Posts by Nicole Dittman

Meaningful conversations in action. Bill Glasser, Founder of Language World, sat down with Dr. Richard Pan- pediatrician, UC Davis educator, and State Senator- to discuss healthcare, language access, and bridging critical communication gaps.

The rapid use of Large Language Models (LLM) for simultaneous interpreting has sparked a heated debate among us human beings still working in this field of language access. Many have reported that the AI translator is just as good, if not more accurate than a human being doing the same job. Our industry seems to be plummeting headlong into the magic realm of “human parity,” when the machine is equal to the human in terms of the language interpreting output.

Language is often the first barrier families face when trying to secure the services their children need. In special education, that barrier doesn’t just slow down support—it can silence parents’ voices in the very decisions that shape their child’s learning and future.