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Blog: A Day in the Life of a Captioner

28 Mar 2016

Captioning at Able involves thinking about how a sound should read. Closed captions keep time with speech, objects making sounds and music playing. What’s on screen shows the viewer a story, and captions show what happens audibly. Read more

Blog: Able’s new-look website

21 Mar 2016

Able’s website has undergone a recent facelift! It’s now even easier to find out what’s captioned and audio described on TV – check out the links on our home page, along with our programme highlights and upcoming news! Read more

Blog: Captions now available on Prime!

08 Feb 2016

Antiques, cops, trivia, drama and mystery are coming your way! From 13th February 2016, captions will be available on some programmes on Prime. Antiques Roadshow, Unforgotten, Limitless, University Challenge, Elementary and NCIS: New Orleans are just a few of the shows that will have captioning available on Prime. Read more

Blog: Silent Leadership Challenge 2015

07 Aug 2015

Wendy, Able's Chief Executive, is taking part in The National Foundation for the Deaf’s Silent Leadership Challenge this year. Read more

ABLE RESEARCH RESULTS

06 Mar 2015

In late 2014, Able commissioned Colmar Brunton carry out a research survey to discover the number of users of the captioning and audio description services, learn more about how we can reach them and identify any barriers to using the services we provide. Read more