FESTIVAL.ORG is one of Europe’s leading outdoor arts producing organisations.

The Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDIF), is an annual celebration of outdoor arts, bringing together theatre, circus, dance and other live performances across public spaces in London.

As part of the commitment to making performances accessible to visually impaired audiences, GDIF provides live audio description across selected events, helping audiences experience and engage with the action as it happens.

The Challenge

Live audio description requires clear, reliable sound without distracting from the performance itself.

GDIF needed an audio system that would allow describers to deliver dynamic, real-time commentary directly to visually impaired audience members, while remaining comfortable and straightforward for listeners to use throughout a performance.

With events spanning theatre, circus, dance and more, the equipment also needed to provide consistently high-quality audio across a variety of live environments

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The Solution

We supplied the ListenTALK Tour Guide System to support GDIF's live audio description provision.

The system allows the audio describer’s commentary to be transmitted clearly and directly to audience members, giving listeners the freedom to enjoy the performance while receiving live descriptions of the visual action.

Portable, easy to use and offering excellent sound quality, ListenTALK provides GDIF with a flexible solution that can be used across its diverse programme of performances.

The Benefits

ListenTALK has helped GDIF deliver high-quality, creative and accessible live audio description while providing a comfortable and simple listening experience for its audiences.

Most importantly, the response from visually impaired festival-goers has been extremely positive:

“Absolutely brilliant – comfortable, easy to use and with fantastic sound quality.”

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