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A Bot Topic: Debate continues over the role AI interpreting has in BSL access industry

September 28, 2022 by

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A conversation around artificial intelligence’s place in the British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting profession is continuing to develop, sparking difficult […]

NHS hearing aids ‘available to everyone’ in UK after North Staffordshire drops controversial restrictions

September 26, 2022 by

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Free NHS hearing aids are now available to anyone in the UK who needs them, after Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent’s […]

Liam O’Dell: Testing out Paraorchestra’s TouchSound device

September 26, 2022 by

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Haptic, vibration-based tech appears to be growing in popularity. It was just a couple of months ago that I was […]

Registration opens for latest ‘Where Is The Interpreter’ court case

September 17, 2022 by

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Further details have been released concerning how to support the next court case over ‘Where Is The Interpreter’, which takes […]

National Cinema Day event to offer at least one subtitled screening at every major cinema

September 2, 2022 by

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The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has announced National Cinema Day will take place this Saturday, with Empire, ODEON, Vue and […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis to present ‘hard-hitting’ BBC documentary on deaf discrimination

August 25, 2022 by

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Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis is to explore the “daily challenges, discrimination and barriers faced by deaf individuals” in a new […]

Deaf children achieve whole GCSE grade lower than other children for SEVENTH year running

August 24, 2022 by

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The UK Government has been urged to “level the playing field” for deaf children, after analysis of last year’s GCSE […]

Liam O’Dell: Cineworld may go bankrupt, but I won’t miss them

August 19, 2022 by

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I make no apologies for reaching for the popcorn after hearing that Cineworld could well be going bankrupt. As a […]

‘First of its kind’ live caption glasses enter public test phase

July 29, 2022 by

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New smart glasses designed to caption conversations in real-time have today opened up to public previews, with a group of […]

NRCPD CEO to step down in autumn ahead of regulator’s new strategy

July 26, 2022 by

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The Chief Executive Officer of NRCPD, Marcus Hawthorn, is to step down later this year, as he says it is […]