We are extremely proud of our multi-award-winning GoTheatrical!™ technology.
This patented technology has become so popular with Australian venues and patrons alike that it is now the only theatre captioning technology and service offered in Australia.
GoTheatrical!™ uses plasmas/LCD screens for its caption display. We believe these screen types have many advantages over traditional captioning technology used elsewhere in the world, including:
- Inexpensive to purchase or hire. Readily available from local suppliers.
- Lightweight, easy to transport
- Allow for display of multiple coloured texts (colours specifically selected for ease of reading)
- Allow for up to 8 lines of text on screen, as opposed to just 3 with traditional captioning technology
- Coloured texts mean it is not necessary to preface dialogue with character names every time an actor speaks; for example, in scenes where there are only two characters on stage, there is no need to preface with character names every time they speak as colour change makes differentiation between actors’ lines very clear
- Allow for positioning of captions on screen to correspond with where the actors are located on stage, making characters’ lines easy to identify
- Allow for display of italicised texts and musical notes, making song lyrics and sound effect descriptions easy to identify
- Allow for up to 37 characters on a line, as opposed to only 32 with traditional captioning technology
- Allow for captions to be cued phrase by phrase, pop-up style, as opposed to smooth scrolling.
- Allow for more precise timing of the captions being cued to screen
- Glare issues minimised as handhelds are fitted with polarising filters and plasma/LCD screens allow for contrast ratios/brightness levels to be set to low and can be fitted with an inexpensive piece of sheer black cloth (completely invisible to the audience) that blocks out all glare during non-captioned segments of performances.
- Permit the display of accented letters on screen, so languages other than English can be displayed accurately. This is not possible with traditional captioning technology.
GoTheatrical!™ can be provided on both plasma/LCD screens and handheld devices simultaneously at the same performances. In fact, it is believed that The Canberra Theatre Centre is the first venue in the world to be offering such a service for its patrons.
Please note that our simultaneous open and closed captioning service provides ‘manually cued’ captioning, where the captions appear in sync with the dialogue.
In 2012, we are launching our new, patented GoTheatrical! Mobile™ service. Patrons will be able to download an App which allows theatre captions to be displayed on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touches. An Android version is planned for later in 2012.
For more information on our GoTheatrical! theatre captioning service, including complete listings of upcoming captioned performances, please visit our website at www.theatrecaptioning.com.au.
