This is a detailed and comprehensive chat about the technology used in theatres for assistive listening and audio description. James has a huge amount of knowledge and experience in this area, and we look at all the different options out there - loop systems, infrared, radio, WiFi, and Bluetooth including Auracast - and discuss the pros and cons of each one.

Links:

James Bottrill - email

orchard.audio.services@gmail.com

Ampetronic

https://www.ampetronic.com/

Listen Technologies

https://www.listentech.com/

Sennheiser

https://www.sennheiser.com/

Williams

https://williamsav.com/

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Paul Adams is currently Access Project Manager for The Royal Ballet and Opera in London and has been there just over a year. Before that he worked in Singapore, and has spent his career in creative learning departments working hard to make the arts accessible. We have a chat about what it’s like working for such a large organisation, tips and hints he has for effecting change, and things he thinks have worked well, and others which have been more of a learning curve. I hope you enjoy it.


Links

Royal Ballet and Opera

https://www.rbo.org.uk/

Paul’s page on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-anthony-adams-a-world-with-access-to-arts-experiences-for-all-8288a821/

Ramps on the Moon Project

https://rampsonthemoon.co.uk/

ATG Theatres – access page

https://www.atgtickets.com/access/

Devon Healey

https://discover.research.utoronto.ca/32146-devon-healey

Paul Hamlyn Christmas Treat

https://www.rbo.org.uk/learning/families/paul-hamlyn-christmas-treat

The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party – ZooNation

https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/the-mad-hatters-tea-party-details

Singapore Theatre’s Inclusive Young Company

https://www.srt.com.sg/young-company-past-productions

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In this episode, recorded at Tom and Caroline's house, we have a great discussion about audio description. Tom is a general all-round arts-lover and has been blind all his life so has used audio description for many years now, particularly for theatre, opera and for historic buildings. And Caroline, his wife, has supported him in this, and was on the board of Vocaleyes for five years. So they are both full of lots of thoughts on what works, what doesn't and how people can make their work or their space accessible to blind people.

Thanks for listening! You can see all episodes on my website www.alicegilmour.com.