Two hands shown mid-gesture, indicating that interpretation is provided.
Also known as: Interpreter symbol, Signing hands symbol, Sign language symbol
Two hands caught in mid-sign indicate that sign language interpretation is provided. The symbol promises a person, not a device — which is what distinguishes it from the captioning and hearing-loop marks it sits beside.
Indicates that sign language interpretation is provided for a performance, service, lecture or broadcast.
Contexts: Public information
Promises a human interpreter rather than equipment, which is what separates it from captioning and assistive-listening marks displayed alongside it.
Contexts: Public information
Does not name which sign language is offered; these are distinct languages, and British Sign Language and American Sign Language are not mutually intelligible.
A practical limitation of the symbol worth stating: a venue displaying it should say which language its interpreter works in.
Contexts: Public information
Two open hands drawn in outline, one held higher than the other with fingers extended, positioned as if caught partway through a gesture.