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Twitter rolls out automatic captions on new videos – but Deaf users aren’t impressed

December 16, 2021 by

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Twitter has announced that new videos uploaded to the social media platform will now come with automatic captions, in a […]

#WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign inspires new Derby Theatre film, ‘Afterthought’

December 4, 2021 by

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A short film highlighting the UK Government’s failure to provide an in-person interpreter for its coronavirus briefings has been released […]

Channel 4 subtitles: Online backlog to be cleared by ‘second week of December’

November 27, 2021 by

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The backlog of programmes requiring subtitles on Channel 4’s streaming service All4 will be cleared ‘by the second week of […]

Stagetext celebrates 21st birthday at venue where it all began

November 21, 2021 by

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In its anniversary exhibition at the Barbican Centre, arts captioning charity Stagetext argue that ‘captions speak louder’, but when individuals […]

Almost a quarter of UK population now watch captioned content ‘all the time’, Stagetext poll reveals

November 15, 2021 by

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Nearly 25% of the general public watch captioned content “all the time” at home, a new survey has found, with […]

Ofcom ‘enforcement’ against Channel 4 could happen ‘in 2022’ if subtitles quota not met, regulator says

October 29, 2021 by

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Ofcom has revealed that it could take “enforcement activity” against Channel 4 “as soon as possible in 2022” if the […]

Deaf News: NDCS urges Ofcom to take regulatory action over ‘unacceptable’ Channel 4 subtitling issues

October 22, 2021 by

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Ofcom must act on a potential breach of the Communications Act by Channel 4 over its “persistent” subtitling issues, the […]

Liam O’Dell: The first ‘lessons learned’ report on Covid dismisses the concerns of Deaf people

October 18, 2021 by

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It was supposed to be promising. The first proper review into the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, carried […]

500 complaints to Ofcom over Channel 4’s subtitling issues as regulator meets with broadcaster

October 15, 2021 by

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Around 500 complaints have been made to Ofcom over Channel 4’s ongoing subtitling issues, the communications regulator has revealed, as […]

Deaf News: Red Bee Media ‘looking at all options’ as subtitles outage enters second week

October 8, 2021 by

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Red Bee Media have said that they are “looking at all options” to restore subtitling services to channels such as […]