Audio Description in UK theatres: 2015 survey |
Welcome to our survey
VocalEyes is a charity that has provided an audio description service for theatres across the UK since 1998, making the performing arts accessible for people who are blind and partially sighted.
This survey aims to build up a picture of the provision of audio description and access for visually impaired people within theatres across the UK.
Our aim is twofold. We want to get a better understanding of the difficulties that venues face, and what they need from VocalEyes and other audio description providers, so we can improve our services and the activities that we should focus on in the future. We also want more information to help us campaign and advocate for better awareness and funding for the right of blind and partially sighted people to experience and enjoy the arts.
The information and opinions that you provide in the survey will be kept confidential. We plan to share the summary findings from the survey with the theatre community, but will ensure that it will not be possible to identify details about individual venues from the information or quotes in the public report.
If you have any concerns or questions, please email me and I will be happy to help.
This survey aims to build up a picture of the provision of audio description and access for visually impaired people within theatres across the UK.
Our aim is twofold. We want to get a better understanding of the difficulties that venues face, and what they need from VocalEyes and other audio description providers, so we can improve our services and the activities that we should focus on in the future. We also want more information to help us campaign and advocate for better awareness and funding for the right of blind and partially sighted people to experience and enjoy the arts.
The information and opinions that you provide in the survey will be kept confidential. We plan to share the summary findings from the survey with the theatre community, but will ensure that it will not be possible to identify details about individual venues from the information or quotes in the public report.
If you have any concerns or questions, please email me and I will be happy to help.
The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete, if you have the information to hand to answer all the questions. There is a technical section, which you may need to ask a colleague to complete. Here is a PDF version of the technical questions (opens in new window) that you can send them.
You can re-enter the survey at any time to update your responses, but only one entry per computer is allowed. We are only looking for one response per theatre.
Thank you for your time,
Matthew Cock
Chief Executive, VocalEyes
matthew@vocaleyes.co.uk