The social enterprise Transkript online provides simultaneous speech transcription and sign language interpreting services to the hearing-impaired and successfully employs blind fast typists. This introduces a model of mutual support for two groups of individuals with severe sensory impairments: The blind received employment in a modern field, as they possess outstanding prerequisites for it, while the deaf can communicate equally and with dignity in many everyday scenarios thanks to their work. This contributes to social integration and increases quality of life for both groups.
The Blind and Visually Impaired in Service for the Deaf
Projektträger: Transkript online s.r.o.
Verantwortliche*r: Ing. Zdeněk Bumbálek
2020
2.000 Euro Preis
CS
Zivilgesellschaft / Sozialwirtschaft
Diversität
Arbeit
Worum geht es?
Herausforderung
Blind, visually impaired, and deaf communities face social discrimination and unemployment. These communities also struggle to access state-funded social services and communication support aids in private companies. Transkript online provides employment opportunities for the blind and visually impaired, while improving communication accessibility for deaf communities.
Idee
Transkript online creates new job opportunities and accessibility for individuals with visual and auditory disabilities. The project applies the unique strengths of the blind and visually impaired as a professional skill. Blind transcriptionists support hearing-impaired individuals through online communication on the Transkript Online app.
Akteur*innen
Transkript online works together with state institutions, as well as private companies and non-profit organizations to develop and improve communication accessibility. The project currently offers communication support for the blind, visually impaired, and deaf in companies and institutions in the Czech Republic.
Wirkung
The programme significantly improves the quality of life for blind, visually impaired, and deaf communities. Our clients also include the growing elderly community with age-related hearing impairments. Transkript online has also recently launched partnerships with local and international companies in the Czech Republic.
Transfer
Transkript online programmes are implemented in state and private institutions in all regions of the Czech Republic. The project is accessible for international expansion and collaboration.
Würdigung der Jury
Das Sozialunternehmen Transkript online nutzt die besondere Fähigkeit von Menschen ohne Sehvermögen, überdurchschnittlich schnell einen gehörten Text zu transkribieren. Dadurch können Schwer- oder Nichthörende mit Tschechisch und nicht Gebärdensprache als Muttersprache das, was jemand zu ihnen sagt, 1:1 am PC oder Smartphone lesen, sei es bei Behörden, Banken oder diversen Serviceanbietern, im Direktkontakt oder telefonisch. Über eine sozial innovative Verbindung gleicht das eine Handicap das andere aus. Die beiden Personengruppen mit Hör- bzw. Sehbehinderungen unterstützen sich gegenseitig bei der Teilhabe im Alltag und am Arbeitsmarkt.
