Central Unit for a Conferencing System

A method for providing information on the use of an interpreter channel to an interpreter in a digital conferencing system, comprising the steps of:

• receiving in a central unit of said digital conferencing system, a plurality of first control signals from a plurality of interpreter desks, said plurality of first control signals indicating which interpreter channel in an interpreter desk of said digital conferencing system has been selected;
• identifying, based on said first control signals, which interpreter is interpreting in which interpreter channel;
• sending back to said plurality of interpreter desks a plurality of feedback signals based on said identification and displaying said plurality of feedback signals on said plurality of interpreter desks;
• the method further comprising:
• receiving in said central unit, a plurality of second control signals from a plurality of listening units, said plurality of second control signals indicating which listening channel on a listening unit of said plurality of listening units is selected;
• deriving, based on said second control signals, a total number of listeners per listening channel;
• sending back information on said total number of listeners per listening channel to said plurality of interpreter desks.