SignMe

• Responsibility to provide sign language interpreters lies with the host in scenarios like the NHS. This is not always well known
• Organisations with a passion for inclusion often want to arrange interpreters but don't know how to do it
• They are unsure who provides the service
• There is no central booking system to locate interpreters theclosest is a Twitter bot
• The VRS platforms are unfamiliar
• Sometimes it's a last minute process
• There aren't enough interpreters the ratio of interpreters to deaf sign language users is 1:75 in the UK so it's tough at the best of times
• Finding an interpreter even with two weeks' notice can be impossible

• Maximising interpreter availability is key interoperability between VRS providers would help
• Building and customising bespoke video relay services (VRS) platforms can be costly and time consuming
• The platform build cost is cash that might be better spent elsewhere like training more terps

Wouldn't it be good if the host could get a sign language interpreter into a Teams meeting is under a minute?

Meet SignMe, a Teams app powered by Microsoft Azure.