Notebook

Notes on live text, theatre and audience devices.

Research notes, development updates and practical reflections on surtitles, translation, audio description and shared knowledge around live performance.

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Jun 5, 2026 · 4 min read

Why Sténtor starts from the room

A note on designing surtitles, translations and audio descriptions from the perspective of rehearsal rooms, live timing and audience presence.

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practice
Jun 3, 2026 · 3 min read

Same tools, shared responsibility

Why Sténtor uses a support and donation model instead of locking core theatre tools behind feature tiers.

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research
Jun 1, 2026 · 5 min read

Audience phones as performance infrastructure

Personal devices can become part of a live-text system without replacing the theatre: they extend how audiences receive language, access and context.

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May 29, 2026 · 4 min read

Keeping audio description next to the script

Audio-description notes are easier to prepare, revise and cue when they remain attached to the performance text and its live structure.

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fieldnotes
May 26, 2026 · 3 min read

Live Sync: notes from a local-network test

Early observations on connecting operator view, screens and audience phones over a local network in a room setting.

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product
May 24, 2026 · 4 min read

From Word files to cues

A practical development note on importing performance scripts and preserving useful theatrical structure without forcing a rigid format.

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