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Deaf News: Outcry after YouTube scrap community captions feature

August 4, 2020 by

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The video sharing site YouTube is to axe community contributions for subtitles and translations next month, it has been confirmed. […]

Liam O’Dell: We should all support the Turn On The Subtitles campaign

May 31, 2019 by

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We’ve all seen the sign language interpreters at the bottom of our TV screens. For me – and, I assume, […]

Richard Turner: Subtitles need to go back to the future

June 3, 2015 by

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In 2003 Tony Blair was still Prime Minister. ‘Friends’ was running its last series, Facebook had only just been launched […]

Samuel Dore: What I thought of Sony’s subtitled glasses for cinemas

March 17, 2015 by

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Earlier this week I was invited by Tim Potter, Sony Professional Europe’s Business Development Manager, to a demonstration of their […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Sky need to smarten up about offering deaf customers subtitles for on-demand services

February 19, 2015 by

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When I transferred our TV services from Virgin to Sky last year, one thing that really helped me do so […]

Samuel Dore: The Frustrations of being a Deaf Cinephile

February 4, 2015 by

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I’m a kid of the 70’s and the 80’s when everything was analogue and celluloid. It was the era of […]

Deaf News: Ofcom publishes second report on quality of live subtitles

November 11, 2014 by

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Ofcom has published its second report on the quality of live subtitles in UK TV programmes. The report shows that broadcasters […]

Ask the chicken: My husband won’t let me turn on the subtitles on TV. What should I do?

October 26, 2014 by

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Here’s another popular article from our archive, first published in May 2013. Tell us which articles you think should be reposted by […]

“It’s amazing to find out that someone has gone back to the theatre after a 10 year absence.” Meet outgoing STAGETEXT CEO, Tabitha Allum

August 14, 2014 by

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After ten years leading STAGETEXT, the charity that work to provide access to theatre and the arts through captioning and […]

Emily Howlett: Dangermouse v Rastamouse! Accessible children’s television through the years

July 8, 2014 by

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When I was little, the television was huge and terrifying. No, really. It was a beast of a thing that […]