Twitter has announced that new videos uploaded to the social media platform will now come with automatic captions, in a […]
December 4, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign inspires new Derby Theatre film, ‘Afterthought’
A short film highlighting the UK Government’s failure to provide an in-person interpreter for its coronavirus briefings has been released […]
November 27, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
The backlog of programmes requiring subtitles on Channel 4’s streaming service All4 will be cleared ‘by the second week of […]
November 21, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Stagetext celebrates 21st birthday at venue where it all began
In its anniversary exhibition at the Barbican Centre, arts captioning charity Stagetext argue that ‘captions speak louder’, but when individuals […]
November 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Nearly 25% of the general public watch captioned content “all the time” at home, a new survey has found, with […]
October 29, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Ofcom ‘enforcement’ against Channel 4 could happen ‘in 2022’ if subtitles quota not met, regulator says
Ofcom has revealed that it could take “enforcement activity” against Channel 4 “as soon as possible in 2022” if the […]
October 22, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Deaf News: NDCS urges Ofcom to take regulatory action over ‘unacceptable’ Channel 4 subtitling issues
Ofcom must act on a potential breach of the Communications Act by Channel 4 over its “persistent” subtitling issues, the […]
October 18, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Liam O’Dell: The first ‘lessons learned’ report on Covid dismisses the concerns of Deaf people
It was supposed to be promising. The first proper review into the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, carried […]
October 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Around 500 complaints have been made to Ofcom over Channel 4’s ongoing subtitling issues, the communications regulator has revealed, as […]
October 8, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Red Bee Media have said that they are “looking at all options” to restore subtitling services to channels such as […]
December 16, 2021 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Twitter rolls out automatic captions on new videos – but Deaf users aren’t impressed