In Europe three separate companies are introducing captioning or captioning and audio description to Italy and Spain through innovative devices.
Through a survey and invitation to attend an event demonstrating access technologies, the CEA hopes to garner consumer feedback on available technologies which display closed captions in the cinemas. The attendees will watch the Disney animation Wreck-It Ralph screened with a range of closed caption devices. They will then share their insights on the devices in a focus group.
The Santa Monica boy, John Butchko, who is now 13, is looking forward to seeing The Life of Pi on the big screen after repeated approaches to the area’s largest cinema, AMC 7 Theatre, and city officials paid off. AMC 7 announced that it will provide closed captions on four of its seven screens using the Doremi CaptiView technology.
Captioned movies allow people who are Deaf or hearing impaired to watch movies through a personal viewing screen that sits in the seat’s cup holder. Audio description, for the blind or vision impaired, is delivered via a personal receiver and either ear buds or over-the-head earphones.
