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

[Syed Yousufuddin]

Thanks for posting this, Kelly.

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On May 25, 2012, at 12:24 PM, "Kelly Pierce" <kellytalk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
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