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With a shortage of skilled interpreters and speech-to-text providers all across the country, it can be difficult to find a service provider when you need one. This free listing service can help you connect with interpreters and speech-to-text providers in your area.
Please hire interpreters and speech-to-text providers at your own discretion. You may want to ask for references and copies of any certification the provider has. We make no promises as to the accuracy of information listed at NSLID or the behavior of providers listed.
We are not trying to compete with agencies. In fact, we encourage agencies to register with NSLID! Agencies work with interpreters (and often speech-to-text providers as well) to match them with places looking for interpreters for one-time or short-term assignments, similar to a temp agency. Working with an agency has benefits -- you are virtually guaranteed to have an interpreter (with enough advance notice) and you can feel confident that the interpreter has already been screened for skill level and professionalism. However, agencies generally are more expensive and not every town has one. We hope our listing can help you find the agencies and freelancers in your area.
How to contact an interpreter...
Before contacting someone from the listing, please have as much information available as possible. When and where is the assignment? What kind of situation is it (i.e., a classroom, a job interview, a wedding)? It is typical to pay transportation (either in time traveled or in miles), and to pay for a minimum of 2 hours of work. If you need to cancel the job, you may need to pay at least part of agreed amount, depending on how much notice you give the interpreter. Less than a day or two advance notice and you will likely owe them the full amount. Be sure to work out all these details in advance.
What about qualifications?
Interpreters and speech-to-text providers come in all levels of experience, skill and expertise. Different situations will call for different skill levels. For example, an interpreter who can do a beautiful job for a graduation ceremony may not be qualified for interpreting a meeting with a lawyer. Someone who is great for medical appointments may not be the person you want for a stage play. Be sure that both you and the provider you contact are comfortable with the match. Here are some web sites that can help you learn more about the different types of certification and skill levels.
Privacy
While the interpreter's information will be available to those searching this site, we do not use it or make it available for marketing purposes or any other purpose beyond getting potential employers in contact with potential interpreters. By using this site, you agree to the terms of use which preclude you from using the information presented here for any other purpose than contacting an interpreter for a specific event, assignment or interpreting exercise. Interpreters can accept assignments at their own discretion, as we are not involved with or responsible for the anything beyond helping employers find interpreters through our site.
Why is NSLID free?
As part of the mission statement at DCRE Labs, the programmers at Jinkle.Com (a DCRE subsidiary) are encouraged to:
This website focuses on that corporate and social responsibility to help community outreach programs by addressing a specific need within the Deaf Community: the lack of easy access to local sign language interpreters.
With a shortage of skilled interpreters and speech-to-text providers all across the country, it can be difficult to find a service provider when you need one. This free listing service can help you connect with interpreters and speech-to-text providers in your area.
Please hire interpreters and speech-to-text providers at your own discretion. You may want to ask for references and copies of any certification the provider has. We make no promises as to the accuracy of information listed at NSLID or the behavior of providers listed.
We are not trying to compete with agencies. In fact, we encourage agencies to register with NSLID! Agencies work with interpreters (and often speech-to-text providers as well) to match them with places looking for interpreters for one-time or short-term assignments, similar to a temp agency. Working with an agency has benefits -- you are virtually guaranteed to have an interpreter (with enough advance notice) and you can feel confident that the interpreter has already been screened for skill level and professionalism. However, agencies generally are more expensive and not every town has one. We hope our listing can help you find the agencies and freelancers in your area.
How to contact an interpreter...
Before contacting someone from the listing, please have as much information available as possible. When and where is the assignment? What kind of situation is it (i.e., a classroom, a job interview, a wedding)? It is typical to pay transportation (either in time traveled or in miles), and to pay for a minimum of 2 hours of work. If you need to cancel the job, you may need to pay at least part of agreed amount, depending on how much notice you give the interpreter. Less than a day or two advance notice and you will likely owe them the full amount. Be sure to work out all these details in advance.
What about qualifications?
Interpreters and speech-to-text providers come in all levels of experience, skill and expertise. Different situations will call for different skill levels. For example, an interpreter who can do a beautiful job for a graduation ceremony may not be qualified for interpreting a meeting with a lawyer. Someone who is great for medical appointments may not be the person you want for a stage play. Be sure that both you and the provider you contact are comfortable with the match. Here are some web sites that can help you learn more about the different types of certification and skill levels.
- Registry for Interpreters for the Deaf (www.rid.org)
- National Association for the Deaf (www.nad.org)
- Speech-to-Text Services Network (www.stsn.org)
Privacy
While the interpreter's information will be available to those searching this site, we do not use it or make it available for marketing purposes or any other purpose beyond getting potential employers in contact with potential interpreters. By using this site, you agree to the terms of use which preclude you from using the information presented here for any other purpose than contacting an interpreter for a specific event, assignment or interpreting exercise. Interpreters can accept assignments at their own discretion, as we are not involved with or responsible for the anything beyond helping employers find interpreters through our site.
Why is NSLID free?
As part of the mission statement at DCRE Labs, the programmers at Jinkle.Com (a DCRE subsidiary) are encouraged to:
....recognize a corporate and social responsibility to help community
outreach programs, foster nascent technologies and encourage economic
growth ....
This website focuses on that corporate and social responsibility to help community outreach programs by addressing a specific need within the Deaf Community: the lack of easy access to local sign language interpreters.