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AMC Movies Settles Class Action With the Blind (courthousenews.com)
submitted by fastfinge
awesomesaucesaywhat 6 points 6y ago
Being able to figure out if the equipment is working during the previews will be a huge change for the better
-shacklebolt- 2 points 6y ago
My issue hasn't been so often that the equipment doesn't work outright these days, but that they set it to the amplification track even after I repeatedly asked if they're SURE it's set to audio description for blind people. It sucks not to realize this until the movie starts because you miss the first ten minutes trying to fix it.
The funniest one I've had was asking a worker for the audio description, and having her go get me one of those closed captioning receiver screens.
The funniest one I've had was asking a worker for the audio description, and having her go get me one of those closed captioning receiver screens.
snow671 6 points 6y ago
>Beyond carrying out changes in theatres, AMC will also make its website and mobile app more accessible and publicize the availability of its audio-description equipment online. Furthermore, it will update its website and mobile apps to inform patrons when audio equipment is out or unavailable at certain locations, Nunez added.
Thank goodness. Maybe they'll fix their ticket kiosks, too.
Thank goodness. Maybe they'll fix their ticket kiosks, too.
GaryCarver 3 points 6y ago
Great news!
fastfinge [OP] 3 points 6y ago
And somewhat surprising, to, at least to me. Because in Canada, AMC has always been fully accessible. That's really strange, because Canada has no laws similar to the ADA requiring it. So I have no idea why they would be accessible in Canada, and not in the US.
GaryCarver 6 points 6y ago
Because the U.S. doesn't care about disabled people.
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HelpMeDevices 3 points 6y ago
Depends on the province you live in. Some of the businesses now are planning ahead for laws that are coming down the pipeline. For example, Ontario has AODA which has some similarities to it's American counterpart: http://www.aoda.ca/
fastfinge [OP] 3 points 6y ago
Unfortunately, Ontario does not enforce that law. The promised phone number to file complaints was never launched, and as far as I know, nobody was ever hired to do any monitoring or enforcement. So it's kind of a joke.
spider_lord 2 points 6y ago
Regal could take a note from AMC. The amount of times I get a device that doesn't work is the norm rather than the exception.
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