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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
3.5. 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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3.2.1. Overview of NATO’s 2015 Accessibility Survey
auditoriums that were equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description....
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3.2. Baselines
In the Final RA, the baseline is defined as the current number of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description. ...
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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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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...
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4.2.2. High Accessibility Baseline
The costs under the High Accessibility baseline are lower than in the primary analysis because more auditoriums are assumed to be equipped to provide closed movie captioning or audio description...
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4.2.4. Single-Auditorium Movie Theater Unit Costs Including Sony’s Technology
Costs
(Including Sony)
Average Unit Costs
(Excluding Sony)
Captioning Hardware
$898
$1,097
Audio...
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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 audio...
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Products and Additional Resources > Products
Acoustiguide Opus Click™ Multimedia Museum Guide
With Opus, institutions can provide visitors access to various digital resources - video, images and animation on top of the traditional audio - in a platform catering exactly to the needs...
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Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > FCC Consumer Guide: Video Description
FCC Consumer Guide: Video Description
Video Description
Video description is audio-narrated descriptions of a television program's key visual elements....
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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)
Section 36.303(g) Movie Captioning and Audio Description—Definitions (Section-by-Section Analysis)
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3.8 Maintenance and Administrative Costs
Other additional administrative costs: These administrative costs include time spent providing and collecting captioning and audio description devices and demonstrating their use, if needed...
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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)(6) Alternative technologies
(6) Alternative technologies.
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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
In no case would movie theaters be required to create their own captioning or audio descriptions for movies. ...
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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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6.2. Scoping Requirements
The Department further proposed that movie theaters maintain one audio description device per auditorium, with a minimum of two devices per movie theater. ...
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4.1.1. Total Costs
description hardware, captioning devices, and audio description devices) amounted to approximately $33.2 million when discounted by 7 percent, and $38.1 million when discounted by 3 percent...
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4.2.6. Staff Training Frequency
Primary Analysis
Percent Change
Captioning Hardware Acquisition Costs
$14.6
$14.6
0%
Audio...
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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)
Capability to Operate Captioning and Audio Description Equipment (Section-by-Section Analysis)
the individual captioning devices were kept or how to turn on the captioning or audio description for the movie. ...
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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. Current State of the Technology for Exhibiting Movies with Captioning and Audio Description and Availability of Product
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2.4.4.2. Notice Costs
As one commenter indicated, digital advertising allows movie theaters to add information concerning the availability of captioning and audio description without much difficulty or cost. ...
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7.5. Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements
However, the final rule does require that movie theaters disclose to the public information concerning the availability of captioning and audio description for movies shown in their auditoriums...
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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
E. Reporting, Recordkeeping, and Other Compliance Requirements
However, the final rule does require that movie theaters disclose to the public information concerning the availability of captioning and audio description for movies shown in their auditoriums...
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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. The 2010 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Captioning and Video Description
In 2010, uncertain about the status of digital conversion, the availability of captioning and audio description technology, and financial setbacks to many public accommodations due to the...