http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk VocalEyes | NEWS en-gb Copyright VocalEyes2013. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:09:11 GMT 60 http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1248 “Mission accomplished” as our 40th London Beyond Sight recording is completed and now on the website.
Well-known names from the arts, politics, architecture, theatre, science, sport, religion have worked with our describers to create audio descriptions of their favourite bit of London.

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1244 In the April/May 2013 issue of RNIB’s Vision Magazine.  Kim Normanton joined a group of blind and partially sighted people as they were about to go on stage for the touch tour prior to the audio -described performance of Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty at Sadler’s Wells in London.  After the performance Kim caught up again with the blind and partially sighted people to find out what they thought of the audio-description of Sleeping Beauty and Kim also spoke to VocalEyes Describers Bridget Crowley and Eleanor Margolies about how they approach describing ballet and dance.

]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1233 Brighton Museum needs your help!  They have been trialling RNIB Penfriends for their exhibitions and invite you to their 'Penfriend tester' afternoons on Friday 12 and Saturday 13 April at 2pm.

]]> Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1206 Discover the fascinating history of the Bank of England, from its foundation by Royal Charter in 1694 to its role today at the centre of the British economy.  This event is designed for blind and partially sighted people who are interested in visiting museums and galleries, but don’t have regular access to a companion who can accompany them.

]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1207 VocalEyes have been working with the Imperial War Museum Duxford to provide access for blind and partially sighted people to their new permanent exhibition and historic trail, Historic Duxford, which explores its time as an RAF airfield from 1918 to 1961.

]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1205 Tonight (Tuesday 26 March 2013) for the second year running young blind and partially sighted people aged 11 - 16  will have the opportunity to experience with audio description one of Shakespeare’s great works as part of the Globe Education’s flagship project Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank.

]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1193 VocalEyes freelance Audio Describers Di Langford and Lonny Evans will be describing IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END a dreamthinkspeak production presented by Somerset House Trust and King’s Cultural Institute on Mon/Tue 25/26 March.

]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1184 A new and valuable online toolkit which offers a step-by-step guide to programming audio described, captioned and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted performances has just been launched.....

]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1178 The Victorian and Edwardian Drawing Room, The Geffrye Museum, Wednesday 27 February from  6pm - 8pm.  This event is designed for blind and partially sighted people who are interested in visiting museums and galleries, but don't have regular access to a companion who can accompany them.

 

]]> Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1173 The Natural History Museum in London has recently worked with VocalEyes to provide access to their new Treasures Gallery through an audio described introduction and descriptions of the 22 extraordinary objects that are now on show.  The audio described guide will be available online to listen and download by the end of January.

]]> Fri, 18 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1162 VocalEyes would like to wish everyone a Very Happy new year.   We are sorry if you are having problems   opening or downloading files from our website.  This seems to be an intermittent problem for some people visiting our website but not for everyone.  Our web people are looking into this and we hope to have the problem resolved very soon.
 

]]> Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1109 The Greater London Authority, working with LiveTourism and Arkenford Ltd, is evaluating progress towards the Mayor’s aim for London to be a more welcoming and accessible city.  If you visit London for work, leisure or holidays they are looking for your views.  Do help them out.

]]> Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1101 VocalEyes is proud to be working again with the National Theatre to describe Richard Bean’s award-winning play, One Man, Two Guvnors as the production tours around the country this autumn and into early 2013.

]]> Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1090 Lord Harrison of Chester hosted an evening event at the House of Lords last night to mark the formal launch of London Beyond Sight.  Twenty nine landmarks are now live and on the site; and the remaining eleven are very near completion.

]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.vocaleyes.co.uk-1082 Our friends at RNIB's Cultural Inclusion Services are asking for your help to respond to their consultation to stress the importance of their focus on increasing access for blind and partially sighted people to sport, leisure, and cultural activities and opportunities for 2014-2019.

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