For many of us, watching captioned performances can be frustrating - we all watch the same monitors displaying the live text as the performance progresses.
The way deaf people watch captioned theatre could be changing with the launch of a new device.
AirScript's developers, Cambridge Consultants, hope the handsets will attract more tourists to theatres.
The captions, received over wifi, scroll throughout live performances.
The handsets have LED backlighting with a black background and orange text to minimise glare. They have a battery life of up to six hours.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8380266.stm
Sensations on the skin play a part in how people hear speech, say Canadian researchers.
A study found that inaudible puffs of air delivered alongside certain sounds influenced what participants thought they were listening to.
Writing in the journal Nature, the team said the findings showed that audio and visual clues were not the only important factors in how people hear.
That doesn't surprise us at See Hear - we've found that many deaf people are more sensitive to vibration and external stimuli. For more on this story click the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8374910.stm
The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust has partnered with Neath Films to launch the Zoom Short Film Scheme.
Zoom aims to create opportunities for 6 British Deaf filmmakers and their teams.
The BSLBT and Neath Films will provide the successful applicants with:
- £2,000 of funding to make a short film up to 15 minutes in length
- The opportunity to work over an intensive 1 month period with
- Neath Films to make their film
- Production insurance cover
- Production support
- Post production support
- Access to high-end online post production facilities and talent
Guidance notes and the application form can be downloaded from www.neathfilms.com/Zoom.html
The deadline for applications is 12:00 Monday 14th December 2009.
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