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Yuxiao Wang, Xulong Tang, Chen Chen, Rawan alghofaili: VocalEyes: Speaker-Aware Augmented Reality Captioning through In-Conversation Registration https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32983 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.32983 https://arxiv.org/html/2609.32983
September 29, 2026 at 6:41 AM
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VocalEyes is recruiting a blind or visually impaired Training and Consultancy Manager to lead accessibility training and consultancy across the arts and heritage sectors.

Closes: 13 Sept
Location: London
Salary: £36K FTE

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September 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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#Vacancy - Exciting opportunity at VocalEyes as Training and Consultancy Manager, location: London/hybrid.

More vacancy details here: https://www.visionary.org.uk/vacancies/training-and-consultancy-manager/

Closing date: 13 September 2026
September 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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#Vacancy - Exciting opportunity at VocalEyes as Training and Consultancy Manager, location: London/hybrid.

More vacancy details here: https://www.visionary.org.uk/vacancies/training-and-consultancy-manager/

Closing date: 13 September 2026
August 27, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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Are you an experienced trainer with lived experience of visual impairment?

Ready to lead improvement in access to Arts & Heritage?

Training & Consultancy Manager
VocalEyes
London | Hybrid | 21h/week | Permanent
Apply by 13th September via https://patchworkhub.link/Vocaleyes-TCMgr
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August 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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#Vacancy - Exciting opportunity at VocalEyes as Training and Consultancy Manager, location: London/hybrid.

More vacancy details here: https://www.visionary.org.uk/vacancies/training-and-consultancy-manager/

Closing date: 13 September 2026
August 24, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Progress your career with these roles on Patchwork Hub!

Finance Officer
Education Workforce Council
https://patchworkhub.link/EWC-FinOff 

Training & Consultancy Manager
VocalEyes
https://patchworkhub.link/Vocaleyes-TCMgr

Internships 2027
Sony Music UK
https://patchworkhub.link/sony-internships
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August 21, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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#Vacancy - Exciting opportunity at VocalEyes as Training and Consultancy Manager, location: London/hybrid.

More vacancy details here: https://www.visionary.org.uk/vacancies/training-and-consultancy-manager/

Closing date: 13 September 2026
August 20, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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🎨 Members of London Sight Loss Councils recently joined VocalEyes at the National Gallery for the final #DescribingHeritage workshop, helping shape audio description from the very start.

🎧 Hear participants discuss the project on BBC Radio 4's In Touch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00300j7
Vicky, a Southwest London Sight Loss Council member explores a textile artwork laid on a table at the National Gallery. Leaning closely over the piece, she uses touch to examine the different textures, threads and embroidered details within the artwork. Denise, South East London Sight Loss Council member, Liam O'Carroll, Interim Engagement Manager for London Sight Loss Councils, Vicky and Nikki, South West London Sight Loss Council members, and Iain Mitchell, Senior Engagement Manager for North England, stand together in front of a large framed painting at the National Gallery. Liam and Nikki are holding long canes, and all five face the camera.
August 12, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Shaping accessible heritage together 🎧

Essex Sight Loss Council members joined VocalEyes at the Food Museum in Stowmarket to help co-create engaging audio descriptions for museum visitors. Accessibility is strongest when people with lived experience help shape it. #DescribingHeritage
ee Mercer, a member of Essex Sight Loss Council, sits at a table during a Describing Heritage workshop at the Food Museum in Stowmarket. Wearing a light blue Sight Loss Councils polo shirt, Lee explores a historic metal and wooden object placed on the table in front of him. Members or Essex Sight Loss Council and museum staff sit around a large wooden table in a historic room at the Food Museum in Stowmarket. One participant uses a braille device while taking part in a group discussion with museum staff and workshop attendees.
July 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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VocalEyes are offering a nine-month Archive and Engagement Assistant Internship through the Get Set Progress programme.

Closing: 17 Jul
Location: London
Pay: £14.80/hour

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July 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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🎧 Helping shape the future of audio description!

West of England and Gloucestershire & Swindon Sight Loss Council members joined VocalEyes at the Holburne Museum in Bath to explore how museums can make audio description more engaging and accessible.

👉 Next stop: The Food Museum, Stowmarket.
Hilary, a member of West of England Sight Loss Council, sits at a table examining an object during the Describing Heritage workshop at the Holburne Museum in Bath. A staff member sits opposite, while workshop materials are spread across the table. The room has bright yellow walls and a large window overlooks trees outside. Yahya Pandor, Engagement Manager for South West England, holds a framed artwork during the Describing Heritage workshop at the Holburne Museum in Bath. Aimee, a member of Gloucestershire & Swindon Sight Loss Council, and Hilary, a member of West of England Sight Loss Council, stand outside the Holburne Museum in Bath following the Describing Heritage co-creation workshop with VocalEyes. The historic museum building, with its grand stone façade and columns, forms the backdrop
July 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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From our friends @vocaleyes.bsky.social
As part of the @pocklington.bsky.social Get Set Progress internship programme, VocalEyes are recruiting an Archive and Engagement Assistant -apply by 17th July, 5pm and help shape the story of VocalEyes!
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Help Shape the Story of VocalEyes
As VocalEyes prepares to mark its 30th anniversary, we're delighted to be offering a nine-month Archive and Engagement Assistant Internship through the Get Set Progress programme, a partnership betwee...
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July 1, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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Bringing heritage to life through audio description 🎧

Our partnership with VocalEyes continues through the #DescribingHeritage project, with Yorkshire and Staffordshire SLC members helping museums shape more accessible experiences for blind and partially sighted visitors.

#VisionForChange
Tony, West Yorkshire SLC member, Verity, North Yorkshire SLC member, and a staff member sit around a table in a meeting room with glass walls. Tony examines a metal artefact with both hands while the other two observe. A Japanese bullet train is displayed inside the National Railway Museum in York. The streamlined train, with a white body and yellow front, sits beneath a large circular display structure illuminated with coloured lights. The museum's vast exhibition hall stretches into the background, featuring multiple historic locomotives and trains under a high steel-framed roof. Visitors can be seen walking around the exhibits and viewing the collection from both floor level and an upper gallery. A group of Staffordshire Sight Loss Council members, Gladstone Pottery Museum staff and project partners stand together for a group photograph following a workshop session at Gladstone Pottery Museum. The group is arranged in a workshop room with cream-coloured walls, tables and chairs visible around the space.
June 23, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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Been having a dig in the VocalEyes audio library and it's amazing. Audio description for lots of venues and artworks/artefacts - such a skill. Going to share with our SEND Galleries CoP as our focus has been around access and visual/sensory maps and this is a great addition.

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Audio – VocalEyes
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May 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Sussex SLC joined VocalEyes for our second #DescribingHeritage workshop at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill.

Volunteers explored artefacts through touch-first sessions, helping co-create more meaningful audio description for blind & partially sighted people.

Next stop: Chatham Historic Dockyard
Two hands hold a curved, ivory, coloured object. The object is etched with a detailed line drawing of a sailing ship, with multiple masks and rigging. Alison and Paul, Sussex SLC members, sit at a table during the co-creation workshop. Alison is in the forefront of the picture, and is reaching out to touch stone artefacts on a labelled board.
May 1, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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SLCs are supporting VocalEyes’ #DescribingHeritage project, kickstarting the project at Barnsley Museum.

SLC members are co-creating audio descriptions to make heritage more accessible for blind and partially sighted people. First of 10 location - next stop, Bexhill.
A group of volunteers and facilitators sit around several tables during the Describing Heritage workshop at Barnsley Museum. Participants are sat closely together in discussion. The room is bright with large windows.
April 22, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Delighted to report 100% pass rate for the VocalEyes/ NT audio description training course. 8 new audio describers, writers, actors, theatre people, teamworkers, all from the global majority and ready to bring their skills to a show near you!
February 20, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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An exciting new project will help improve access to museums, galleries and heritage sites for visually impaired people.

Our Toby Davey spoke with Lindsay Bywood from VocalEyes - describing the arts to learn about their Describing Heritage Project, upcoming workshops and more.
VocalEyes Describing Heritage: Co-creating Access - Update
An update on the VocalEyes Describing Heritage: Co-creating Access Project, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund with the input of blind and partially sighted people from a number of Thomas...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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Coming up on Saturday 7th February, 3pm an audio described tour of Monument: To the Unimportant, by VocalEyes at London's Pace Gallery. Tickets are free!🏛️
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Audio-described tour: Monument to the Unimportant
Audio-described by VocalEyes. Join VocalEyes describer Di Langford to explore the Monument to the Unimportant exhibition at London's Pace Gallery. The group exhibition brings together sculptures, pain...
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January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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#VocalEyes and Sight Loss Councils are partnering to co-create inclusive audio descriptions for heritage collections. Over 2 years, 10 hubs will work with blind and partially sighted people to improve access to museums and heritage sites.

#DescribingHeritage #MakeArtAccessible”
A male wearing headphones and a dark jacket is standing in front of framed artwork on a white gallery wall. A small audio device is attached to the wall near the artwork.
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Time for some audio described theatre highlights!

We caught up with Jess from VocalEyes to look at some fantastic upcoming productions, including a festive ballet, a classic fable, something for fans of the Kinks, and even a touch of Shakespeare.
VocalEyes What’s On 11 December 2025
Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts f...
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December 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Let's round up what's coming up in accessible arts with Jess Beal from VocalEyes!

And this week, we have a family friendly musical about everyone's favourite hero, a thrilling retelling of a Harper Lee classic, and a round up of upcoming pantos!
VocalEyes What’s On 25 November 2025
Now for a roundup of accessible arts events as RNIB Connect Radio's Paulina Kuchorew catches up with Jess Beal from VocalEyes, the national audio description charity providing access to the arts f...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🌟 Meanwhile our member VocalEyes brings art and culture to life for blind and visually impaired people at theatres, museums, galleries, heritage sites and online.

We're proud to work with these organisations and others in making #heritage accessible!
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September 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Great information day for the VocalEyes/National Theatre audio description info day. Nearly 30 people applying for 8 places.
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM