GalaPro

The GalaPro App:
Accessibility & Translation For Live Shows
Live shows, theater, music and opera can include everyone, anywhere...
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What We Do
Our mission is to make theater and live performances accessible to everyone, in their own language, all over the world

GalaPro opens the curtains to a universal cultural experience by delivering automated multilingual subtitles, closed captioning, dubbing, audio descriptions, and amplification to the user's own mobile device.

Imagine traveling to Japan, dropping in last-minute at a Kabuki performance and understanding it or attending Madame Butterfly for the first time without having to read a recap online just to make sure you’ll be able to follow the story.

Enter the GalaPro app, where live cultural experiences are accessible, understandable, and enjoyable at the simple touch of a button. GalaPro is a natural solution for accessibility to the performing arts and live shows. The GalaPro app allows audiences to customize the live performance experience - from opera to plays and musicals - all in their own language.

This revolutionary, patent pending app enhances the audience’s experience by delivering individual multilingual subtitles, closed captioning, dubbing, audio description, and amplification to the user's own mobile device. All content is provided in real time, using voice recognition technology, developed specifically for theater and live performances. This means anyone can enjoy the show at every single performance.

GalaPro is a solution for everyone, from seasoned opera and theater lovers to travelers, who need accessible solutions. Go ahead and see a show - any show! GalaPro will make sure you understand it all.

Venues providing their accessibility services with the GalaPro app no longer have to set special dates for open captioned or audio described performances. With GalaPro, these services are available every single performance and patrons can sit anywhere in the venue to use them.

How does it work? Simply download the app and choose from our participating theaters. You can search by city or current location. Once you choose your preferred theater you will be able to see the show offered with any variety of the available languages and accessibility services.
Subtitles & Closed Captioning
Customize your font size and brightness
Choose your preferred language from dozens of options. Customize your screen by choosing brightness and font size. Subtitles or closed captioning will appear as soon the show starts.
Dubbing
Prefer to use audio services for translation?
Just plug in your headset and choose your language. Adjust the volume and follow along with a live translation on-demand.
Audio Description & Amplification
Use your headphones to hear from every seat in the theater
These services are available to make sure the theater is accessible to everyone, no matter where they are seated. Plug in your headset, choose your preferred volume and enjoy.
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Featured Shows
GalaPro currently offers its services for the following venues and productions.
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Featured Broadway tours
GalaPro currently offers its services for the following Broadway tours in participating venues.
Please contact your local touring venue to find out if they have installed GalaPro.
Coming soon
Language translation
The Following Productions Offer Language Translation in NYC

Chicago
Eng CC & AD
English
Russian
Hebrew
Portuguese
Spanish
Japanese
Korean
Simplified Chinese
Come From Away
Eng CC & AD
Simplified Chinese
French
Japanese
Korean
King Kong
Eng CC & AD
Spanish
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Portuguese
Phantom of the Opera
Eng CC & AD
Spanish
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Beetlejuice
Eng CC & AD
Spanish

Fiddler on the Roof Tour
Eng CC
Hebrew
Japanese
Spanish

Dear Evan Hansen
Eng CC
Spanish

Band's Visit
Eng CC
Spanish
Hebrew
Japanese
Portuguese
GalaPro In the news
Recent features

The New York Times
New York City to Help Small Theaters Be More Accessible
i24 News
GalaPro App gets an award from mayor of NYC and provides inclusion on Broadway
Playbill
New York's Mayor's office awards GalaPro accessibility award
Wall Street Journal
In hopes of attracting foreign audiences, Broadway tries a translation app
American Theater Magazine
GalaPro app provides all-access experience for theatregoers
Fox 5 News
New app on Broadway -GalaPro launches language
Playbill
The new technology about to revolutionize Broadway
NPR
It's ok to look at your phone at a Broadway show, if your hearing is impaired
New York Post
Broadway is enlisting an unlikely ally to help make shows accessible — the smartphone.
Cheddar TV
GalaPro live on Cheddar TV talking about our Broadway launch
Broadway News
Broadway is welcoming the use of certain phones in its theaters
The Media Line
The start-up that revolutionizes the Tony Awards for those with hearing and vision loss
TheMarker
Finally there is a reason to turn on your phone in the theater..
Tablet Magazine
A revolutionary start-up
strives to make theaters more accessible to patrons with disabilities
Broadway League Announcement
Broadway Begins Rollout of New Technology...
The Washington Post
Arena Stage, Signature Theatre debut accessible captioning technology.
Official London Theatre.com
The GalaPro app is bringing theatre to all
The Charlotte Post
Access in theater is evolving
Past Shows
GalaPro has previously offered its services at the following productions
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live captioning
GalaPro captioning for conferences is provided by GalaPro together with TotalCaption.

Our unique service enables conferences, conventions and lectures all around North America to provide live captioning directly to the user’s own mobile device, in real-time
Our unique service enables conferences, conventions, and lectures all around North America to provide live captioning directly to the user’s own mobile device in real time.
Many event attendees would be best served by a fully accessible event or conference. By providing captions for people with hearing loss, organizers are not only providing accessibility as required under the Americans with Disabilities Act, they are also providing a service from which many of their attendees will benefit and use throughout the event.

Events providing CART (Communication Access Real-time Translation) captioning via GalaPro mobile app can now enjoy a solution that provides their audiences with a reliable and customized service. Users can view the captions from any seat in the venue. The app is fully customizable on personal mobile devices, giving the user many viewing options to meet their individual needs. Venues can provide CART in every session room without the need to rent screens for each location.

The GalaPro App was originally designed to provide accessibility and translation for live shows. For events that are pre-scripted such as theater and opera we prepare the content and use automated voice recognition technology to deliver the content directly to each user’s device based on the services and language they choose. The services currently offered are closed captions, audio description, and multilingual subtitles and dubbing.

For non-scripted events such as conferences and lectures we partner with TotalCaption, the leading CART provider in North America to provide audiences with live captions.

TotalCaption is one of the largest nationwide full-service providers of speech-to-text CART captioning. Our experienced team of CART Providers works with businesses, academia, and the government to deliver greater accessibility for people with hearing loss. In addition to real time CART, which can be delivered to the consumer in many ways such as via GalaPro, remotely over the Internet, projected for an audience, or individually, TotalCaption also provides transcription services and web captioning, giving the deaf and hard-of-hearing community full accessibility everywhere

For more information, please contact info@totalcaption.com or visit our website www.totalcaption.com.
For more information on GalaPro live captioning for your next event please contact sales@galapro.com.
About Our Company
We Always Strive For The Best.

Our Passion

Since we came up with the idea of an app that helps make live performances accessible to all people, we have been working to bring our dream to life.

We are theater, opera, and live show lovers who have attended performances around the world for many years. The idea for the GalaPro app came up one day while we were attending an opera performance that did have subtitles above the stage, but they were somewhat difficult to see and only in one language. GalaPrompter was born of the idea that live shows, theater, cinema and opera could be an experience anyone can enjoy, breaking down language, cultural and even physical barriers to make them accessible to all.

Once we had this idea, we couldn’t rest. We formed a great team and started to design a system to support all opera and theater subtitling, dubbing and amplification that didn’t require any installations or expensive hardware.

We realized we could extend it to all kinds of events once we had language capabilities - from conferences, to cinema, to lectures and more! The use of GalaPrompter marked the first time cell phones were welcomed into theaters; our technology means no back-light on the phone and that any incoming messages and phone calls are immediately blocked, resulting in a distraction-free experience for other guests and patrons. A natural next step was to extend accessibility beyond translation. We decided to digitize show programs, cast and theater info, and make it easy to buy your next ticket. We also wanted to create a social element, allowing patrons to rate shows while expanding the live theater and opera community in general.
GalaPro Users sharing their experience

Margaret:
"This looks great. Can’t wait to share this with my husband who is hearing impaired. He’ll go to the theater again!"
June 22, 2019
Eric:
"Just saw Come From Away this afternoon, Galapro worked WONDERFULLY. A BIG thank you!"
June 16, 2019
Diana:
"This was an excellent experience! Well done! BRAVO!"
May 19, 2019
Jessica:
"THIS IS SO GREAT!!!
As a hearing impaired person, I always feel like an “other” at performances. I miss 20-30% usually when everyone else is laughing I’m not. I GOT 99%!!!
Thank you!!"
Jan 1, 2019
Barbara:
"I wanted to share with you two wonderful theater experiences I had thanks to GalaPro. Recently, I saw “Apologia” and “The Ferryman”. In both instances, I used the audio description. At the end of the first act of “Apologia”, the son comes into the house with a bandana wrapped around his hand. Since the stage lighting was dark, my friend didn’t know that. I was able to share that information with her. At “The Ferryman”... there are many characters and I would have totally lost without GalaPro... Thanks again for providing this program. I am an avid theater goer and this has made the theater experience so much more enjoyable. I have shared information about GalaPro with others."
Dec 2, 2019
Robin
"I used this last night at the Fox theater in Atlanta for Come From Away. I thought it helped me immensely to understand the performers. I am also a volunteer at the Fox and was told about this on Wednesday evening while working. I have told several people about this as I think it could help many. Thank you."
June 29, 2019
Michael
"Hello GalaPro community!

I wanted to reach out to say thank you for giving me and my friends an accessible theatre experience. GalaPro is a wonderful company and has benefited many friends of mine in the deaf community. I've been telling everybody I know about your service!"
July 1, 2019
Alicia
"It is soooo good that you made this app... This is the kind of thing that really impacts the quality of life of people who can't hear."
July 20, 2019
Anonymous
"As a severely hard of hearing person, I was so leased to find the GalaPro app available for Hamilton. On the whole the app worked exactly as intended...Without the captions I would have missed so, SO much of this play. Thank you for such a wonderful service. I hope to see the app available in Sacramento, Ca for the Broadway Series and Music Circus Series.
July 29, 2019
Barbara:
"I have a positive feedback for “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”. Everything worked great! The description was terrific and it truly enhanced the experience for me...Thanks for all of your work in making the theater more accessible!"
Aug 13, 2019
Meet Our Team

Hagai Pipko
Co-founder and CTO
With more than 15 years of experience in software engineering, Hagai brings the technical savvy to take accessible theater to the next digital level. Hagai’s career trajectory speaks to his strengths, landing his first full-time position at a startup at 17. Since then, he’s held leadership and management positions ranging from various small startups to high-tech companies such as RADVISION, Microsoft, and myThings.
Dr. Elena Litsyn
Co-founder and President
Dr. Elena Litsyn is GalaPrompter’s co-founder and seed investor. A multilingual connoisseur of opera and theater, Dr. Litsyn noticed a gap in accessible live performance that needed to be filled. Inspired by the rapid digitization of everything from laundry to car services, she realized here was an opportunity to make cultural experiences transcend language, audio, and national boundaries. Beyond the theater, Dr. Litsyn is also an expert in mathematical models.
Yonat Burlin
CEO
Yonat comes with a vision to join her passions in technology, culture, and entrepreneurship into one great product. In previous roles, as VP Business Development and as the senior project manager for DLD, Yonat has worked closely with entrepreneurs, startups, and hi-tech companies gaining comprehensive knowledge of the global startup ecosystem. She brings with her extensive experience in PR, Social Media, and online advertising.
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