Friday, March 15, 2013

Captioning hits Congress

A new bill in congress would require movie and video content in theaters and airplanes to be captioned and described... 
The Captioning and Image Narration to Enhance Movie Accessibility (CINEMA) Act would amend Title III of the ADA to require movie theater complexes of two or more theaters to make captioning and video description available for all films at all showings. Video description is a process that allows an individual who is blind or visually impaired to have access to the key visual elements of the programming by contemporaneous audio narrated descriptions of the actions, settings, facial expressions, costumes, and scene changes during the natural pauses in the audio portion of the programming, usually through headphones.
More:  
www.help.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release?id=347af2ed-b204-45a8-b565-0b8a218f5889&groups=Chair