Cinema and the Arts

Captions and audio description can be used to enhance access to cinema, theatre, video, exhibits at museums and galleries, even architecture and historical sites.

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  • Friday, 18 May 2012
     Cinemas across Australia add captions and audio description

    Accessible cinema in Australia has received a boost to the number of sessions available to people with hearing or vision impairments with both the Hoyts and Village Cinema chains announcing new captioned and audio described screens.

  • Tuesday, 15 May 2012
     Accessible Cinema Advisory Group’s latest communique

    The Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG) is a body convened by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs to oversee and advise on the implementation of captioning and audio description in Australian cinemas. The group has released a fourth report to the public from its meeting held in March.

  • Monday, 30 April 2012
     Sony’s caption glasses reach first US cinema

    Sony has officially launched its much anticipated cinema access technology which displays captions on a pair of glasses, replicating the look of open captions. One cinema chain in the USA has already signed on to install the device.

  • Friday, 20 April 2012
     Joy of theatre brought to Deaf kids

    A new program will see targeted children’s performances captioned so that more kids who are Deaf or hearing impaired can develop a love of theatre.

  • Wednesday, 18 April 2012
     Audio description at the MCA

    The newly expanded Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) in Sydney has greatly enhanced its services for blind and vision impaired art enthusiasts with a new program of audio described tours.

  • Wednesday, 11 April 2012
     New app increases access to theatre for the hearing impaired

    A new service from Adelaide-based The Captioning Studio allows patrons to access theatre captions on their iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch in selected venues. The app gives Deaf and hearing impaired theatre goers the freedom to sit in any seat in the theatre to enjoy a captioned performance.

  • Tuesday, 10 April 2012
     Illinois cinema chain ordered to become accessible

    One of the USA’s largest cinema companies, AMC Theaters, has reached a settlement with the Attorney General of Illinois which will see closed captioning and audio description provided in 460 cinema screens across the state. The case arose after concerns were raised by Illinois disability rights advocacy organisation Equip for Equality.

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Cinema and the arts

Captions and audio description can be used to enhance access to theatre, video, exhibits at museums and galleries, even architecture and historical sites. Visit the Your Local Cinema website for more on these technologies in cinema.


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