Interpreters who practice whispered interpreting interpret what a speaker is saying at the same time that they are saying it (simultaneously) softly, so as not to be heard by others in the same room. Whispered interpreting occurs, for example, with a defendant in a courtroom who needs to understand what the judge is saying while he or she is saying it. Whispered interpreting saves huge amounts of time compared to turn based interpreting, also known as consecutive interpreting.