Search Results "Movie Captioning Coverage"

• 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(i) High-contrast captioning on television and audio-visual displays.

  (i) High-contrast captioning (captioning that is at least as easy to read as white letters on a consistent black background) on television and audio-visual displays....

• 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)
  Captioning at sporting venues. (Section-by-Section Analysis)

  Captioning at sporting venues....

• Links > Nonprofit Organization
  The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
  

  NCAM is part of the Media Access Group at WGBH which includes two production units, The Caption Center (est. 1972) and Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®) (est. 1990)....

• 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
  7.4. Costs to Impacted Small Entities

  within a theater exhibiting digital movies. ...

• Federal Documents > Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
  Section 36.303(g)(4) Minimum Requirements for Audio Description Devices

  In order to ensure that individuals who are blind or have low vision have access to audio-described movies when such movies are available, movie theaters must provide a reasonable number...

• State and Local Documents > Laws > Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (with amendments issued through 2008)
  12181(7)(C)

  (C) a motion picture house, theater, concert hall, stadium, or other place of exhibition entertainment;

• 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
  3.3.2. Audio Description Hardware Scoping Requirements

  Unlike closed movie captioning hardware, one unit of audio description hardware per auditorium is not necessary to provide audio description. ...

• Research and History > Research Documents > Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness Summary Report
  Design parameter considerations

  National Center for Accessible Media for the Whitney Museum put forward the following design parameters for shopping for appropriate technologies: Allowance for synchronization of caption...

• 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
  3.4.2. Audio Description Hardware Unit Costs

  According to industry research, there are no additional audio description hardware costs for movie theaters purchasing USL or Sony’s captioning hardware.  ...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities NPRM: Preamble (2008 Title III NPRM Preamble)
  Captioning, narrative description, and video interpreting services. (Section-by-Section Analysis)

  The Department is proposing to add video interpreting services (VIS) to the regulatory text and is discussing in this preamble options for addressing captioning and narrative description...

• Federal Documents > Standards > 36 CFR Part 1194 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508 Standards)
  § 1194.24(a)

  (a) All analog television displays 13 inches and larger, and computer equipment that includes analog television receiver or display circuitry, shall be equipped with caption decoder circuitry...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 36 CFR Part 1194 - Proposed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines NPRM - Preamble
  413.1 General (Section-by-Section Analysis)

  in hotel room), or an emergency situation when accessing captioned or audio described information could be life-saving....

• Federal Documents > Standards > 36 CFR Part 1194 - Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Final Standards and Guidelines (with amendments issued through Jan. 2018)
  415.1 General

  Where ICT displays video with synchronized audio, ICT shall provide user controls for closed captions and audio descriptions conforming to 415.1....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 36 CFR Part 1194 - Proposed Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Standards and Guidelines NPRM
  413.1 General

  Where ICT displays video with synchronized audio, ICT shall provide user controls for closed captions and audio description conforming to 413.1....

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Event Requirements Checklist for Ensuring Meeting/Event Accessibility
  Video and multimedia productions

  □ Video and multimedia productions must be captioned if they are used to support the agency’s mission, regardless of format, and contain speech or other audio information necessary for the...

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Title III Technical Assistance Manual (with 1994 supplement)
  III−4.3300 Examples of auxiliary aids and services

  interpreters, notetakers, computer-aided transcription services, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed caption...

• 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
  3.3.4. Audio Description Device Scoping Requirements

  per movie theater.  ...

• Additional Access Publications > A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings
  Television and Videos

  The Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 requires that all televisions with screens 13 inches or larger sold after July 1, 1993, have built-­in closed caption decoders....

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities NPRM (2008 Title III NPRM)
  § 36.303(g) Sports stadiums

  One year after the effective date of this regulation, sports stadiums that have a seating capacity of 25,000 or more shall provide captioning on the scoreboards and video monitors for safety...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Part 35 Title II Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) (published 2008)
  § 35.160(e) Sports stadiums

  One year after the effective date of this regulation, sports stadiums that have a seating capacity of 25,000 or more shall provide captioning on the scoreboards and video monitors for safety...

• Federal Documents > Preamble to Regulations > 14 CFR Part 382 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel (Air Carrier Access Act): Preamble and Section-by-Section Analysis (with amendments issued through July 2010)
  382.69 What requirements must carriers meet concerning the accessibility of videos, DVDs, and other audio-visual presentations shown on aircraft to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing?

  The captioning must be in the predominant language or languages in which the carrier communicates with passengers on the flight....

• Federal Documents > Preamble to Regulations > 28 CFR Part 36, Appendix B: Preamble to Regulation on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities (1991 ADA Title III Regulations Preamble)
  Dispersion of Wheelchair Seating Areas (Section-By-Section Analysis and Response to Comments)

  - Dispersal of wheelchair seating areas in theaters will be required only where there are more than 300 seats, rather than in all cases. Seats with removable armrests (i.e., seats...

• 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
  3.4.4. Audio Description Device Unit Costs

  Under the final rule, however, movie theaters are required to provide headsets capable of receiving audio description for patrons’ use. ...

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - Frequently Asked Questions
  C.8 - Are Section 508 access requirements satisfied if the agency provides such access following a request for it, as opposed to in anticipation of a request for access?

  For example, the production of a training video, which is covered by the Section 508 standards, must include the incorporation of open or closed captioning and audio description during the...