Ah, sign language interpreters can be great to have around and they do have a code of ethics regarding confidentiality on discussions between lawyers and their clients,or between doctors, nurses or dentists and their deaf patients. But sometimes that's not enough for some deaf people when all they want is to have absolute privacy without the need for a 3rd person tagging along and listening in on all of the intimate details which can get awkward. They want the full and accessible face to face conversation in real time and not worry about the lack of privacy or trust issues. How is this possible? The answer is surprisingly simple and there is a choice on this matter, too. For example, in some centers like the St. Luke's Women's Center in Missouri they offer opportunities to allow deaf patients or clients use their UbiDuo Face to Face communication device to have private, in depth conversations with their doctor or nurse and not miss a beat. Sure beats writing boring short sentences with pen and paper. And to boot all conversations using UbiDuo are automatically saved for future reference, too. So, if one is available on the counter at your doctor's or dentist's office, why not go ahead and use it. It's certainly better to relish the complete independence and privacy than to rely constantly on a third person, your sign language interpreter, in every facet of your life when the alternative is already available.
There are a variety of circumstances when the use of an interpreter would be appropriate, at other times circumstances would dictate the need for privacy or the emergency use of the UbiDuo Face-to-Face communication device like getting a doctor's appointment at the last minute when getting an interpreter would have been impossible within 24 hours. Why delay an appointment just because an interpreter is not available? I'm sure you get the picture by now. Is it privacy you want? Is it the convenience? Is it the real time conversation with the ability to record you want? Look no further than using the UbiDuo, the only patented real time face to face communication device on the market today.
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Can ubiduo be offered as android based apps?? If so we can include that in our COMMPAD project.
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There is no privacy in the UK much. Many deaf people here always demand a 'named' interpreter, i.e. an interpreter whose sign they are most familiar with. The issue then is treating these interpreters in a non-distant way and trying to make friends of them, then the neutrality breaks down as deaf lean on Interpretors to help them make decisions, there are records terps have strayed into that area some by default, others as a misguided way of helping clients. Ideally deaf should create a 'distance' from their support to ensure these things don't happen, in practice deaf often ignore that line. I think that basically deaf need training on how use an interpreter and,to accept more rotation of support so the legal distances are observed. It is not surprising to see some terps who attend deaf clubs socially, discuss patient issues with the patients in an open setting of a deaf club, this means every deaf person there knows your business,and really if there is an body overseeing the deaf rights there, these terps can be struck off.
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