[il-talk] AMC accessibility

[Jemal Powell]

Dear Jenny. Every AMC Theater in the State will have to have the audio captioning no later than the end of 2013 according to the settlement. So, it will be coming to your area eventually. So stay tuned. From (clearly?) Jamaal.

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> Original Message:
> ---------------------------------
> 
> From: Jenny Keller <jlperdue3 at gmail.com> 
> Sent: May 26, 2012 7:46:15 AM
> To: pittmanenterprises at att.net, 
	NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [il-talk] AMC accessibility
> 
> 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
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:il-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> > Behalf Of Jenny Keller
> > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 4:33 PM
> > To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List
> > Subject: [il-talk] AMC accessibility
> > 
> > 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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