It seems that I have a black tie dinner or formal sit-down dinner every week from now until the end of the year. I’ve talked before about some of the issues around black tie dinners for people who are hard of hearing and/or lip read. However, today I wanted to…
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There are all sorts of challenges when you lip-read. Many are physical barriers, but often lighting can be a real problem. It can be too bright, too dark, too many shadows, or the simply the light is going in the wrong direction. (I’m starting to feel a little like goldilocks…
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So after the last cinema experience where no subtitles were available. I decided that this time that as it wasn’t an independent film and it was a mainstream movie with subtitles that I was going to ask for the subtitles to be included in the movie particularly as it was…
One CommentThere are all sorts of challenges when you lip-read. Many are physical barriers, but often lighting can be a real problem. One pet hate is where I am sitting talking to someone and it is really bright behind them and therefore I can’t see them clearly enough to actually lip-read…
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Are you offering your staff/attendees/members access to the recordings of webinars and events? Have you checked if your recordings are accessible? You should offer either subtitles/closed captions on all your recordings (and although automated captions are terrible, I’d rather have automated captions than nothing at all) or a transcript (or…
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Subtitles can be difficult when it comes to comedy. Subtitles are often not available and if they are available they are out of sync with what is being said. The challenge with subtitles and comedy is that comedy is often heavily reliant on wordplay, puns, and linguistic humor. Additionally, comedy…
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Earlier this week I attended the BDF Annual Conference Back to the Future. It was a great event and designed with inclusion in mind. It had full subtitles on each of the screens (and available online to put on your own personal device if you preferred) and BLS interpreters. It…
One CommentThis week I attended a black tie dinner with an after dinner speaker. The room was beautifully decorated with balloons. However, when it came to the part of the evening where speeches were made and the after dinner speaker said their piece, it became incredible difficult to see and hear.…
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