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     2.3.3. Installation Costs
    
        
          In addition, some movie theaters may need to hire a third party to install captioning and audio description equipment in its auditoriums. ... 
 
 
 
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        Products and Additional Resources > Products
     Oval Window Audio Satellite III — Large Area Induction Hearing Loop System
      
    
        
          The Satellite III is Oval Window Audio's most popular induction loop system for large facilities such as houses of worship and auditoriums.   ... 
 
 
 
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     3.2.2.3. High Accessibility Baseline
    
        
          The High Accessibility baseline assumes that:
	
	The percentage of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description amongst auditoriums operated by surveyed... 
 
 
 
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     C. The 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Movie Captioning and Audio Description
    
        
          Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on August 1, 2014, entitled Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations—Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio... 
 
 
 
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     3.2.2.2. Medium Accessibility Baseline
    
        
          The Medium Accessibility baseline assumes that:
	
	The percentage of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description amongst auditoriums operated by all... 
 
 
 
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        Federal Documents > Regulations > 49 CFR Part 27 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance (with amendments issued through Aug. 2015)
     §27.71(k)(4) Privacy.
    
        
          Automated airport kiosks must provide the opportunity for the same degree of privacy of input and output available to all individuals.... 
 
 
 
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        Federal Documents > Regulations > 14 CFR Parts 382 and 399; 49 CFR Part 27 - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of Web Sites and Automated Kiosks at U.S. Airports
     § 27.71(k)(4) Privacy
    
        
          Automated airport kiosks must provide the opportunity for the same degree of privacy of input and output available to all individuals.... 
 
 
 
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     C. Costs and Benefits
    
        
          rulemaking using a baseline, which represents the Department's best assessment of the current state of the movie exhibition industry, including the availability of closed movie captioning and audio... 
 
 
 
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     3.2.2.1. Low Accessibility Baseline
    
        
          The Low Accessibility baseline assumes that:
	
	The auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description as reported in the 2015 survey are the only indoor... 
 
 
 
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     2.4.2. Training Costs
    
        
          In addition to the acquisition, installation, and replacement of equipment, the rule requires staff to be able to provide patrons with captioning and audio description devices and to direct... 
 
 
 
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        Links > Program Access
     Supporting Students with Hearing Impairments: Tools, Technology and Key Resources
      
    
        
          Introduction
Students with hearing disabilities face unique challenges inside the classroom. Many common learning modes that people take for granted — lectures, discussion groups... 
 
 
 
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     4.1.4. Per Movie Theater Costs
    
        
          The cost estimation in this section assumes that the average movie theater will purchase captioning and audio description equipment in 2016 and will maintain operations throughout the period... 
 
 
 
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     2.1.3. Baseline
    
        
          The analysis assumes that movie theaters with auditoriums currently equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description would also operate and maintain this equipment in the... 
 
 
 
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     4.2.3. Alternate Medium Accessibility Baseline
    
        
          In addition to the uncertainty regarding the actual number of auditoriums already equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description (the baseline), there is also uncertainty... 
 
 
 
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     3.2.2.4. Summary of Baselines
    
        
          In the Medium Accessibility baseline, approximately 70 percent of auditoriums are equipped to provide closed movie captioning and approximately 70 percent are equipped to provide audio description... 
 
 
 
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        Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities (2010 ADA Title III Regulations with amendments issued through Dec. 2016)
     § 36.303(g)(9) Operational requirements
    
        
          On or after January 17, 2017, whenever a public accommodation provides captioning and audio description in a movie theater auditorium exhibiting digital movies, it shall ensure that at least... 
 
 
 
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     2.4.4.1. Repair Costs
    
        
          Captioning and audio description hardware is typically mounted high on a wall in a movie theater auditorium or otherwise placed in the projection booth.  ... 
 
 
 
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     3.6. Replacement Costs
    
        
          Given the assumed 15-year term of the final rule, captioning and audio description equipment will require replacement one or more times during this period. ... 
 
 
 
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        Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
     Costs and Benefits
    
        
          disabilities currently have consistent access to movie theaters that provide closed captioning and audio description. ... 
 
 
 
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     4.1.2. Upfront Costs
    
        
          Total Upfront Costs by Venue Type in Primary Analysis, Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions) 
	
		
			
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			Captioning Hardware Acquisition Costs   
			
			
			Audio... 
 
 
 
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     Purpose of Proposed Rule
    
        
          description, as well as to provide individual captioning and audio-description devices for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing or blind or have low vision. ... 
 
 
 
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     1.4.3. Notice Requirements
    
        
          Movie theaters must provide notice of the availability of captioning and audio description on all communications and advertisements listing movie showings and times that are provided at... 
 
 
 
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        Research and History > Research Documents > Large Area Assistive Listening Systems: Review and Recommendations
     2. BACKGROUND
    
        
          Thus each can potentially offer advantages not possible when listening to a live voice or in the acoustic far field of a loudspeaker.... 
 
 
 
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        Regulatory Support Documents > Regulatory Impact Analyses > Final Regulatory Assessment and Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Final Rule - Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description
     4.2.1. Low Accessibility Baseline
    
        
          This baseline assumes that the auditoriums already equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description, as reported in NATO’s 2015 Accessibility Survey, are the only auditoriums...