ABOUT NOTETEXT

                                                                                                                           Established in 2010 by professional Electronic Notetaker and Lipspeaker Louisa McDaid, NoteText Communication Services provides skilled, professional communication professionals with experience of supporting D/deaf* and disabled people across a wide range of domains.

All Communication Professionals who undertake assignments on behalf of NoteText must be eligible for registration with NRCPD and/or their appropriate professional body and adhere to the Code of Practice as defined by their relevant association.   

NoteText's mission is to facilitate seamless and accurate access to information for clients from all backgrounds, enabling them to maximise their potential and ensuring that businesses are compliant with equality legislation (ie, the Equality Act 2010).  NoteText Ltd

LOUISA MCDAID

Louisa is a graduate and postgraduate of the University of Glasgow (M.A Philosophy, M.Th Theology).  Louisa has worked with deaf and hard of hearing people since 2004, including a year as a Communications Officer for a leading deaf charity. Following training from STAGETEXT, she became Scotland's first qualified theatre captioner, and has subtitled live theatre performances across the UK for the last six years. 

A former secretary and vice chair of The Association of Notetaking Professionals, Louisa is a member of the NRCPD Register of Level 3 Electronic Notetakers and the ANP Register of Notetakers.  She holds the Notetaker Tutor Training Certificate from City Lit College and in 2010, was shortlisted in the category of Communication Professional of the Year for the Signature Annual Awards. In 2012, Louisa qualified as a Level 3 Lipspeaker through Manchester Centre for Deaf Studies. She is currently undertaking the OCN Level 3 Certificate in Audio Description Skills.

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* The term "deaf" is used here to denote D/deaf, deafened, hard of hearing and deafblind people

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