We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding by The National Lottery for a project to help develop the way we work with our volunteers, ambassadors, and our user panel. The funding will help to support our Ambassadors programme, where we work with volunteers of a range of ages, types of hearing … Continued
We are now offering free listings on our website for captioned and subtitled events. We are one of the leading suppliers of captioning and subtitling within the arts and we are offering any theatre, museum, gallery, or other cultural venue holding accessible events free listings on our website. Our website is often the first port … Continued
Stagetext would like to take a moment to thank all of our incredibly generous supporters who kindly donated to us over Christmas and New Year’s. As a charity, we survive on the kindness of our patrons and we are incredibly thankful for everyone who, with their donations, are helping us to continue making theatre, museums, … Continued
Talks
The Green House
18 Mar 2025, 10:00 am
Written by Zoe Moores, PhD student at Roehampton University October and November saw the first series of events in the Respeaking at Live Events research project. It was a really busy and exciting time for everyone involved and I couldn’t have done it without the support of so many people. Let me take this opportunity … Continued
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Sopwell House
14 Mar 2025, 9:30 am
The Mendoza Review released on 14 November, is an independent review outlining key recommendations for how the government can support the museums sector in England. Disappointingly, while it does talk about inclusion and diversity, it doesn’t cover access for d/Deaf and disabled people. There are a growing number of museums who, with the help of organisations like … Continued
The State of Theatre Access report, produced in partnership between Stagetext, VocalEyes, and Include Arts, visited 659 UK theatre websites to discern the level of access information being presented by each venue. The report, which shows only 72 per cent of UK theatres provide even the most basic access information, breaks down theatres by regions … Continued
The National Theatre and Stagetext in partnership, testing new access technology Melanie Sharpe, Stagetext CEO “You may have heard that The National Theatre have announced that they are developing smart glasses, which will allow users to see captions for theatre performances on a screen directly in front of their eyes. This technology will eventually allow … Continued
Become a Caption Hero this Captioning Awareness Week Caption Awareness Week is an annual event which raises awareness of captioning, and live subtitling. Captioning gives deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences equal access to arts events such as theatre plays, musicals, museum talks, tours and literary festivals. In 2017 Caption Awareness Week will take … Continued
Written by Zoe Moores, PHD student at Roehampton University Thanks again to everyone who took part in the survey on live subtitling. It was really interesting to read all your responses and to share your experiences of access on television and at events over the years. I really appreciate the time you spent on this. … Continued
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ITC
18 Mar 2025, 10:30 am
