Sight-Terp: A Digital Boothmate for Interpreters

Sight-Terp is a web-based computer-assisted interpreting (CAI) suite built around how interpreters actually work. It brings three tools together under one account: Practice to prepare, Assist to support you during live work, and Evaluate to review your performance afterwards.

Assist: support while you interpret

Assist listens to the speaker, transcribes the speech in real time and shows a machine translation next to it. Names, numbers, dates and organisations are highlighted on both sides, so you can find what you need at a glance instead of reading every line.

You can also upload your own glossary to help with specialised terminology, select any word in the transcript to see its translation, tell speakers apart by colour, and take notes in the built-in notepad. It works with both consecutive and simultaneous setups, whether you’re in a booth or working remotely.

On a Mac, the new Sight-Terp Audio installer lets Assist listen to sound playing on your own computer — a Zoom call, a video, a recording — so you don’t need a second device for online meetings.

Practice: training material on demand

Practice writes conference-style speeches on any topic you choose, at the difficulty level you need, and reads them aloud with natural-sounding voices in more than 30 languages. You can edit the script before generating the audio, pull out a glossary, and download everything for later. Recent updates have made playback much more reliable, including on Safari.

Evaluate: feedback on your performance

Upload a source speech and your interpretation, and Evaluate gives you structured feedback on accuracy, terminology, cohesion and fluency, along with a clear overview of your strengths and what to work on next. It builds on our published research on InterpreTutor, and reports can now be exported in several formats, including Word and PDF.

What’s new

  • A cleaner interface with a dark mode for long sessions
  • Easier microphone switching, without reloading the page
  • Entity highlighting in both the transcript and the translation
  • A redesigned Evaluate report with downloadable exports
  • Sight-Terp Audio for capturing online meetings on macOS
  • Faster, more secure connections behind the scenes

Plans

All three tools share one credit balance. You can start for free, subscribe from $5.90 a month, or buy credit packs that never expire if you’d rather not subscribe.

 

Learn more at www.sightterp.com