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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
A. Executive Orders 12866 and 13563—Summary of Regulatory Assessment
Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 direct agencies to assess all costs and benefits of available regulatory alternatives and, if regulation is necessary, to select regulatory...
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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
Current technology allows for closed movie captioning, which consists of captions that are visible only to those who use a special device and not the rest of the theater. ...
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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
2.3.3. Installation Costs
Although some manufacturers include installation as part of purchasing the equipment package, some movie theaters may elect to install the equipment using internal staff. ...
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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)
Open movie captioning (Section-by-Section Analysis)
open movie captioning” specifically as it applies to movie theaters. ...
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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. Legal foundation for captioning and video description
Legal foundation for captioning and video description
Creating regulations that would require movie theater owners and operators to exhibit closed captioned and video described 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
B. Title III's Implementing Regulation
The regulation's list of examples of “auxiliary aids and services” that public accommodations should provide includes “open and closed captioning” as examples of effective methods of making...
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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)
Open Captioning (or Other Technologies) as an Option for Compliance (Section-by-Section Analysis)
closed movie captioning in an auditorium."35
The Department is aware, both from comments received from the industry and from some individuals, that open captions may reduce the amount...
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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
2.1.4. Venue Type
In the movie exhibition industry’s early days, movies were shown primarily in establishments that had a single auditorium with a single screen. ...
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Webinars, Videos, and Training > Spirit of the ADA
ADA25: #18 of 25 -- Movie Captioning
Theaters are starting to realize that they have an obligation under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide captioned movies - thanks to the NAD's advocacy efforts both...
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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
In the 2010 ANPRM, the Department explained that it was considering phasing in a requirement that 50 percent of movie screens offer captioning and audio description over a five-year 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)
2. The ADA Title III Regulation
The regulation lists open and closed captioning and audio recordings and other effective methods of making visually-delivered materials available to individuals with visual impairments as...
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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
8.1. Annual Costs
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Video Caption Corporation Closed Captioning and Subtitling Services
Closed Captioning & Subtitling Are Our Business
At Video Caption Corporation, we provide high quality English and Spanish offline closed captioning, and multi-language subtitling...
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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)(viii) Open movie captioning
(viii) Open movie captioning means the written on-screen display of a movie's dialogue and non-speech information, such as music, the identity of the character who is speaking, and other...
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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)(1)(viii) Open movie captioning
(viii) Open movie captioning means the written on-screen display of a movie's dialogue and non-speech information, such as music, the identity of the character who is speaking, and other...
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Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
E. Training
Should the Department consider including a training requirement for movie theater personnel?...
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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. 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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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
3.8 Maintenance and Administrative Costs
Depending on the technology, movie theaters may need to periodically replace the batteries in the devices. ...
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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)
Major Provisions
theaters with digital screens (generally, those exhibiting movies captured on data files stored in a hard drive or flash drive) to exhibit movies with closed captions (although theaters...
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Links > News/Social Media
Suggested Styles and Conventions for Closed Captioning - by WGBH
This brief description of captioning style was distilled from the Media Access Group at WGBH's in-house reference manual....
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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
28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations - Movie Theaters; Movie Captioning and Audio Description Final Rule
The rule requires that movie theater auditoriums provide closed movie captioning and audio description when showing a digital movie distributed with such features unless doing so would result...
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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
In addition, the Department does not know precisely how many movie screens currently screen movies with closed captioning and audio description, or how many people with hearing or vision...
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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. Costs and Benefits
the availability of closed movie captioning and audio description, if the rule were not implemented....
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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
4.2.6. Staff Training Frequency
Discounted at 7 Percent ($ millions)
Cost Category
Staff Training 4x Per Year
Primary Analysis
Percent Change
Captioning...