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3.6.1. Hardware Replacement
Public comments on the 2014 NPRM, as well as information provided by manufacturers, suggest that captioning and audio description hardware is expected to last about 10 years. ...
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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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4.1.4. Per Movie Theater Costs
The upfront costs for the average Single-Auditorium movie theater are $3,562, with the largest expense being the acquisition of captioning devices. ...
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3.6. Replacement Costs
Given the assumed 15-year term of the final rule, captioning and audio description equipment will require replacement one or more times during this period. ...
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2.4.3. Maintenance and Administrative Costs
theaters explain that the maintenance of individual devices is necessary in between uses to ensure that the devices are clean and fully operational upon request. ...
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2.4.4.1. Repair Costs
Captioning and audio description devices, on the other hand, are more prone to potential wear and tear by virtue of their use by movie patrons. ...
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4.1.2. Upfront Costs
Table 4-4 : Total Upfront Costs by Venue Type in Primary Analysis, Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions)
Venue Type
Captioning Hardware Acquisition Costs ...
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2.1.4. Venue Type
The distinction between venue types determines the captioning and audio description equipment required at each movie theater complex. ...
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4.2.6. Staff Training Frequency
Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions)
Cost Category
Staff Training 4x Per Year
Primary Analysis
Percent Change
Captioning...
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3.4.5. Unit Costs by Venue
As previously mentioned, there are three main manufacturers of the captioning and audio description equipment (Doremi Captiview, USL, Sony). ...
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3.4. Unit Costs
This section outlines the unit costs for the hardware and the individual devices necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description in auditoriums exhibiting digital movies...
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3.8 Maintenance and Administrative Costs
movie theaters explain that the maintenance of individual devices is necessary in between uses to ensure that the devices are clean and fully operational upon request. ...
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3.7 Training Costs
requirements, movie theaters may need to develop additional staff training programs and reinforce this training on a regular basis to ensure that staff members know how to turn on the captions...
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Federal Documents > Standards > 2010 ADA Standards
Reopening Device: ADA Standard Section 407.3.3
Section 407.3.3 covers the current ADA Standards for elevator reopening devices.
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2.4. Ongoing Costs
In addition to the upfront costs associated with hardware and device acquisition and installation, movie theaters will incur ongoing annual costs to maintain and operate captioning and...
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3.5. Installation Costs
Public comments and Department research suggest that there are installation costs associated with providing closed movie captioning and audio description in movie theater auditoriums that...
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4.2.7. Maintenance and Administrative Costs
$ millions)
Cost Category
Maintenance and Administrative Costs 5 Percent
Primary Analysis
Percent Change
Captioning...
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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
Section 36.303(g)(9) Operational Requirements
and audio description equipment and be able to communicate with patrons about the use of individual devices....
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8.1. Annual Costs
10
2026
Year 11
2027
Year 12
2028
Year 13
2029
Year 14
2030
Year 15
Captioning...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Durateq® Handheld ATV (Assistive Technology Version) Device
This includes Audio Description, Assistive Listening and Closed Captioning....
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4.1.1. Total Costs
Hardware Acquisition Costs;
Captioning Device Acquisition Costs;
Audio Description Device Acquisition Costs;
Installation Costs;
Replacement Costs;...
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1.4.2. Minimum Scoping Requirements for Captioning and Audio Description Devices
The Department has lowered the minimum required scoping for captioning and audio description devices in order to ensure that the scoping requirements sufficiently provide access to individuals...
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C. Availability of Captioning and Audio Description
“Closed” movie captioning displays the movie's dialogue and non-speech information in written form on a captioning device, which is requested by the individual patron who wishes to view...
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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
§ 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...
