[nfb-db] Deafblind Group Communication

[John Lee Clark]

Haben:

No.  This chain relay interpreting is ideal for small groups.  Larger groups
would result in "telephone line" lags and errors.  Most large groups, in
meetings or for presentations, would have many different things going on.
Some will watch the presenter directly, sitting up close.  Others may join
groups of four or five people who watch one relay interpreter.  some would
have tactile interpreters.  Others listen to ALDS or read large print or
Braille feeds.  For this reason, the ideal venue is an open floor and chairs
that you can arrange in any kind of way.  Places with chairs fixed to the
floor are bad.



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So at the AADB meetings, is that how they communicate to the whole 
group. So if one person is presenting, do the people next to her relay 
the message around the circle?

Haben

Mussie wrote:
> Haben,
> I was once asked this question, although I generally only work on 
> one-on-one training sessions. Sign language is not the only group-wide 
> communication. I am sure there will be much simplier way to 
> communciate in groups in the future, like there will be cell phone 
> based video conversation via ASL in situations where it may not be 
> possible to see one's signing. But for the deaf-blind, there are other 
> options, including networked communication options (Face to Face and 
> the DBC can permit this), though it may not be an they may not be an 
> ideal solution in some situations. I also used to do group tactile 
> signing in which what one is saying at the other end is relayed 
> through the person or persons close to the receiver of the signing.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Haben Girma" <habnkid at aol.com>
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>
>>
>> John, you mentioned somewhere that your wife is not your interpreter. 
>> I imagine that you do find yourself occasionally in large social 
>> groups. What do you do in these situations? Do you just sign to the 
>> people next to you? Does your wife really not interpret at all what 
>> the people across the table are signing? Of course if your wife were 
>> your interpreter she would not get a chance to participate in the 
>> conversation herself, but then how can you participate in the large 
>> group conversation if someone does not interpret for you? I'm curious 
>> specifically about informal groups of 4 to six friends.
>>
>> Haben
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