The deaf community are ‘angry’ at ‘being kept in the dark’ as Channel 4 subtitle fiasco rages on – amid 500 Ofcom complaints
The deaf community has received little communication fromas to when subtitles and other audio and visual aids will return to screens, according to hearing loss charity Signal.
Jo pointed out if the issue was instead a lack of sound, ‘the reaction would be totally different’ and added: ‘Where’s the equality in that respect?’Jo went on to say: ‘Sometimes I think they feel like with it being on TV programme we can follow body language or we can rely on other factors, but realistically without subtitles we can’t really do anything.
She told us: ‘There’s one main complaint: that a TV licence is paid for and unfortunately people can’t enjoy those TV programmes.Adam Hills poked fun at the broadcaster’s ongoing issues earlier this month He shared to: ‘This whole situation is reminiscent of the issues faced by Deaf cinemagoers, where poor communication and subtitled content being few and far between creates an appalling game of catch-up.
‘A clear joined-up approach to communications needs to be established between Ofcom, Red Bee and TV channels such as Channel 4. I also believe, as we are now entering our third week of the outage, Ofcom needs to step in.
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