CALD Assist vs Auslan Dictionary

CALD Assist is the simple and dynamic way for clinicians to communicate with patients from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds when an interpreter is not available. Featuring phrases commonly used during basic care interactions and screening assessments translated and recorded in 11 languages, CALD Assist facilitates basic care interactions to support patient care. FEATURING: 11 common languages: Arabic, Cantonese, Croatian, English, Greek, Italian, Macedonian, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish and Vietnamese A COVID-19 screening module for conducting health screens and visitor/outpatient screening A Nursing module with nursing specific content 5 Allied Health disciplines: Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Podiatry and Speech Pathology Over 250 phrases translated and audio recorded with cultural sensitivity Images and video to enhance communication between clinicians and their patients Answer options to enable patients to respond to simple questions Developed in collaboration with patients, Nursing staff, Allied Health clinicians, Medical staff and Interpreters Winner of 2015 and 2017 Health Roundtable Innovation Award and 2015 Victorian Public Healthcare Award in the category of Improving health equality and closing the gap

Enter a search term, select a word, and the app will show you a definition and a video of someone performing the sign. In addition to this basic functionality, the app features support for saving custom lists of words for quick access as well as a flashcard based revision feature with random and spaced repetition learning strategies. All content comes courtesy of the Creative Commons Auslan Signbank.