121 Captions leads the field in bridging the gap between the hearing and deaf communities.
A group of independent professionals came together in 2003 and their services grew into 121 Captions. This group initially worked on assignments such as supplying speech to text for a deaf consultant in all her meetings, captioning international teleconference calls for a deaf professional, supplying transcripts of podcasts for an educational institution, providing sign language interpreters for a deaf entrepreneur at various social events in London, lipreading CCTV for the police and ransom tapes for the newsrooms, and providing deaf awareness consultancy and bespoke training to a team of hearing colleagues with a deaf member of staff.
Today, deaf and hard of hearing people are actively involved at all levels of 121 Captions, bringing a unique insight and wealth of experience that no other communication firm offers. Based on years of experience, we offer an “inside-out” view of meeting client needs, as opposed to other companies who offer an “outside-in” service.
THE TEAM
Our core team are experts at what they do, using their skills on a daily basis to communicate with people around them in a number of languages. Our team are made up of professional lipreaders, lipreading teachers, deaf awareness trainers and British Sign Language trainers. We are covered by professional indemnity and public liability insurance.
Our services are also provided by a carefully selected pool of freelance professionals, affiliated to international associations and bringing many areas of expertise to the firm. Some of our freelance associates are bilingual, including remote writers offering a realtime speech to text service and lipreaders offering a translation service for hearing people (e.g. transcriptions of silent videos or CCTV clips).
OUR CLIENTS
121 Captions works with a range of public and private sector clients. Clients include blue chip corporations, educational and cultural institutions, health care providers, law firms and the courts, the police, and private investigators.
Run by deaf people, for deaf people
