[il-talk] AMC accessibility

[Jenny Keller]

ah, that's good.

When I called here in Rockford, they had no idea what I was talking about, smile.

I guess they haven't been forced to do it yet.

Jenny
On May 25, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Pittman Enterprises & Associates wrote:

> Here in Chicago at a couple of the theaters that has not been the case.
> They have the use of the headphones in certain theaters.  For example, if
> the theater itself has 5 screens, it will have the headphones in theater 1
> all the time.  
> 
> 
> Debbie Pittman
> 
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> 
> It's not law in Florida where I'm from.  But, they have it in the AMC
> theaters down there too.  
> 
> Here's the thing, I haven't listened to this yet, but in Florida, the
> closed, or open captioning, and descriptive headphone options are only in
> certain theater auditoriums, and at certain times of the day.  Not usually
> when normal people go to the movies.
> 
> I hope, that AMC doesn't get away with doing the same thing here.  Most deaf
> and visually impaired, or blind people would like to go at the same time
> normal people go, and with their families and friends, but you can't do that
> in Florida.  That's how they've gotten around that loop whole.
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> Jenny
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