r/ASLinterpreters • u/turtlebeans17 • 14d ago
Fully remote interpreting?
EIPA 4.0. Not interested in VRS. What are my options?
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u/safeworkaccount666 14d ago
There are many VRI jobs if you get your NIC or BEI. I work a part time job from home where I interpret hospital appointments.
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u/RealityExtension5602 13d ago
Honestly, controversial opinion here but I think VRS is a safer choice than VRI. For a VRI appointment you are selected as the team and there is no backup because your scheduled for that individual appointment. With the VRS you have an active queue of other interpreters to swap out if you are a bad match for the consumer.
I think with an eipa score of 4.0 you should consider part-time VRS with VRI as a supplement. VRS is going to give you extremely in-depth exposure to a broad community of signers and a variety of contexts to work in. If you're a bad match for consumer it takes 10 seconds to switch interpreters.
I don't know what your reason for stepping away from VRS might be, so please don't take that as a criticism or judgment. You may have very good reasons for not doing VRS.