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Leading the field - Betty Siegel
Annual LEAD conference for accessible arts set for August
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Established in 2000, LEAD attracts people in the arts industry whose common goal is to create cultural arts programs that are inclusive of people with disabilities and seniors. Presenters from around the world bring their expertise to the stage and this year’s conference includes presentations on:
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Describing Judy Dixey
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1. How long have you been with VocalEyes?
The post of Executive Director was advertised in summer of 2004 and I was appointed in September, so it’s jolly nearly ten years.
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UK theatre captioners receive research funding
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Stagetext is developing CaptionCue, an automated caption cueing system which will make it cheaper for venues to offer captioning for certain theatre productions to Deaf and hearing impaired arts patrons. The system is being developed in London by Stagetext with Screen Subtitling Systems Ltd and Dr Pablo Romero-Fresco of Roehampton University.
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Accessible media and the autism spectrum
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Judith Garman, a researcher in the UK has done extensive work in this area. “Captions and audio description are a metaphorical ramp and provide a different kind of value to people on the autistic spectrum,” wrote Garman in 2011.
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Captioned theatre funding program for US regional venues
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The partnerships, developed as the National Open Captioning Initiative, are funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the MetLife Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The funding is put directly towards the service and its promotion, as opposed to providing a cheque to the partners.
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Sydney Opera House unveils its 2014 Access Program
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Highlights of the program include the addition of live captioning of the digital education program via video conferencing for students and an audio description smartphone app for patrons attending performances. The Opera House is also working on captioning its past Talks and Ideas videos on its online video portal as well as future uploads.
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Audio desciption at the Adelaide Festival
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Five theatre performances will be audio described by newly established Adelaide access company
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New audio description business flourishes in South Australia
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Formed in 2009 as Arts SA’s Disability and Arts Transition Team (DATT), initial purchase of audio description receivers and broadcasters allowed DATT to branch out and offer audio description to venues and arts companies not traditionally part of the fixed venue service, then offered by the Royal Society for the Blind.
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