Seeing differently: The surprising ways we can gain insight into impairment
Captioner Robert Potter also holds the position of fire warden in our UK office. Here, he describes how his training taught him not just about fire safety, but how it unexpectedly also improved his understanding of people’s different levels of ability. Whether we have a temporary or permanent impairment – and it’s inevitable that this will apply to every...
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Our captioner will LITERALLY jump through hoops for you!
When I tell someone I’m a respeaker/captioner, I get asked two main questions. Firstly, “What the heck is that?” Secondly, usually something along the lines of, “How did you get into that, or what made you want to do that?” Well, I’m here to tell you what makes me tick, because we captioners are an interesting lot, and you...
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National Week of Deaf People – Strengthening Human Diversity
As the National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) is approaching this weekend, I took the opportunity to reflect on this annual event, and what it means for me as a deaf person in 2014. This year’s theme for this week NWDP is Strengthening Human Diversity. This theme celebrates and recognises the diversity and richness of the deaf community, both...
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From Voluntary to Corporate – Meet Eileen Hopkins, Executive Director UK
Having worked in the voluntary sector for most of my career, I expected the hard-edged corporate world to be very different. What a surprise to find a dynamic commercial organisation with a strong sense of social purpose. With the stated aim, “Global Impact, One Word at a Time,” Ai-Media seeks to enable access all over the world for those...
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Some Thoughts on ASD
With Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now estimated to be affecting 1 in 100 children worldwide, governments, local authorities, schools and colleges, and not least families, are looking for answers as to how to ensure the best possible outcomes for those affected. Children and adults with an ASD spend much of their lives in a heightened state of anxiety. Their...
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Ai-Media’s Alex Jones Steps Down
Ai-Media co-founder Alex Jones today announced his departure from his day-to-day role at the company. Mr Jones remains a shareholder and will continue to be an ambassador for Ai-Media’s vision of ending the experience of exclusion faced by people with disability. Ai-Media was founded in 2003 as a captioning provider and social enterprise dedicated to ending social, educational and...
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From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Ai-Media recommends changes to the Employee Share Scheme. “It’s better to tax the goose after it has laid the golden egg, rather than pluck its feathers in the hope it might”, says Ai-Media’s CEO, Tony Abrahams. Incentivising and rewarding long term performance by Ai-Media employees is a key strategic priority. Ai-Media’s ESS is a key mechanism for driving this....
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Why I Became a Captioner
Will English recently started at Ai-Media and has become a much valued trooper in our respeaking squadron. As his surname suggests, he has a natural aptitude for words and is currently respeaking for the students in schools and universities, as well as training to become a live TV broadcast captioner. Will described the training experience at Ai-Media as being...
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Ai-Live @ Work
Ai-Media has released their latest video, Ai-Live@Work, which highlights early stage pilot testing with The Westpac Group and Telstra. Claire Stewart, The Westpac Group’s Diversity & Flexibility Manager, speaks of the powerful transformational impact of Ai-Live™@Work, and users discuss their experiences with this innovative realtime speech-to-text solution within a workplace setting.
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