[il-talk] FW: [leadership] FW: AMC Settlement Provides More Accessibility

[David Meyer]

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From: Ken Quinn [mailto:cj3639 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 5:56 PM
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Subject: Fw: [leadership] FW: AMC Settlement Provides More Accessibility

hello david and andy thought you guys would enjoy this information.
ken
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From: "NJ Council of the Blind" <njcounciloftheblind at verizon.net>
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Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 7:03 PM
Subject: [leadership] FW: AMC Settlement Provides More Accessibility


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> From: "Ray Campbell" <ray1530 at wowway.com>
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> Subject: [leadership] FW: AMC Settlement Provides More Accessibility
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>> Got this forwarded from a former colleague.  This appears to be big for
>> people who are blind or visually impaired in Illinois!
>>
>> Ray Campbell
>> Ray1530 at wowway.com
>>
>>
>> From: Dominic Calabrese
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 1:49 PM
>> To: LIGHTHOUSE
>> Subject: Re: AMC Settlement Provides More Accessibility
>>
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>> Everyone,
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>> Attorney General Lisa Madigan is announcing a ground-breaking settlement
>> with AMC Theatres that will provide much greater access for people who 
>> are
>> visually or hearing impaired.
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>> Under the agreement, the company will provide personal captioning 
>> services
>> and audio-description technology for movie-goers with hearing and vision
>> disabilities at all of its theaters and its 460 movie screens.
>>
>>
>>
>> By 2014, AMC movie theaters will be equipped with captioning services and
>> audio-description devices. The technology will be available to patrons at
>> nearly any movie at an AMC theater and at all of a film's listed 
>> showings.
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>>
>>
>> The Attorney General's settlement is a significant development for people
>> living with disabilities in Illinois. Prior to the agreement, Madigan
> said,
>> only 21 out of 246 movie theaters in Illinois offered closed-captioning
>> services and only 10 offered audio-description services.
>>
>>
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>> More information is attached.
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>>
>> Dominic
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