Subtitling the Past, Present and Future: Access for Deaf Visitors in Museums

Join Stagetext for a free webinar exploring how museums and heritage venues can reach more visitors by making events accessible to deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences.
 
1 in 3 adults in the UK are deaf, deafened or hard of hearing. In any group where there are three or four people, such as a family, a school trip, or a tour group, there’s a good chance at least one of them has some form of deafness, and you might not even know. For those 1 in 3, guided tours, talks and live events at museums and galleries are still out of reach. That means 1 in 3 of your potential visitors can’t engage fully with what you have to offer. This webinar looks at why that happens, what good access looks like, and how live subtitling can change that.
 
In this hour-long webinar we’ll hear from a Stagetext ambassador about what it’s like to access museum and gallery events as a deaf person. And we’ll take you through a real example of how Colchester Castle not only introduced live subtitles to their tours but redesigned them to be accessible.
 
What you’ll learn:
 
• The basics of understanding deaf audiences
• How live subtitles work in a museum or heritage setting
• Where automated subtitles might fit into this and what good subtitles look like
• What the process looks like for you as a venue
 
Why this matters:
 
When done well, access communicates your offering and values that much more clearly and effectively to deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing visitors, while elevating the experience for others, resulting in a wider reach, more engagement, and greater visitor loyalty.
 
Who should attend:
 
Museum and heritage professionals, including visitor experience teams, learning and engagement staff, and anyone responsible for events or access.
 
The webinar will be live subtitled by a STTR.