This is an example of something that works better in theory than in
practice. I live in an area that supposedly has several theatres that are
equipped with the audio description technology, but in practice the
equipment is not well maintained and the theatre employees, who are often
teen agers, are either not trained on the use of the equipment, or simply
forget about it because there are so few requests for it. in my experience,
more often than not, the system may not be turned on for the film you want
to view, or the headsets may have dead batteries, or some other issue, or
they may give you the headset for amplification rather than the one for
description. This often requires multiple trips back to the customer service
desk after the movie has started. There is often nothing that can be done
once the movie has started, so you end up without description. If the
theatre management is on its game, they may offer you a refund or a pass for
future use, but that doesn't compensate you for the time and expense it may
have taken to get to and from the theatre, only to end up with an
undesirable experience. There have been multiple legal settlements between
AMC Theatres and organizations of the blind, but in large part, these issues
still exist.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Pierce" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: iphone, audio description, movies
Gianni,
Are you in the United States? If so, the big movie theater chains
have all of the screens in their theaters equipped with the technology
for audio description. At the theaters in my area, they will be happy
to provide a headset and receiver.
Kelly
On 12/15/17, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
hi the app is cald acctiveview the new starwars is not on the app yet
though. hth. from Mich.
From: Gianni
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 9:45 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: iphone, audio description, movies
Hi,
I would like to go the movies, the new star wars is cool. But is there an
app on the iphone that provides audio description?
Gianni
Skype: giannijuve
Sent from my iPhone
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