OI provides sign language interpreting to and from national sign languages, spoken languages and International Sign. We work remotely, on site and in hybrid environments of all types, including webinars, conferences and academia.

While many of our in-house interpreters are American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters, we are also able to source less common signed and spoken language combinations in Europe and internationally. We do this by working with our trusted global network of sign language interpreters, mirroring the diversity of our clientele.

Professionalism and experience are the pinnacles of our practice and in constructing our teams we engage deaf, hearing, and heritage signers. We actively strive to create a geographical and gender balance in all our assignments with a particular focus on partnering with deaf and hearing interpreters from the Global South and Asia.

OI’s American Sign Language (ASL) and International Sign (IS) interpreters have a global perspective, having lived outside of their home countries for many years.

Most of our in-house IS interpreters are WFD-WASLI Accredited International Sign Interpreters.

We ensure our interpreters are equipped to the highest technical standard for remote work. We can adapt to your preferred platform including Zoom, Google Meets, Webex, StreamYard, and/or Microsoft Teams.

Overseas Interpreting provides translation services from and to national sign languages and International Sign. We use professional grade studio equipment to deliver the highest quality product.

We are able to make your pre-recorded talks and presentations, written texts, audio files and podcasts, and many other media content accessible by:

— Embedding sign language video translations; — Transcribing your sign language videos; — Providing a voiceover; — Inserting subtitles.

We partner with top tier speech-to-text/human captioning service providers for remote, on-site, or hybrid events.

Our ability to handle all sign language logistics for deaf professionals, academics and speakers is unparalleled. OI partners with clients to realize their visual accessibility needs on site and remotely. We provide 360 degree coordination support at every stage of your symposium, workshop, webinar, or high-level conference to make your interpreting and accessibility goals a reality.

Overseas Interpreting is the focal point for organizers, tech teams, and interpreters at your remote, on site or hybrid event. We pride ourselves in being there from the initial planning stage to determine your requirements all the way through to evaluation and feedback for future events. Our top priority is providing the best quality interpreting to make signers and speakers comfortable. We do this by liaising with you, your speakers, and the conference participants to ensure a comprehensive service.

OI has highly qualified in-house sign language interpreters with many years of experience. Our interpreters as well as our founder Oliver Pouliot are keen to continuously develop the sign language interpreting profession globally and contribute to its diversity.

OI is open to mentoring select promising colleagues on an ad hoc basis. We are committed to supporting aspiring interpreters to obtain WFD-WASLI International Sign Interpreter accreditation.

Our services are bespoke and tailored to your situation. We don’t just provide interpreters, we are here to address all your sign language needs. OI takes the time to work together with our clients at all stages.

We partner with the best in the field to make your event as visually accessible as possible. Organizing sign language interpreters for deaf professionals, academics, conferences and events has been the center of our work throughout the years. It is our goal to ensure that accessibility is not an afterthought.

As a sign language company that has worked in 50+ countries, we have the expertise to support you in navigating all of your sign language logistics. OI is thorough and steadfast in our approach, because we strive for best practice and quality above all. For example, we can support you in the accessibility section of your European or international grant application, when a deaf international student applies to your university, or a deaf professional enters your company.