Think Outside the Vox

Think Outside the Vox Accessibility consulting/training centering antiableist/antiracist framing to arts institutions and artists.

Think Outside the Vox is excited to work with Open Door Arts on Deaf representation and ASL Interpretation for their Art...
09/03/2026

Think Outside the Vox is excited to work with Open Door Arts on Deaf representation and ASL Interpretation for their Arts & Culture Accessibility Hub modules. We caught up with Dani and Nicole at Access/VSA International Network LEAD Conference in Philly before going back into the recording studio in Boston for round two. Waving hands to the Deaf interpreters and consultants Catie Eller and Rachel Berman-Kobylarz, with VOX co-founder and renowned ASL interpreter Christopher Robinson and CODA/ASL Interpreter Ingrid O'Dell on organizing, facilitating, and supporting the production process.

Image Description: group photo of ODA and VOX teams at the LEAD Conference in Philly standing in front of a beige wall and behind ODA’s table which is dressed with multicolored printed materials and a small laptop screen displaying the video modules, which shows Dani speaking and Cate signing in ASL. All smile at the camera and gesture towards the screen. From left to right: Nicole Agois, a light-skinned Latina with shoulder length brown hair wears dangly earrings and a long white shirt, smiling and pointing. Dani Rose, a white, q***r, AFAB brunette with dimples and a big smile wears a blue and white thin striped collared dress and gestures a palm. Sam Gould, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman with salt and pepper hair wears purple glasses on her head, a purple VOX t-shirt, VOX lanyard decked out with pins and purple f***y pack, gesturing a palm. Outlaw, a thin, white, nonbinary person with short light brown hair and glasses who has tattoos on their right forearm wears thin framed silver glasses, a black facemask, purple button down and beige pants gestures two palms. Olivia, a Hard of Hearing mixed Latinx with olive skin and dark brown curly hair tied up high a purple VOX shirt, nametag, and black pants, showing the ASL sign for “finish”, an open 5-handshape.

09/01/2026

VOX is proud to announce its second DASL Training starting October 2026! This is a free multi-part workshop for experienced AND emerging Deaf, DeafBlind and Hard of Hearing creatives who want to explore and expand their ASL dramaturgy and leadership in the performing arts. The program includes four virtual classes (all Wednesdays in October) and multiple opportunities for observing DASL rehearsals and ASL-interpreted performances. Trainers Kristin Johnson and Rachel Berman-Kobylarz share more about the training in ASL (Descriptive Transcript in the comments.)

We have 10 spots open for our Fall 2026 DASL Cohort - APPLY TODAY! https://forms.gle/a4JgU9VyEomfsLym8 This year’s DASL Training for Fall 2026 is made possible with funding by the National Endowment for the Arts.

08/28/2026

Are you activating accessibility from the beginning? How are you promoting accessibility to ALL of your patrons?

As we enter the 2026-2027 performing arts season, Director of Artistic Sign Language Kristin Johnson kindly reminds us: Let’s proactively shift away from access as a charity and embrace access as infrastructure.

Connect with us at ThinkOutsideTheVox.org and explore how you can engage Kristin and more of our Deaf, Blind, and disabled creatives and consultants in your upcoming performances, exhibits, and events.

Descriptive Transcript pinned in the comments.

We're excited to provide American Sign Language interpretation at Calmer Con! Interpreters will be at the event to assis...
08/26/2026

We're excited to provide American Sign Language interpretation at Calmer Con! Interpreters will be at the event to assist with workshops, presentations, and more.

Just let us know at registration: when you sign up for Calmer Con, on the details page there will be a question asking if you need ASL interpretation services—be sure to check yes!

Calmer Con is an all-ages, sensory-adjusted, neurodiversity-friendly event featuring comic creators, workshops, tabletop and video games, entertainment, and more. It's free for all with registration! Join us on September 12th from 10 am—4 pm.

Check out our newest project out now! ThinkOutsideTheVox.org/EP-Modules
08/25/2026

Check out our newest project out now! ThinkOutsideTheVox.org/EP-Modules

We are huge fans and active users of CCTheater Captioning Software by AccessTech for audiences and access teams of theat...
08/23/2026

We are huge fans and active users of CCTheater Captioning Software by AccessTech for audiences and access teams of theater shows! We use it to train emerging Script Editors and Caption Operators and display Open Captioning for live performances. Have you noticed the black TV screens with the lines in yellow text scrolling at a VOX-supported performance?

Image Description 1: AccessTech Founder Bradley Botkin, a white man with a white goatee beard wears glasses and all black and his nametag, and VOX co-founder Samatha Gould, an Ashkenazi Jewish woman with salt and pepper hair wears purple framed glasses, a purple VOX shirt and sweatshirt, lanyard with pins, purple f***y pack, and black pants, smiling at Access/VSA International Network's LEAD conference in Philly.

Image Description 2: Bradley chatting with VOXers in a half circle who wear their purple VOX shirt Kwaku (Blind Quality Control Expert/Audio Description Consultant), Olivia (Marketing & Comms Manager), and Outlaw (Captioning Editor and Operator, Emergency Preparedness Modules contributor). LEAD Conference Audio Describer and sighted guide Emma stands between Kwaku and Olivia.

Meet Scarlett: an awesome audio interface that assures affordable accessibility for all! Scarlett can handle pre-scripte...
08/21/2026

Meet Scarlett: an awesome audio interface that assures affordable accessibility for all! Scarlett can handle pre-scripted captions AND live CART captioning in the same event.

Image Description: a purple infographic with white text above “Meet Scarlett” and VOX white logo. Below, a photo of two hands holding up a red Focusrite Scarlett212 audio interface box with a few dials and inputs shown on the front side. Below, another photo of Scarlett in action outdoors laying on a table connected to a computer running prescripted captions for a theater show (GetAccessTech.com ‘s CCTheater) and to the large TVs displaying it, ready to be switched to another computer for live CART captions for live speeches. In white text with black background are Scarlett’s traits: “Good Communicator. Thrifty. Easy To Travel With.”

08/20/2026

Thank you to the Deaf community that enjoyed the 2026 Boston Landmarks Orchestra summer series with ASL interpretation and Tactus haptic vests! Congratulations to young Deaf talent Dotty on her concert interpreting debut at the Hatch Memorial Shell! Waving hands to the performing/backstage interpreters and VOX community who supported all four Boston Landmarks Orchestra concerts in the summer series (DASLs Kristin Johnson, Rachel Berman-Kobylarz, ASL interpreters Christopher Robinson & Aimee L. Robinson, Desiree Weems, Adrianna Kathryn Neefus. Backstage interpreters and support: C Ledford, Reshma Iqbal, Samatha Gould, Ingrid O'Dell).

Descriptive Transcript Video 1: A 26-second zoomed in video of the ASL interpreting team performing on stage during the final Landmarks concert with 10 of the 50+ musicians on stage in view. On the left sitting is Desiree Weems, a short white woman in her mid-thirties with her ginger hair tied back who wears a black blouse with mesh sleeves and black dress pants. Desiree captures the shining sound of the muted trumpet soloist, soft and floating high flutes, and smooth, long, gliding strings that call and respond to the high trumpet. In the middle is Adri Neefus, a white woman with light brown hair tied back who wears a shorter black long sleeve dress. She stands behind a music stand with her script to follow the music. Next to her standing behind the music stand following along is Dotty (she/they) a Deaf pre-teen with brown hair and white skin wearing a flowing black skirt and black long-sleeve blouse. Both Dotty and Adri face forward signing the ASL story interpretation of the music, which features two birds dipping their heads down to munch on some food and chewing together. Their hands as the beaks, the ducks greet each other with quacks and the scene transitions; Dotty spread both arms out like wings and shows flying, Adri positions fingers to show how the birds fly together far away in the sky, and Desiree continues with gliding strings and describing the music as flowing water.

Descriptive Transcript Video 2: A 45-second video of Landmarks Conductor Christopher Wilkins on stage with his orchestra behind him. Adri and Desiree stand on stage nearby with Adri interpreting Christopher’s remarks in ASL. Captions in white text with black background appear at the top, he says: “I want to deeply thank Think Outside the Vox [applause from the audience]. They have supported our performances all summer long with visual and poetic interpretation in American Sign Language, in accessible marketing, and in patron support. VOX’s mission is to create and elevate arts experiences and arts accessibility for Deaf, Blind, disabled artists and audiences. Thank you to both Directors of Artistic Sign Language Rachel Berman-Kobylarz and Kristin Johnson, who is here tonight [cheers and applause].”

VOXers visited Tech OWL - Technology for Our Whole Lives at Temple University while in town for Access/VSA International...
08/20/2026

VOXers visited Tech OWL - Technology for Our Whole Lives at Temple University while in town for Access/VSA International Network's LEAD Conference last week! Thank you to Assistive Technology Specialist Alanna for giving us a grand tour of your adaptive tools and helping us fight crime on the PS5 Spiderman game. Pennsylvania residents are eligible to receive any of TechOWL’s technology on loan. Massachusetts: our government-supported assistive technology and disability services org is MassAbility. We made plenty of discoveries–is there a tool that could allow your art-making and creative experience to be more accessible to you and others? Explore more at our image descriptions in the caption of each slide or the comments.

Meet Addie Volume: a split AD-ALD receiver with mix-dialing ability. Addie helps solve for the double headset problem.  ...
08/18/2026

Meet Addie Volume: a split AD-ALD receiver with mix-dialing ability. Addie helps solve for the double headset problem.



Image Description: a purple infographic with white text above, “Meet Addie Volume.” and VOX white logo. Below, a photo of two 4 by 2-inch ALD-AD receivers, one with a neck loop and a braille and English label, and another with a headset and English label, both spread out on a purple tablecloth. In white text with black background are Addie’s traits: “Adaptable. Multitasker. Always Tuned In.”

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