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BBC News’ video on smart caption glasses

It’s been exciting to see the smart caption glasses develop and we’ve been advising on the project to help ensure they will be a valuable form of additional access. It was great to see the BBC’s recent report on these glasses and on access to the arts. We wanted to talk about the description of … Continued

The National Theatre’s Smart Glasses Offer More Access

Today sees the launch of The National Theatre’s (NT) state-of-the-art smart caption glasses, which will increase theatre access for d/Deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences. Stagetext closely advised on the project which aims to make every production that the NT produce accessible to audiences on any day and at any time, with their “Open … Continued

Introducing ‘Stagetext working with MyClearText’

Stagetext are pleased to announce we will be working with MyClearText in our delivery of live subtitles across the arts and culture sector. The agreement will see MyClearText delivering live subtitling services to a number of Stagetext’s existing arts clients, including for talks and tours at museums and galleries. The new arrangement will allow Stagetext … Continued

Stagetext training at Guildhall School of Music and Drama

We’d like to thank Guildhall School of Music and Drama for hosting Stagetext and all of those who took part in our successful training session. The students at Guildhall learnt about the importance of regular captioned shows, the role of a captioner, the technology behind captioning, and how to work with Stagetext and other access providers … Continued

Stagetext have secured National Lottery funding

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

Thank you to all our generous donors

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

Respeaking at Live Events – An Update From Zoe Moores

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

A message from Melanie Sharpe

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

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

Respeaking at Live Events – A Message from Zoe

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

Stagetext Goes to RADA

July marks a first for Stagetext as we work with the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) on their first ever captioned show, Untouchable. The show is part of the annual RADA Festival, held at the prestigious drama school, which brings together an eclectic range of artists, writers, directors and practitioners to celebrate the possibilities of … Continued

Arts Council England uplift funding for museums, talks and tours programme

Stagetext is delighted to announce that The Arts Council England (ACE) has increased our funding to include support for the first time to our museum and galleries Talks programme. In the last year Stagetext captioned over 1,000 events within Theatres, Museums and Galleries, reaching an estimated 350,000 users; the ACE funding will allow Stagetext to … Continued
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