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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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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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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 > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
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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3.2.2.1. 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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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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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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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Mind's Eye Live Description for Performing Arts
Live audio description in the performing arts can take different forms. ...
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Doorbell Factory Nutone Plug-In Chime with Strobe Light & Pushbutton
White receiver with built-in strobe light can be plugged into a convenient wall outlet
Ideal for hearing impaired or noisy environments
White rectangular shaped...
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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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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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Federal Documents > Regulations > 36 CFR Part 1193 Telecommunications Act (Section 255) Accessibility Guidelines
§1193.43(e) Availability of auditory information for people who are hard of hearing
Provide audio or acoustic information, including any auditory feedback tones that are important for the use of the product, through at least one mode in enhanced auditory fashion (i.e.,...
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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)(7)(i) Visibility.
The display screen must be visible from a point located 40 inches (1015 mm) above the center of the clear floor space in front of the automated kiosk....
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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)(7)(i) Visibility
The display screen must be visible from a point located 40 inches (1015 mm) above the center of the clear floor space in front of the automated kiosk....
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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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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Lake Ledge Naturalist Discovery Pen
Affordable Audio Technology for Description and Interpretation....
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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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Federal Documents > Standards > 36 CFR Part 1194 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (Section 508 Standards)
§ 1194.31(b)
(b) At least one mode of operation and information retrieval that does not require visual acuity greater than 20/70 shall be provided in audio and enlarged print output working together...
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Federal Documents > Regulations > 49 CFR Parts 37 & 38 - Department of Transportation (DOT) ADA Regulations
§ 38.55(b)
(b) Characters on signs required by paragraph (a) of this section shall have a width-to-height ratio between 3:5 and 1:1 and a stroke width-to-height ratio between 1:5 and 1:10, with...
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4.1.2. Upfront Costs
Total Upfront Costs by Venue Type in Primary Analysis, Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions)
Venue Type
Captioning Hardware Acquisition Costs
Audio...