Over the past few years, the need for court interpreting services in the Ninth Judicial Circuit has risen dramatically.  During FY 2009/2010, the Court provided spanish interpreting services for almost 25,000 court hearings. The Court is challenged to provide interpreter services for over 25,000 court hearings per year with only eight staff interpreters for sixty-seven courtrooms located in seven court facilities spread out among two counties covering 2,229 square miles.

In an effort to keep up with the rising demand for interpreters, the Ninth Circuit has created the remote centralized interpreting system.

Facts

• Designed, installed, and supported by the Ninth Judicial Circuit
• Went “live” in October of 2007
• Six remote workstations located in the Orange County Courthouse
• Current coverage includes:
  • Osceola County Courthouse - County arraignments
  • Juvenile Justice Center - Dependency and delinquency hearings
  • Orange County Jail Courtrooms – IAs, arraignments, and VOPs
  • Three Branch Courthouses - Traffic and misdemeanor cases
• Future coverage (2nd quarter of 2011) to include:
  • Orange County Courthouse - Domestic violence hearings

Key Components

• The workstations of each of the six staff interpreters located in the Orange County Courthouse are fully configured to provide remote interpreting services
  • The interpreter can view any courtroom in the Circuit from their computer
  • The interpreter can control the audio in any courtroom in the     Circuit from their computer and/or touch tone telephone
• An extra workstation exists for contract interpreters to provide    remote interpreting services
• 90% of the hearings requiring remote services are scheduled in advance
• An on-call staff interpreter covers weekend initial appearances from home through a touch tone phone

Remote Interpreting Video - 1

Remote Interpreting Video - 2

General Information

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Download Remote Interpreting Video - 1
• Download Remote Interpreting Video - 2

Contact

• Ody Arias
  • Telephone: 407-836-0473
  • E-mail: ctadoa1@ocnjcc.org
• Matt Benefiel
  • Telephone: 407-836-2051
  • E-mail: ctadmb1@ocnjcc.org

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