Search Results "Audio Description Device"

• 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
  3.2. Baselines

  In the Final RA, the baseline is defined as the current number of auditoriums equipped to provide closed movie captioning and audio description.  ...

• 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...

• 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....

• 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
  2.2. Total Costs

  description in the absence of the rule and should reflect the determination many courts have made that closed movie captioning and audio description is already required under the ADA....

• 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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• 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.

• 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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• 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
  2.4.4.2. 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. ...

• 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
  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...

• 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...

• 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)(6) Alternative Technologies

  The Department included a provision in the NPRM giving movie theater owners and operators the choice to use other technologies to comply with the captioning and audio description requirements...

• 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...

• 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
  5. BENEFITS DISCUSSION

  For example, some people’s hearing or vision disability may not be such that they would need closed movie captioning or audio description. ...

• Links > General
  Media Access Group at WGBH
  

  We now provide comprehensive captioning and description services for the web, theme parks, museums, self-guided tours, and many other attractions....

• Federal Documents > Technical Assistance > Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act - Frequently Asked Questions
  C.6.iii. - Does the requirement to open or close caption and audio describe apply to productions that have a limited purpose, scope, and shelf life or contain quickly "perishable" information?

  Section 1194.22 of the Access Board standards applies requirements to web-based intranet and internet information and applications without regard to the perishable nature of a...

• 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)(6) Alternative technologies

  (6) Alternative technologies.

• Rulemaking Process Documents > ANPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability; Movie Captioning and Video Description ANPRM
  A. Statutory and Rulemaking History Up to the 2008 NPRM

  The Department also expressed concerns about the cost of video description equipment but stated that it understood that the cost for video description was less than that for closed captioning...

• Federal Documents > Regulations > 36 CFR Part 1193 Telecommunications Act (Section 255) Accessibility Guidelines
  §1193.43(g) Availability of audio cutoff

  (g) Availability of audio cutoff....

• 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)(8) Notice

  description as well as the type of device available....

• Research and History > Research Documents > Exhibit Design Relating to Low Vision and Blindness: What Visitors with Vision Loss Want Museums and Parks to Know about Effective Communication
  Braille documents and audio format of publications

  Providing pre- or post-visit materials in audio format is considered equivalent to offering the publications in Braille....

• 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
  1.2. 2014 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

  On August 1, 2014, the Department issued the 2014 NPRM proposing to require movie theaters to provide closed movie captioning and audio description at all scheduled showings of a movie...

• Rulemaking Process Documents > NPRMS > 28 CFR Part 36 Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability by Public Accommodations and in Commercial Facilities NPRM: Preamble (2008 Title III NPRM Preamble)
  Narrative description. (Section-by-Section Analysis)

  The Department understands that the cost of narrative description equipment is less than that for closed captioning. ...

• Links > Nonprofit Organization
  The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM)
  

  NCAM is part of the Media Access Group at WGBH which includes two production units, The Caption Center (est. 1972) and Descriptive Video Service® (DVS®) (est. 1990)....

• 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)(8) Notice

  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 all...