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Theater To Help Blind, Deaf Moviegoers - Des Moines News Story - KCCI Des Moines
A theater in Johnston is using new technology that will help deaf and blind people enjoy movies.
The Wynnsong theater added rear-window captions and a descriptive video service after a receiving a donation from a metro family.
Rear-window captions display dialogue from the movie on a light board at the rear of the auditorium. Viewers can see them through the use of reflectors that fit into their cupholders.
"I've been hoping for something like this for many years," said Brenda Gillum, of the Deaf Action Center, through an interpreter. "The state of Iowa didn't have it anywhere."
Gillum tested out the service during a screening of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
The descriptive video service offers a running description of the action on the scene that visually impaired viewers can hear though headphones.
"If I were blind or deaf, I would think this is the greatest Christmas gift anyone who's deaf or blind can receive," said Amy Rounceville.
She and her husband Joe spent a year raising the $11,000 needed to purchase the system.
"What it boiled down to was talking to everybody, friends, family and businesses and the Lions Club," said Joe Rounceville.
The theater will start using the rear-window captioning on Friday, during Quantum of Solace screenings.
"Tell deaf people to please come and use this to enjoy themselves at the movies," said Gillum.
A theater in Johnston is using new technology that will help deaf and blind people enjoy movies.
The Wynnsong theater added rear-window captions and a descriptive video service after a receiving a donation from a metro family.
Rear-window captions display dialogue from the movie on a light board at the rear of the auditorium. Viewers can see them through the use of reflectors that fit into their cupholders.
"I've been hoping for something like this for many years," said Brenda Gillum, of the Deaf Action Center, through an interpreter. "The state of Iowa didn't have it anywhere."
Gillum tested out the service during a screening of the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
The descriptive video service offers a running description of the action on the scene that visually impaired viewers can hear though headphones.
"If I were blind or deaf, I would think this is the greatest Christmas gift anyone who's deaf or blind can receive," said Amy Rounceville.
She and her husband Joe spent a year raising the $11,000 needed to purchase the system.
"What it boiled down to was talking to everybody, friends, family and businesses and the Lions Club," said Joe Rounceville.
The theater will start using the rear-window captioning on Friday, during Quantum of Solace screenings.
"Tell deaf people to please come and use this to enjoy themselves at the movies," said Gillum.