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Who can create/request an account?
Active students at partner universities, staff interpreters or ACI working for one of the EU institutions and staff of public bodies can request access to My Speech Repository. If you are in doubt about whether your university/institution has access, please contact your trainer or administration.
What are the advantages of creating/requesting an account?
Accredited users can access a higher number of speeches and additional features such as transcripts of the speeches, downloads of videos, recording an interpretation and requesting feedback etc.
Do I have to create an EU Login account to be able to create a My Speech Repository account?
Yes
Who has access to the transcripts of speeches?
Only accredited users are entitled to access the transcripts of speeches.
Are all speeches provided with a transcript?
No, not all the speeches available on the platform are provided with transcriptions yet. New transcripts are added on a regular basis.
How to display the transcript of a speech?
To display a transcript, users must click on the icon Show transcript next to the video. If the video is not provided with a transcript this icon will not be shown.
Who is allowed to download speeches?
Only users that have access to My Speech Repository are entitled to download videos.
How to download a video?
To download a video, users must click on the icon Download next to the video and the download will start automatically.
How to add a speech to your favourites and where to find them?
To add a speech to the favourites list, users must click on Add to favourites in the bottom left corner of the speech preview after having launched a search. The speech can be found under the main tab My Speech Repository by clicking on Favourite speeches.
How to add a friend?
The section My friends allows to connect with other users. By clicking on My friends, users can access a list of their friends. Users must provide the full name of another user to send a friend request. A Speech Repository username follows the pattern FIRSTNAME.LASTNAME@INSTITUTION. To enter the username, click on Add friend. Finally, click on Send to submit the request.
How to invite a friend to record an interpretation?
After selecting a speech, users must click on Invite to record interpretation next to the video and select a friend. Finally, click on Send invitation.
What is the Online Recording Tool?
The Online Recording Tool allows you to record an interpretation online and download your performance. You can choose between simultaneous or consecutive. After recording your interpretation, the system will merge the original audio of the speech and your interpretation into a single downloadable .mp4 file. To start practising, click on the microphone icon to the right of the video.
What is a collection and who can create one?
A collection is a private section where speeches can be stored, and users can be added to. Delegates of institutions are entitled to create private collections and add speeches to them. The content of a collection will only be available to its members. Under My collections users can find their collection memberships. By clicking on a specific collection’s name users cannot access the collection’s speeches. Instead, they must use the regular search function.