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Deaf News: #WhereIsTheInterpreter lawyers blast ‘persistent obfuscation’ of Government as legal case continues

February 15, 2021 by

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Lawyers acting on behalf of deaf activists have submitted a second statement to the High Court, in the latest development […]

Deaf News: Prime Minister issues written response to #WhereIsTheInterpreter

February 10, 2021 by

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The Women and Equalities Select Committee has published a written response from the Prime Minister in relation to the provision […]

Liam O’Dell: Social media’s move towards audio and what this means for deaf people

January 29, 2021 by

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Social media platforms are pretty obsessed with audio at the moment. For years we’ve had voice memos and audio-visual content […]

BREAKING: UK Government sued over lack of sign language interpreter at COVID briefings

December 18, 2020 by

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Legal proceedings have been launched against the Cabinet Office over its failure to provide a British Sign Language interpreter for […]

Deaf News: Live captioning software Ava launches in the UK

December 10, 2020 by

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Ahead of the captioning tool getting its UK launch today, Liam sits down with Ava co-founder Thibault Duchemin to talk […]

Revealed: UK Government provided own BSL interpreter for vaccine briefing

December 9, 2020 by

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Downing Street has confirmed that it provided an online British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its press conference on the […]

Watch: Deaf father forced to use hearing son as interpreter for insurance phone call

November 27, 2020 by

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Deaf people have voiced their frustration after a video surfaced on social media showing a hearing son having to interpret […]

Deaf News: BBC News to expand clear masks for reporters after successful trial period

November 10, 2020 by

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BBC News will now be looking to roll out clear masks to more journalists for use when working after an […]

Deaf News: Subtitled events double as Captioning Awareness Week begins

November 9, 2020 by

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The captioning charity Stagetext has reported a 110% increase in live subtitled events from April to October this year, as […]

Deaf News: Ofcom delays plans for 999 BSL video relay service

October 28, 2020 by

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Proposals for a video relay service for British Sign Language signers to contact emergency services have been delayed, it has […]