[il-talk] Audio of AMC Theater Access News Conference

[Kelly Pierce]

The audio of the April 4, 2012 news conference by Illinois Attorney
General Lisa Madigan, AMC executives and disability leaders has been
posted online to the Internet Archive.  The direct link to download
the audio file is:


http://goo.gl/34YYp

The link for the page with the description and the ability to stream
the file in either MP3 or OGG is:


http://archive.org/details/AmcTheatreNewTechnology

Streaming uses technology that may not offer full keyboard control.
The agreement between the Illinois Attorney General’s office and AMC
calls for all auditoriums in all AMC theaters in Illinois to be
equipped with technology to display closed captions and deliver audio
description by 2014. The agreement is the first in the United States
to require such broad coverage without litigation and the largest
instillation of this technology in America. It was an awesome event
and the exhilaration of all is clearly evident in the recording.

Thanks is extended to Nicki Bazer, Disability rights Bureau Chief and
Lisa Madigan for enabling podium access to the microphone so the
disability community could have a permanent front row seat at this
historic event.

Kelly