It Depends on the Situation

I’m in a book club, and everyone in my book club has hearing loss. I’ve introduced them to an app on my phone that provides automatic speech transcription. At our meetings, I pair my phone to a projector using Bluetooth so that we can all see the transcription it provides. It’s sort of like having our own personal CART writer on demand, and a cool way to use the application.

I will use this application when I’m a passive member of the audience at other events, but I feel a little self-conscious doing so. I’m afraid the people around me might think I’m not paying attention and just playing on my phone. Or worse, that the staff will think I’m making a recording of the event.