Use our captioning equipment!
Mon 03 Mar 2025
A brand new set of captioning equipment is now available to borrow thanks to a Micro-Capital Access Grant from Unlimited x WYCA that Transform received in August 2024.
The equipment will improve access provision for our biennial international festivals and our year-round commissioning, development and co-creation work.
We’re sharing this resource via an informal access-focussed network, to ensure it can be as impactful as possible for disabled artists and audiences across West Yorkshire and beyond, in between our own usage.
The equipment will be available to borrow from March 2025 onwards (up until Transform’s next festival in October 2025). There’s no set cost for hiring this equipment, but as a registered charity, and in line with our access framework and festival ticketing model, we would welcome a ‘Pay What You Can’ donation to support the cost of maintaining it.
Equipment spec available
- Full Colour Venue / Caption Display 5mm pitch RGB LEDs (D4 352/64 RGB)
- HD 1920 x 1080 Laptop with software pre-downloaded: SopraText Captioning; SopraText Venue; Script Formatter
- DHCP router to automatically connect displays
- Cabling: 1 x 50mm Cat5E; 3 x 10m Cat5E
- T-Bar to fit lighting/PA stand
- Wind-up PA stand
You will need
- To arrange your own collection and return of the equipment according to an agreed schedule.
- A representative from your organisation to have some basic training delivered by a member of the Transform team upon collection of the equipment.
- To commission or provide your own script/content for integration with the software, and your own technical personnel for operation of the equipment.
- Proof of adequate insurance cover to include the equipment for the duration of the scheduled period of use.
To enquire about availability, please contact [email protected] with details of your project and dates of your request.