# 如何使用Akkadu进行口译?
# Akkadu account
Use Chrome
browser to:
- Signup in www.akkadu.comopen in new window as an interpreter:
Make sure you select you are an Interpreter
:
- Enter your dashboard, find your event, and click
Interpret
:
# Interpreter Console
Depending on the type of event that has been created there are 3 types of interpreter consoles (althought they are very similar):
- One language pair
- Multiple language pairs (without relay language)
- Multiple language pairs (with relay language)
# One language pair
Below image shows the interpreter console when only one language pair
is assigned to the event:
1️⃣ Start turn button:
- Click
Start turn
to start your turn, everything you say through the microphone will be heard by the audience and your partner. - ⚠️ If your partner is interpreting when you click
Start turn
you will take the turn from her/him. We strongly recommend, if your partner is interpreting, to wait until she/he requests change to take the turn.
2️⃣ Input controls:
- Click
Input
settings to select your speaker device - Click
Listen Floor
to hear the original audio from the video stream - Click
Listen Partner
to hear your partner when she/he is interpreting - Use
Floor
andPartner
volume controlers to regulate the volume of the audio.- You can listen to the Floor and Partner at the same time ✅✅
3️⃣ Output controls:
- Click
Output
settings to select your microphone device - Click
English
orSpanish
depending the language your are interpreting to.
4️⃣ Chat:
- Use the
Chat
to communicate with your partner and the tech support
# Multiple language pairs (without relay language)
Below image shows the interpreter console when multiple language pairs
are assigned to the event but the relay function is disabled
, meaning the interpretation is in one direction. For this case the interpretation is always from English to Spanish:
1️⃣ Start turn button:
- Click
Start turn
to start your turn, everything you say through the microphone will be heard by the audience and your partner. - ⚠️ If your partner is interpreting when you click
Start turn
you will take the turn from her/him. We strongly recommend, if your partner is interpreting, to wait until she/he requests change to take the turn.
2️⃣ Input controls:
- Click
Input
settings to select your speaker device - Click
Listen Floor
to hear the original audio from the video stream - Click
Listen Partner
to hear your partner when she/he is interpreting - Use
Floor
andPartner
volume controlers to regulate the volume of the audio.- You can listen to the Floor and Partner at the same time ✅✅
3️⃣ Output controls:
- Click
Output
settings to select your microphone device - You cannot change the output language, you will always interpret in the same direction. For this case the interpretation is always from English (Floor) to
Spanish
4️⃣ Chat:
- Use the
Chat
to communicate with your partner and the tech support
# Multiple language pairs (with relay language)
Below image shows the interpreter console when multiple language pairs
are assigned to the event with the relay function enabled
:
1️⃣ Start turn button:
- Click
Start turn
to start your turn, everything you say through the microphone will be heard by the audience and your partner. - ⚠️ If your partner is interpreting when you click
Start turn
you will take the turn from her/him. We strongly recommend, if your partner is interpreting, to wait until she/he requests change to take the turn.
2️⃣ Input controls:
- Click
Input
settings to select your speaker device - Click
Listen Floor
to hear the original audio from the video stream - Click
Relay language
(in this case isEnglish
) to hear the English interpretation from other interpreters - Use
Floor
,Partner
andRelay
volume controlers to regulate the volume of the audio.- You can listen to the Floor, Partner and Relay language at the same time ✅✅✅
3️⃣ Output controls:
- Click
Output
settings to select your microphone device - Click
English
orSpanish
depending the language your are interpreting to.- If you select
English
(in this case is the relay language), interpreters from other language pairs that cannot understand floor will be able to listen to your interpretation by clicking Input ->English
.
- If you select
4️⃣ Chat:
- Use the
Chat
to communicate with your partner and the tech support