This is a companion article to my article for Limping Chicken ‘Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf’ which was published on 23 March. Please read that article first! Remote captioning: Some people wanted to know more about remote captioning of meetings and seminars. I have produced, in conjunction with Orla Pearson of My ClearText Ltd, a 15 … More
ICO spoke to Helen Wright, Festival Coordinator at Scottish Queer International Film Festival (SQIFF) about her experience of ensuring the festival is accessible to all audiences. Helen explains how SQIFF integrates access across their organisation and events, making this integral to their work from the very start.
Make videos online more accessible. Tired of videos lacking subtitles? Substital is a browser extension that lets you make videos more accessible online by adding subtitles or closed-captions. Whether it is for entertainment, language learning, or to make the videos accessible to the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, Substital is the ideal solution. Get it now on … More
Since 2019, all of Matchbox Cineclub’s screenings are subtitled, part of our commitment to making our events as accessible as possible. We also provide a professional subtitling service, with a particular expertise in film exhibition. Matchbox Cine can provide descriptive subtitles/SDH/captions for theatrical and non-theatrical exhibition, trailers, social media, broadcast television or any moving image … More
We can offer advice on the best practice and professional tips for creating online subtitles yourself, which includes 1 to 1 training in the online subtitling methods
Wondering how to add subtitles to your videos? Frustrated with the inaccuracy of automated transcription? In this article, you’ll learn how to create a customized SRT file to add time-stamped captions to your videos.
In our multi-tasking world, few of us sit down at our computers to watch online videos. In fact, 75% of all video plays are on mobile devices rather than desktops or laptops. And since we’re watching these videos while we’re on-the-go, a huge number of them are watched with no sound. At work, on the … More
An enormous number of people with unimpaired hearing are choosing to watch with words. Why? And is it time captions became the norm?
Deaf Awareness Week, co-ordinated by UK Council on Deafness is a campaign in which many different organisations participate, each able to promote their own work within the broad spectrum of deafness.
Many organisations collaborate and work together in a joint campaign of UK wide national and local events to raise awareness of the needs of the 1 in 6 deaf or hard of hearing people in the UK. Deaf Awareness Week aims to promote the positive aspects of deafness, promote social inclusion and raise awareness of the huge range of local organisations that support deaf people and their family and friends.
There are many ways in which cinemas and exhibitors can get involved to promote d/Deaf awareness within their organisations and for audiences. From staff learning some basic BSL signing to programming more captioned subtitled films to always adding subtitles to social media content, here are some resources to get you started.
When planning film exhibition initiatives online it is important to think about access and inclusion for everyone.
Things to think about regarding d/Deaf awareness and online film exhibition:
We would love to know about your film or cinema project at Inclusive Cinema. If you’d like to submit your own case study, please download this Inclusive screening case study template and submit it to toki[at]filmhubwales.org, so we can share your experiences, too.
Whether you already caption, aren’t sure if you need to caption, or are completely new to closed captioning, you’ll find something to learn in this guide.
