# Toby Merriman Talks Story about Artificial Intelligence with Interpretive Trainers

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Podcast: [Reflections on Interpretation: Talking Story with Guides and Interpreters](https://stenobird.com/podcast/reflections-on-interpretation-talking-story-with-guides-and-interpreters-6293403)
Published: 2025-04-18T07:36:00+00:00
Episode link: https://timfmerriman.podbean.com/e/toby-merriman-talks-story-about-artificial-intelligence-with-interpretive-trainers/
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## Resource

Toby Merriman is the Acting Director of Center for Virtual Expression at Southern Illinois University (SIU). He and his staff assist faculty at SIU in the uses of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and Gamification in teaching university students, who so readily employ these new tools. Join Monique Thompson, Clark Hancock, Rosemary Prince, Angel Burns, Matt Villamaino, Joanna Robinson and Tim Merriman in an hour and 8 minutes of Questions and Answers about the uses of these new tools in training interpreters, guides and the many people who employ an interpretive approach to communication. #timmerriman #heritageinterpretation #interpretivetraining

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