Online Platform
speech-to-text

Background

• For hearing impaired students, it is difficult to participate in class and to fully understand the content.
• Poor ambient conditions or classrooms and auditoriums which are too large don't make it easier.
• A lot of school content today is transmitted only orally and without any documentation.
• Therefore, for those concerned it is difficult to follow what the teacher says and to take notes at the same time.
• Active participation in class is thus very limited for hearing impaired students.
• SWISS TXT has been subtitling SRG programmes in the four national languages for 30 years, which allows it to use this know-how and the technologies developed in the educational field.
• By following the course live on a screen (tablet or laptop), students can understand the course content and participate in class.

Objectives

• Students can follow the course in real time.
• They can participate actively in class (inclusion).
• The live transmitted text can also be useful after the lesson, for preparing exams for example.
• By offering speech-to-text, educational organisations meet legal requirements in terms of inclusion and equality regarding people with sensory impairments.
• The online platform offers more flexibility and allows for speech-to-text reporters to be available anytime and anywhere. They don't need to be onsite anymore.

Solution/features

• The teacher's speech is sent via the online platform to the reporters who transfer simultaneously the spoken content into text.
• SWISS TXT employs professional speech-to-text reporters.
• Thanks to its 30 years' experience in subtitling SRG programmes, SWISS TXT has a thorough understanding of the needs of hearing-impaired people.
• The solution works on any device and can be activated by the students themselves.

Benefits

• Students are independent in class.
• Access to educational content is guaranteed.
• Active participation in class becomes possible.
• Inequalities can be redressed thanks to speech-to-text.
• Costs are usually covered by cantonal offices.

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