Cinemas across Australia add captions and audio description

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Friday, 18 May 2012 09:58am

Accessible cinema in Australia has received a boost to the number of sessions available to people with hearing or vision impairments with both the Hoyts and Village Cinema chains announcing new captioned and audio described screens.

Hoyts Cinemas has installed audio description on nine screens across three states. In NSW, the Penrith, Eastgardens and Erina complexes have had audio description added to their current caption-capable screens. Hoyts Cinemas in Garden City, Western Australia and Norwood, South Australia have also had this addition.

In Victoria, Village Cinemas will commence both captions and audio description at its Doncaster complex from 24 May. Village has incorrectly advertised sessions for this week and apologises for any confusion caused but can assure patrons that they are ready to go for next Thursday.

In our Cinema and the Arts section you can find out more about attending a movie with closed captions or audio description and see the full list of accessible cinemas by state.


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