clients and converted the charity into a commercial service.

Speakerphones are also sometimes used, but these can create challenges both in terms of confidentiality, and for the interpreter, especially due to background noise, which can hinder the interpreter's ability to hear.

Automated: an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application is employed to convert spoken or keyed Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) data into a request for connecting to an interpreter in a specific language (identified by unique language-codes).

government, financial, emergency telephone call centres (e.g. '9-1-1' or '1-1-2'), and others.



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