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Subtitle Fail: Andy Murray’s “bigamist” umpire at Wimbledon

July 3, 2013 by

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You’ve got to commend a commentator (and a live subtitler) who give their audience the information they need to know, […]

Deaf News: Ofcom to force broadcasters to report on the quality of live TV subtitles for the first time

May 17, 2013 by

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Ofcom have announced that they will require TV broadcasters to report on the quality of their live subtitling for the […]

William Mager: Could Google Glass be the Deaf community’s ‘disruptive innovation’?

May 7, 2013 by

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The video below is an interesting time capsule. It’s Eric Sykes, talking to Jack Ashley on See Hear about his […]

Join: The campaign group Deaf People against Welfare Cuts

May 2, 2013 by

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A new Facebook group has been set up called Deaf People against Welfare Cuts. It’s a campaign group looking to […]

Watch: Two concepts that could revolutionise subtitled cinema!

April 30, 2013 by

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I was a bit sceptical when I first saw these two videos, but as I watched them I realised that […]

“YouTube’s auto captions? Don’t make me laugh!” Meet Claire Hill, expert stenographer!

April 17, 2013 by

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I first worked with Claire Hill when she provided speech-to-text for live comedy at Soho Theatre. I was amazed at […]

Ginny Kanka: How subtitled talks provided by STAGETEXT reduce the stress of trying to lipread!

April 9, 2013 by

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For decades, art galleries had FREE lunchtime talks – something I’ve always wanted to go but didn’t – as the talks […]

Deaf News: Deaf patient in Scottish hospital left without an interpreter for twelve days

March 28, 2013 by

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A shocking report in the Scotsman has revealed how a Deaf patient was left isolated and unable to communicate for […]

Amanda Turner: ‘Snail mail’ should still have a place in deaf and hearing hearts

March 5, 2013 by

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Having recently celebrated a birthday, I was delighted to receive a birthday card from an old friend which contained a […]

William Mager: As of today, TalkByText is dead. So why not try Aupix’s TCPhone software?

March 1, 2013 by

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I discovered Action on Hearing Loss’s TalkByText Service a year or so ago. It was a service which allowed you […]