Up until now only those who added captions prior to posting their videos were able to have their products accessible to the Deaf. With new speech recognition technology, you tube will try to automatically caption every video.
It could prove entertaining. For example, rumor has it that Ella Morton from Rocketboom said "Hi, I'm Ella Morton" and the captioning said "Hi I'm abortion" - but I can't get any captions to load sigh. Anyway, it is a great idea. I hope it works!
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"Signercises" and Overuse - 1984
Back when I first began this profession, we were losing people left and right to over use syndrome. Now they call it repetitive motion injuries (I think). So the interpreter coordinators at California State University Northridge talked to therapists and doctors about what advice we interpreters might take to avoid making things worse.
Over the next few weeks I will share exercises and pain scales and all the stuff we learned back then. Some of it may be common knowledge now, but it was cutting edge when I joined the profession. And sometimes it is nice to look back and see how far we have come (or not.)
Today's tidbit: If you feel any discomfort, even if it goes away when you stop interpreting, DO NOT SHAKE OUT YOUR WRISTS. This can cause additional damage to any irritated tendons. Warm your hands up well, but do not shake them.
Next time: A scale on which to grade your pain.
Over the next few weeks I will share exercises and pain scales and all the stuff we learned back then. Some of it may be common knowledge now, but it was cutting edge when I joined the profession. And sometimes it is nice to look back and see how far we have come (or not.)
Today's tidbit: If you feel any discomfort, even if it goes away when you stop interpreting, DO NOT SHAKE OUT YOUR WRISTS. This can cause additional damage to any irritated tendons. Warm your hands up well, but do not shake them.
Next time: A scale on which to grade your pain.
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