Rikki Poynter | Deaf Person Uses Online ASL Interpreter For The First Time @rikkipoynter | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
I’ve talked here and there about VRI and why a lot of deaf people don’t care for the service, but I had yet to try it myself (if you don’t count interpreters being on Zoom meetings and such). I had to get my hearing aids reprogrammed and since there wasn’t time for an in-person interpreter, they asked if I would be okay with using one on the iPad. Sure, I said, since I’ve never used it before and I want to know what it’s like.
If you’ve used VRI before, what has your experience been like?
For a full video on the experience (be warned though since I look a little less than put together), be sure to check out my YouTube channel. Just search my name or go to youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter
For more and exclusive content:
patreon.com/rikkipoynter
Transcript:
So I tried VRI for the first time ever. VRI stands for video remote interpreting, which means that I had an online interpreter for my audiology appointment. One pro to this is that because my appointment was so soon, I needed something fixed, we didn’t have to wait for so long to get an interpreter on hand. The con to this, which is why a lot of us don’t like VRI, is that an in person interpreter is just better. Because you don’t have to worry about a lack of connection, which happened to me going into a sound booth. The connection went out completely. Also the fact that there’s no real designated area, at least for mine, to put the iPad. So it often fell.
Video Description:
Rikki with hair down, wavy. She isn’t wearing makeup. She is wearing a charcoal gray AC/DC shirt.
#DeafAwareness
#DeafCommunity
#SignLanguage
#AmericanSignLanguage
#ASL
I’ve talked here and there about VRI and why a lot of deaf people don’t care for the service, but I had yet to try it myself (if you don’t count interpreters being on Zoom meetings and such). I had to get my hearing aids reprogrammed and since there wasn’t time for an in-person interpreter, they asked if I would be okay with using one on the iPad. Sure, I said, since I’ve never used it before and I want to know what it’s like.
If you’ve used VRI before, what has your experience been like?
For a full video on the experience (be warned though since I look a little less than put together), be sure to check out my YouTube channel. Just search my name or go to youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter
For more and exclusive content:
patreon.com/rikkipoynter
Transcript:
So I tried VRI for the first time ever. VRI stands for video remote interpreting, which means that I had an online interpreter for my audiology appointment. One pro to this is that because my appointment was so soon, I needed something fixed, we didn’t have to wait for so long to get an interpreter on hand. The con to this, which is why a lot of us don’t like VRI, is that an in person interpreter is just better. Because you don’t have to worry about a lack of connection, which happened to me going into a sound booth. The connection went out completely. Also the fact that there’s no real designated area, at least for mine, to put the iPad. So it often fell.
Video Description:
Rikki with hair down, wavy. She isn’t wearing makeup. She is wearing a charcoal gray AC/DC shirt.
#DeafAwareness
#DeafCommunity
#SignLanguage
#AmericanSignLanguage
#ASL
