re: Instead of having a person signing for hearing impaired why not just have speech to text

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Are facial expressions a part of it?

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If facial expressions are part of parlaying what someone says to the deaf, then it would only be because the use of hands-only wouldn't be able to keep up with the speech. That would make it inferior to closed captioning or a voice-to-text system.

If someone is watching on tv, then use closed captioning.

If someone who is deaf is attending a press conference ... I have to wonder - how fricking often does that happen? Is it happening often enough to truely justify paying a translator for every damned speech? (And why oh why is a deaf person a member of the press pool assigned to attend public speaking events?) Not trying to knock on anyone with a disability, just looking at it from strictly logistical perspective.