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Live talks in museums and galleries – have you tried speech-to-text?

February 1, 2013 by Editor

Have you tried speech-to-text? The information below comes courtesy of one of this site’s supporters – theatre access charity STAGETEXT. […]

Poem: ‘Identity’ by Martyn Brown

January 18, 2013 by Editor

IDENTITY For far too long I took the coward’s way The sheep that never strayed From the safety of sameness […]

William Mager: Billy 2.0 – The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

December 21, 2012 by Editor

Kaspar Hauser was a mysterious teenage boy who appeared in the streets of Nuremberg in 1828, with limited vocabulary and […]

Meet: Andy Palmer, who runs the Peterborough and District Deaf Children’s Society’s website

December 20, 2012 by Editor

Andy Palmer is from a largely Deaf family, and is a single father to his son William, who is also […]

Ian Noon: Many deaf people are set to lose their Disability Living Allowance

December 18, 2012 by Editor

Well, it’s official. The Government thinks that deafness is just a ‘minor’ disability. A piffling little thing of no consequence […]

Read their lips: Seb Coe accepts Lifetime Achievement award at BBC Sports Personality of the Year, calls someone a “bastard”

December 17, 2012 by Editor

It’s been a great year for Seb Coe, with London 2012 a massive success, being tipped to become the next […]

Subtitle fail: Divine intervention on the football pitch as God comes off the bench to help Bolton Wanderers score

December 17, 2012 by Editor

On a Sunday morning, I often sneak a look at the football highlights as my wife has a well-deserved lie […]

Georgie Barraclough: Dear Access to Work…

December 11, 2012 by Editor

Dear Access to Work, Thank you for your response to my application for equipment to assist me with hearing in […]

Helen Cherry: A Case for Remote Captioning in the NHS

November 29, 2012 by Editor

Poor Communication Hitting the Headlines “Careless”, “insincere” and “unclear” communication has fuelled a surge in complaints against the NHS in England […]

Tyron Woolfe: Pre-recorded Subtitles Rule. Broadcasters take note.

November 21, 2012 by Editor

Let’s get it clear. Pre-recorded subtitles mean subtitles appear on a programme with perfect timing, and the words on the […]