Events and performances are taking place at cultural venues across the UK this week to boost recognition of the needs of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing audiences.
Captioning Awareness Week, which runs 14-19 November, also aims to raise awareness of captioned and live-subtitled cultural events among people with hearing loss.
To mark the event, Stagetext, the leading captioning charity, has launched a special offer for £100 off the total booking cost for the first five cultural venues to book either subtitles for an online film, a captioned or live subtitled event. The booking can relate to any theatre show or arts and cultural event taking place in 2017.
In a recent survey, Stagetext found that around 25,000 people benefited from a captioned or live subtitled event last year. But it is estimated that 11 million people in the UK have some degree of hearing loss.
Stagetext works with cultural venues and at events such as theatre plays, musicals, museum talks and tours, and literary festivals to break down barriers for those who can hear less well. The recent Museums Association conference in Glasgow used the company’s expertise for live captioning.
A list of what’s happening where and when across the UK is available on Stagetext's website. To apply for the discount offer, email rosie@stagetext.org with the subject line “booking offer”.
Melanie Sharpe, the chief executive of Stagetext said: “A huge number of individuals could benefit from captioning and live subtitling but are unaware it exists. Captioning Awareness Week aims to address that, meaning that audience members with various forms of hearing loss, or anyone who misses a word here and there, can have their theatrical and cultural experiences transformed.”
There is also a Twitter campaign to boost awareness, #CAPaware16, which aims to encourage cultural venues to support the venture.
Captioning Awareness Week, which runs 14-19 November, also aims to raise awareness of captioned and live-subtitled cultural events among people with hearing loss.
To mark the event, Stagetext, the leading captioning charity, has launched a special offer for £100 off the total booking cost for the first five cultural venues to book either subtitles for an online film, a captioned or live subtitled event. The booking can relate to any theatre show or arts and cultural event taking place in 2017.
In a recent survey, Stagetext found that around 25,000 people benefited from a captioned or live subtitled event last year. But it is estimated that 11 million people in the UK have some degree of hearing loss.
Stagetext works with cultural venues and at events such as theatre plays, musicals, museum talks and tours, and literary festivals to break down barriers for those who can hear less well. The recent Museums Association conference in Glasgow used the company’s expertise for live captioning.
A list of what’s happening where and when across the UK is available on Stagetext's website. To apply for the discount offer, email rosie@stagetext.org with the subject line “booking offer”.
Melanie Sharpe, the chief executive of Stagetext said: “A huge number of individuals could benefit from captioning and live subtitling but are unaware it exists. Captioning Awareness Week aims to address that, meaning that audience members with various forms of hearing loss, or anyone who misses a word here and there, can have their theatrical and cultural experiences transformed.”
There is also a Twitter campaign to boost awareness, #CAPaware16, which aims to encourage cultural venues to support the venture.
