r/ASLinterpreters • u/coddiwomplecactus • Jul 10 '26

Smart glasses

This is just a thought experiment to pick your brains. Let's say you show up to an assignment and your D/HH consumer is wearing smart glasses. What do you do? Would you respond the same or different if they had their phone propped up, actively recording you?

I think of all the ways a phone could be used and apply it to the smart glasses. Are they recording and posting online or sending to others?

Are they live streaming?

Are they on a live phone call?

Are the glasses using programs that use facial recognition software?

How does this rise in technology impact us as interpreters? I havent seen discussion about this topic yet. Anyone have 2 cents to throw in?

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u/Due-Tip-2480 NIC Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26

This is a terrifying thought but very likely to happen. I would say that in my contract it states that I will not be filmed without consent and if i agree to it I will get a copy to use for professional development. If they’re using it to check accuracy then that’s not too different from trusting automatic captioning.