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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
3.3. Scoping Requirements
As previously explained in Section 2.3, four types of equipment are necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description:
Captioning Hardware
Audio Description...
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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)(10)
(10) This section does not require the use of open movie captioning as a means of compliance with paragraph (g) of this section, even if providing closed movie captioning for digital movies...
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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)(1) Definitions
(1) Definitions. For the purposes of this paragraph (g)—
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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)(1) Definitions
Section 36.303(g)(1) Definitions
In the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 79 FR 44976 (Aug. 1, 2014) (NPRM), the Department proposed § 36.303(g)(1), which set forth definitions for...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
A. Coverage issues
The Department is considering proposing a regulation that contains a sliding compliance schedule whereby the percentage of movie screens offering closed captioning and video description...
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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
1.1. Purpose and Need for Rule and Scope of Regulatory Assessment
In addition, it is the Department’s understanding that at this time nearly all first-run motion pictures released by the major domestic movie studios include closed movie captioning (and...
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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)(10)
Section 36.303(g)(10) in the final rule provides that “[t]his section does not require the use of open movie captioning as a means of compliance with paragraph (g), even if providing closed...
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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
2.1.2. Compliance Year
Under the final rule, movie theaters will have 18 months to purchase the necessary captioning and audio description equipment to comply with the rule. ...
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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
6.1. Compliance Date
In the primary analysis, movie theaters have 18 months to acquire and install the necessary equipment to provide closed movie captioning and audio description in their auditoriums. ...
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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
2.4.1. Replacement Costs
The Final RA estimates the costs to replace captioning and audio description hardware and devices over the time frame of the analysis. ...
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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
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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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
G. Response to 2008 NPRM Comments Concerning Movie Captioning and Video Description, Analysis and Discussion of Proposed Regulatory Approach
These same commenters stated that such discretion may result in a mixed use of both closed captioning and open captioning, affording more choices both for the movie theater owners and operators...
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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
3.6.2. Device Replacement
Because patrons will handle the captioning and audio description devices on a regular basis, the devices will require replacement more often than the hardware. ...
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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
4.1.3. Ongoing Costs
Table 4-6 shows the replacement costs associated with each type of equipment necessary to provide closed movie captioning and audio description. ...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Spirit of the ADA
ADA25: #11 of 25 -- Streaming Video
But have you noticed that most aren’t captioned? The NAD is working hard to change that.
For example, we sued Netflix and won....
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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
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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Additional Access Publications > A Guide to Planning Accessible Meetings
Captioning Audio/Visual Materials
The best way to use captioned audio/visual materials is to purchase or use videos that already have closed captions....
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Links > General
Media Access Group at WGBH
For more than 40 years, the Media Access Group at WGBH has led the way with innovations and expertise for captioning and describing television shows, films, and videos....
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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
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)
A. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866—Summary of Initial Regulatory Assessment
A. Executive Orders 13563 and 12866—Summary of Initial Regulatory Assessment
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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)
2. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
The Department was not persuaded that strides made in making captioning and audio description technology available to moviegoers with disabilities were sufficient to make regulatory action...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
B. Digital Cinema
Have specific protocols or standards been developed for captioning and video description for digital cinema and, if so, what are they?...
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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)
28 CFR Parts 35 and 36, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description (NPRM)
The Department is proposing to explicitly require movie theaters to exhibit movies with closed captioning and audio description at all times and for all showings whenever movies are produced...
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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
4.1.4. Per Movie Theater Costs
For the purposes of this section, the average movie theater is not a theater already equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description before the rule goes into effect....