Open AccessProviding a Spanish interpreter using low-cost videoconferencing in a community study computers
Author(s) -
James L. Wofford,
Claudia L. Campos,
Dominic Johnson,
Monica T Brown
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of innovation in health informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2058-4563
pISSN - 2058-4555
DOI - 10.14236/jhi.v20i2.34
Subject(s) - interpreter , videoconferencing , computer science , multimedia , programming language
The advent of more mobile, more reliable, and more affordable videoconferencing technology finally makes it realistic to offer remote foreign language interpretation in the office setting. Still, such technologies deserve proof of acceptability to clinicians and patients before there is widespread acceptance and routine use.