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| Laptop-based speech-to-text
systems used to provide communication access use abbreviation-expansion
software and a trained transcriber/captionist. These systems use
the abbreviations to decrease the number of keystrokes, and the time,
needed to type a text version of what is said in classes and meetings. C-Print and TypeWell are two such laptop-based communication access systems. Both systems provide a meaning-for-meaning text, rather than a verbatim text, of what was said. Neither system is designed to provide only a summary of what was said. Rather, the meaning-for-meaning transcript is a richly-detailed presentation of what was said, by whom. Relevant non-spoken auditory information is also provided. The phrase 'text interpreting' has been coined to describe the text output of C-Print and TypeWell service providers. That is because the output is similar to what many sign language interpreters produce, i.e., all the meaning in fewer words. |
Sample "Text Interpreting" Transcript
| Verbatim The next phase of it was the war on poverty. Between 1964 and 1974 was this period. The war on poverty expanded the public assistance programs and literally had as its goal the elimination of poverty in the United States. And this was really the first time that they are now really talking about poverty as the total issue and not just destitution and poor people.
| Meaning-for-meaning Transcript –The next phase was the war on poverty between 1964 and 1974. The war on poverty expanded the public assistance programs and had the goal of eliminating poverty in the United States. This was really the first time they were talking about poverty as the total issue and not just destitution and poor people.
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