Official documentation
Guidance on the use of transcription and translation tools 2019-20
University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Registry, Legislation, 2019
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- What it is
- A university guidance note for students and staff on software and devices that convert speech into text, and on translation tools, covering when they may be used in teaching and what the university expects. It is the 2019 to 2020 version of the note.
- How much weight it carries
- An official university document, published for one academic year. It binds students at that university and shows how one institution handled the question, not a national rule. Check the current version before relying on it.
Facts taken from this source
- The University of Birmingham's 2019 to 2020 guidance on transcription and translation tools says teaching staff may prohibit the tools in some learning activities when they consider it necessary to protect academic integrity.
“if they deem it necessary to protect academic integrity or the learning environment” (Section 3.3)