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THREAD: As far as we know, we are the first festival to ask all of our poets and performers to screenshare any written material during events. This is so that deaf and hard of hearing poets in our community can access our events. We have had some complaints that some people
Prefer to see the poets face rather than the document. We want to show you these two photos to show you can have accessibility and still see the poets face. In the first photo you can see the document taking up the full screen and our Co director Clare Shaw as a small square. 
In this photo you can see a huge Clare Shaw face and the document as a tiny square. This is possible by dragging the line that divides the document and photo. It should not solely be the job of disabled poets and organisers to make change. As able bodied poets and organisers,
