Browsing All posts tagged under »subtitles«

New subtitle boob wiki-collection

May 31, 2013 by

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The popular pursuit of making comedy from subtitle mistakes has spread to the Guardian’s Witness website where a new section […]

The Secret Deafie: I pay my subscriptions but I’m forced to get my subtitles the illegal way.

May 29, 2013 by

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I have an access need that requires me to break the law. My issue is about subtitled programmes in the […]

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 […]

Eleanor Craik: How not knowing what you’ve missed (when your favourite band is playing) would be easier

May 1, 2013 by

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I went to see the band The Script at the o2 a few weeks ago and it was amazing. I’ve […]

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 […]

Watch: Stand-up comedy from Abnormally Funny People!

April 18, 2013 by

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Subtitled in English, here’s a ten minute highlights package of the Abnormally Funny People comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe […]

“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 […]

The Question: Should BSL videos have English subtitles for the ‘signing impaired?’

April 16, 2013 by

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Most deaf people agree that subtitles need to improve, but there is one subtitling issue that is not so black […]

Watch: BBC Newswatch item on live subtitles (with live subtitles)

April 8, 2013 by

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When I saw this (thanks to Twitter’s @Tony_Sutton) I wondered whether television was about to eat itself. An item on […]

Andy Palmer: It’s not just wrong, it’s bad manners when subtitles go missing

March 20, 2013 by

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There has been some interesting content on TV and online about the Deaf world recently. It’s just a shame not […]