Not every movie theater has Captioning

Teresh said:
This is a problem, one that really annoys me. If theatres would just go digital the problem would be solved. If a deaf or hard of hearing person wanted to watch the movie with OC, they could also the people at the desk and they'd have it turned on. Easier that way.



It might be a good idea to make it law that fire alarms have to have strobe lights in addition to the alarm itself.



I think there might be a law on the books that requires businesses that have pay phones to supply at least one TTY. I remember seeing a TTY in an MTA station in Poughkeepsie station and was really suprised about it.
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I was joking about the strobed lights and TTYs.
 
VamPyroX said:
Because captioning on televisions can be turned on and off. Theaters can't.
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Theaters can't ? I cannot believe this

How do you know for sure that these theaters can't
turn it on and off ? Have you ever see
these theater operation room inside ??
 
Y said:
Theaters can't ? I cannot believe this

How do you know for sure that these theaters can't
turn it on and off ? Have you ever see
these theater operation room inside ??
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I'm talking about turning it on and off at will.

At home, we're talking about 1 to 5 people who will be watching the same television together. If that show is over and people leave, someone else could come in and simply turn it off.

In movie theaters, we're talking about hundreds and thousands of people who will be watching the same screen. It costs lots of money to get a movie captioned and the theaters aren't going to spend thousands of dollars every week just because they get an average of 5 deaf people a month. 5 people gets them under 50 dollars. If there was more than 5 deaf people... likely 1,000 deaf people... then those deaf people should inform the manager or make a petition so that the theater realizes that they could make $5,000 instead of $50 as they originally assumed.

When I say, "turn on and off"... I mean instantly with the touch of a remote.
 
I know that would probably irritate alot of people having
to look at the closed captioning but ----- em, I myself think it's
a really good idea, although I have perfect hearing, it's so
perfect that I don't hear half of what people say to me because
I am to busy trying to filter out the low frequency sounds most people never hear so I myself use cc and would like to see it in the theaters, not
having it is discrimination.
 
But why would a movie theatre turn on closed captioning for 1 or 2 people if everyone else in that movie doesn't need (nor want it). Some people do find closed captioning to be an annoyance (I frequently use it at home and some of my friends hate it LOL).

Our local theatre has a thing every Wednesday that is a parents/childrens day...its where parents can bring their kids (infants) and still catch a movie...even if the kids are cranky or can't sit still for a long movie...and its free.

There is also 'Movies For Mom's':

Movies For Moms
Special program for parents with
babies 0-24 months old
New movie every Wednesday
Lets you enjoy new movies without having to worry about making too much noise
Keeps the sound low so your child can sleep
Provides stroller parking and baby changing stations
Costs the same as a regular movie – but your child goes for free
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Wouldn't it make more sense for movie theatres to set aside a day of the week to offer closed captioning, like they do with the parents/kids thing? Every Tuesday, you can catch (list of movies here) closed captioning. Not only would this benefit the Deaf, but the older folks who don't hear quite as well as they used to.
 
Taylor said:
Wouldn't it make more sense for movie theatres to set aside a day of the week to offer closed captioning, like they do with the parents/kids thing? Every Tuesday, you can catch (list of movies here) closed captioning. Not only would this benefit the Deaf, but the older folks who don't hear quite as well as they used to.
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They do this in some areas, like mine. Only it's "open captioning" because you don't need a decoder to see it, it's just plain old captioned. If you're on a local mailing list you can find out what days and times certain theatres are showing these movies. It might not be cost effective in places that don't have a big deaf population since probably many hearing people don't want to watch a movie with captions. If you live in an area of Maryland near D.C. there might be something like that available.
 
Someone needs to invent a captioning decoder.Its an hand held decoder allows you read captions whatever voices are speaking to you.You adjust the frequnicy .Its an ideal when your near somebody carrying conversations or going to a movie or from a Radio.But it can only be sold from your ENT doctor or from an audiologist so if youre deaf you quilify for it.
 
Buckdodgers said:
Someone needs to invent a captioning decoder.Its an hand held decoder allows you read captions whatever voices are speaking to you.You adjust the frequnicy .Its an ideal when your near somebody carrying conversations or going to a movie or from a Radio.But it can only be sold from your ENT doctor or from an audiologist so if youre deaf you quilify for it.
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I would like that !!
Because I like to turn this caption ON anytime I want
at my own schedule time myself (rather than I have to
put up with their schedule etc)
 
Buckdodgers said:
Vamp i agree.Why not make every pay phone available to a portable TTY? Look,,Shopping Malls have to make bathrooms available for the handicapped and so does public transportation must be available for the handicapped.So i think the goverment should make all movie theater companies to require movie theaters captioned.But they should sell caption devices at radio shack or from a audiologist so private medical insurance companies would pay for it.
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I think he was being sarcastic, but you do have a point.
 
Oh yeah, and one movie I watched was completely subtitled. It was The Passion of the Christ because it was in Aramaic (an early Latin). It was interesting how they chose to do that (and made it accessible to deaf viewers too).
 
Buckdodgers said:
Someone needs to invent a captioning decoder.Its an hand held decoder allows you read captions whatever voices are speaking to you.You adjust the frequnicy .Its an ideal when your near somebody carrying conversations or going to a movie or from a Radio.But it can only be sold from your ENT doctor or from an audiologist so if youre deaf you quilify for it.
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It would also help hearing people who, though they can hear, they need or like to SEE it. (I'm that way--that's why I use CC on my TV even though I can hear it.)
 
gnulinuxman said:
Oh yeah, and one movie I watched was completely subtitled. It was The Passion of the Christ because it was in Aramaic (an early Latin). It was interesting how they chose to do that (and made it accessible to deaf viewers too).
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I saw this too and oh man it was good with the CC on it. But then again, I hate going to theaters without CC but that is only a thing I force myself to watch the pics at the theater. I once went to a theater with CC, but I dont remmy where it is.

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