This in-person short course will allow interpreter trainers and colleagues interested in interpreter training to expand your skill set through gaining both an in-depth understanding of ASR, LLMs and AI for interpreting and interpreter training, technology integration in the curriculum, and hands-on experience with a bespoke Computer-Assisted Interpreting (CAI) tool in the booth. Participants can add an extra day with a focus on English retour.

This course will enable participants to:

• Learn about LLMs and AI in relation to interpreting and the interpreting curriculum.

• Gain an understanding of how a CAI tool works.

• Gain hands-on experience in using a CAI tool in the booth.

• Learn how to use a CAI tool for training.

• Reflect on pedagogical aspects of technology integration in interpreter training.

• Expand your professional network.

• Contribute to ongoing conversations around interpreting, training and technology.

This in-person short course will allow practising interpreters to expand your skill set through gaining both an in-depth understanding of LLMs and AI for interpreting and hands-on experience with a bespoke Computer-Assisted Interpreting (CAI) tool in the booth. Participants can add an extra day with a focus on English retour.

This course will enable participants to:

• Learn the basics of LLMs and AI in relation to interpreting.

• Familiarise with CAI tools for terminology management and assignment preparation.

• Familiarise with CAI tools for interpreting practice.

• Gain hands-on guided experience in using a CAI tool in the booth.

• Expand your professional network.

• Contribute to ongoing conversations around interpreting and technology.

Thursday 24th and Friday 25th April 2025

The course will take place in-person at the University of York on Thursday 24th April to Friday 25th April 2025. The course will run from 9:30am to 5:00pm on Thursday and from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Friday.

Face-to-Face (University of York)

Course Leader: FoSS team - Forensic Speech Services at the University of York

This two day course will provide attendees with an overview of how speech and audio can be used as evidence and an introduction to the field of forensic speech science. 

The course will provide participants with:

• Better understanding of the types of tasks which can be undertaken by speech and audio experts

• Increased awareness regarding collection and submission of recorded material

• Broader knowledge about forensic speaker comparison, including the range of methods applied

• Greater understanding about how experts arrive at conclusions and the value of speech and audio evidence

• Knowledge about the role of regulation and accreditation in forensic speech science

This online three day short course will focus on the phonetics of talk-in-interaction. The course is intended for researchers in Conversation Analysis at all career stages who are interested in expanding their methodological toolkit to observe, describe, transcribe, and analyse phonetic detail in interaction.